 Simone moved from Philips to RCA Victor during 1967 . She sang " Backlash Blues " , written by her friend Langston Hughes on her first RCA album , Nina Simone Sings the Blues ( 1967 ) . On Silk & Soul ( 1967 ) , she recorded Billy Taylor 's " I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free " and " Turning Point " . The album ' Nuff Said ! ( 1968 ) contains live recordings from the Westbury Music Fair , April 7 , 1968 , three days after the murder of Martin Luther King , Jr . She dedicated the whole performance to him and sang " Why ? ( The King Of Love Is Dead ) " , a song written by her bass player , Gene Taylor , directly after the news of King 's death had reached them . In the summer of 1969 , she performed at the Harlem Cultural Festival in Harlem 's Mount Morris Park . 
 Simone moved from Philips to RCA Victor during 1967 . She sang " Backlash Blues " , written by her friend Langston Hughes on her first RCA album , Nina Simone <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>Sings</mark></a> the Blues ( 1967 ) . On Silk & Soul ( 1967 ) , she recorded Billy Taylor <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>" I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free " and " Turning Point " . The album ' Nuff Said ! ( 1968 ) <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>contains</mark></a> live recordings from the Westbury Music Fair , April 7 , 1968 , three days after the murder of Martin Luther King , Jr . She dedicated the whole performance to him and sang " Why ? ( The King Of Love Is Dead ) " , a song written by her bass player , Gene Taylor , directly after the news of King <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>death <a href='been_done' title='5'><mark>had</mark></a> reached them . In the summer of 1969 , she performed at the Harlem Cultural Festival in Harlem <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'s</mark></a>Mount Morris Park . 
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