Who Did It Better

Nina OR Ledisi?

Nina Simone Nina Simone 1965

Feeling Good

Written by Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse

It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life
For me

What's this song about ↓

"Feeling Good" was written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the 1964 musical The Roar of the Greasepaint -- the Smell of the Crowd. Nina Simone transformed it from a show tune into a civil rights anthem. When she sings about the sun coming up, it is not just weather. It is the dawn after centuries of darkness.

Ledisi Ledisi 2017

Variation A — side column

Nina Simone 1965
Ledisi 2017

I already know

Play me a sample

Nina Ledisi

I need to be convinced

Variation B — left & right edges

Nina Simone 1965

I already know

Play me a sample

Nina Ledisi

I need to be convinced

Ledisi 2017

Variation C — filled color-coded buttons

Nina Simone 1965
Ledisi 2017

I already know

Play me a sample

Nina Ledisi

I need to be convinced

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Who Did It Better

Nina OR Ledisi?

Nina Simone Nina Simone 1965
Ledisi Ledisi 2017

Feeling Good

Written by Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse

It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life
For me

What's this song about ↓

"Feeling Good" was written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the 1964 musical The Roar of the Greasepaint -- the Smell of the Crowd. Nina Simone transformed it from a show tune into a civil rights anthem. When she sings about the sun coming up, it is not just weather. It is the dawn after centuries of darkness.

Variation A — side column

Nina Simone 1965
Ledisi 2017

I already know

Play me a sample

Nina Ledisi

I need to be convinced

Variation B — left & right edges

Nina Simone 1965

I already know

Play me a sample

Nina Ledisi

I need to be convinced

Ledisi 2017

Variation C — filled color-coded buttons

Nina Simone 1965
Ledisi 2017

I already know

Play me a sample

Nina Ledisi

I need to be convinced

The Sunday Drop
One song. One story. Every Sunday.

No algorithms. No trending sections. Just a song someone loved and the story behind it. Delivered Sunday morning.

Free. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.

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