 In 1958 , she befriended and married Don Ross , a <unk> who worked as a <unk> <unk> , but quickly regretted their marriage . Playing in small clubs in the same year , she recorded George <unk> 's " I Loves You , Porgy " ( from Porgy and <unk> ) , which she learned from a Billie Holiday album and performed as a favor to a friend . It became her only Billboard top 20 success in the United States , and her debut album Little Girl Blue soon followed on Bethlehem Records . Simone lost more than $ 1 million in royalties ( notably for the 1980s re @-@ release of My Baby Just Cares for Me ) and never benefited financially from the album 's sales because she had sold her rights outright for $ 3 @,@ 000 . 
