Lilac Wine is a song with words & music by James Shelton (Lilac Wine, 1950) - introduced by Hope Foye ("Lilac Wine", in the short-lived theatre musical revue, "Dance Me a Song"). It was covered by: Eartha Kitt (Lilac Wine, 1953), Helen Merrill (Lilac Wine, on "Helen Merrill with Strings", 1955), Judy Henske ("Lilac Wine", on her eponymous début LP, 1963), Nina Simone ("Lilac Wine", on "Wild Is the Wind", 1966), Elkie Brooks (Lilac Wine, on "Pearls"

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