Live! Simply the Best

~ Release by Irma Thomas (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Recorded live at Slim's, San Francisco, CA on August 30 & 31, 1990.

Annotation last modified on 2018-05-20 15:49 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Breakaway
recorded at:
Slim’s in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1990-08-30 until 1990-08-31)
live recording of:
Breakaway (from 1990-08-30 until 1990-08-31)
writer:
Jackie DeShannon and Sharon Sheeley
publisher:
United Artists Music Ltd.
2:29
2Time Is on My Side
recorded at:
Slim’s in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1990-08-30 until 1990-08-31)
live cover recording of:
Time Is on My Side (in 1990-08)
additional lyricist:
Jimmy Norman
composer:
Norman Meade
publisher:
Rittenhouse Music Corp., TRO Essex Music Ltd. and ティー・アール・オー・エセックス・ジャパン A事業部 (TRO Essex Japan, A-Division)
version of:
Time Is on My Side (original version, only lyrics are “Time Is on My Side” and “You’ll Come Runnin’ Back”)
2:39
3Hip Shakin’ Mama
recorded at:
Slim’s in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1990-08-30 until 1990-08-31)
live recording of:
Hip Shakin Mama (in 1990-08)
lyricist and composer:
Irma Thomas
3:39
4That’s What Love Is All About
recorded at:
Slim’s in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1990-08-30 until 1990-08-31)
live recording of:
That’s What Love Is All About (in 1990-08)
writer:
Michael Bolton and Eric Kaz
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Is Hot Music Ltd. and Kaz Music Company
4:24
5Thinking of You
recorded at:
Slim’s in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1990-08-30 until 1990-08-31)
live recording of:
Thinking of You (in 1990-08)
lyricist and composer:
Dave Bond (1960's doo-wop artist)
3:02
6I Needed Somebody
recorded at:
Slim’s in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1990-08-30 until 1990-08-31)
live recording of:
I Needed Somebody (in 1990-08)
writer:
Don Bryant (R&B singer/songwriter) and Ann Peebles
4:55
7Medley: I’ve Been Loving You Too Long / Please Please Please
recorded at:
Slim’s in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1990-08-30 until 1990-08-31)
live medley including a cover recording of:
I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (in 1990-08)
writer:
Jerry Butler (soul singer) (in 1965) and Otis Redding (in 1965)
publisher:
East (US publishing company affiliated with BMI), Time (US publishing entity affiliated with BMI) and Wildwood Music Ltd.
live medley including a cover recording of:
Please, Please, Please (in 1990-08)
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Johnny Terry (bass vocals, member of James Brown & The Famous Flames)
publisher:
Intersong Music, Intersong Music Ltd. and Jadar Music Corp.
7:44
8Hittin’ on Nothin’
recorded at:
Slim’s in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1990-08-30 until 1990-08-31)
live recording of:
Hittin’ on Nothing (in 1990-08)
lyricist and composer:
Naomi Neville
4:47
9It’s Raining
recorded at:
Slim’s in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1990-08-30 until 1990-08-31)
live recording of:
It’s Raining (in 1990-08)
lyricist and composer:
Naomi Neville
publisher:
EMI Unart Catalog Inc.
3:57
10Second Line Medley: I Done Got Over / Iko Iko / Hey Pocky Way
recorded at:
Slim’s in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1990-08-30 until 1990-08-31)
live medley including a cover recording of:
Hey Pocky A-Way (in 1990-08)
writer:
Ziggy Modeliste, Art Neville, Leo Nocentelli and George Porter, Jr.
live medley including a recording of:
I Done Got Over It (in 1990-08)
lyricist and composer:
Ernie K‐Doe
live medley including a cover recording of:
Iko Iko (in 1990-08)
lyricist:
James Crawford, Jr. (R&B musician James “Sugar Boy” Crawford, Jr.), Barbara Anne Hawkins, Rosa Lee Hawkins and Joan Marie Johnson (Joan Marie Johnson Faust)
composer:
James Crawford, Jr. (R&B musician James “Sugar Boy” Crawford, Jr.), Barbara Anne Hawkins and Rosa Lee Hawkins
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), EMI Longitude Music Co., IKO Legal Hold, Melder Publishing Co., Songs of Windswept Pacific, Trio Music Company Inc. and フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division)
revision of:
Jockomo
10:21
11Wish Someone Would Care
recorded at:
Slim’s in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1990-08-30 until 1990-08-31)
live recording of:
Wish Someone Would Care (in 1990-08)
lyricist and composer:
Irma Thomas
2:04
12You Can Have My Husband
recorded at:
Slim’s in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1990-08-30 until 1990-08-31)
live recording of:
You Can Have My Husband (Don’t Mess With My Man) (in 1990-08)
lyricist and composer:
Dorothy LaBostrie (American songwriter)
3:22
13Oh Me Oh My (I’m a Fool for You)
recorded at:
Slim’s in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1990-08-30 until 1990-08-31)
live recording of:
Oh Me Oh My (I’m a Fool for You Baby) (from 1990-08-30 until 1990-08-31)
lyricist and composer:
Jim Doris (in 1969)
publisher:
Abesongs Ltd (PRS), Noo Trac Ltd. and Origin Network Pty Ltd
5:19
14Simply the Best
recorded at:
Slim’s in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1990-08-30 until 1990-08-31)
live cover recording of:
The Best (in 1990-08)
writer:
Holly Knight and Michael Chapman (Australian producer and songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Hebbes Music Group Pty. Ltd., Island Music Ltd., Knighty-Knight Music, Mike Chapman Publishing Enterprises, Rondor Music (Australia), Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Warner Chappell and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
7:02