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Birth Name: Eunice Kathleen Waymon

Born: 21 February 1933 Died: 21 April 2003

Country of origin: United States

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NINA SIMONE on JANIS JOPLIN ,Wonderful!! , live at Montreux,1976

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Nina Simone: "If I had my way, I'd've been a killer"

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Feeling Good, Nina Simone

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Description: Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), known professionally as Nina Simone, was an American singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop. The sixth of eight children born to a poor family in Tryon, North Carolina, Simone initially aspired to be a concert pianist. With the help of a few supporters in her hometown, she enrolled in the Juilliard School of Music in New York City. She then applied for a scholarship to study at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, ... (more)

Tags: Jazz (3), Pisces (2), Bipolar (2), High Priestess Of Soul (1), Soul (1), An Anomaly (1), Ebony (1), Died Aged 70 (1), Born 1933 (1), Died 2003 (1), Depressed (1), Female Artist (1), Female Vocalists (1), Deceased (1), Female Vocalist (1), Eccentric (1), Musician (1), Pianist (1), Piano (1), Rebel (1)

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1. I Put A Spell On You: The Autobiography of Nina Simone (2003)

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Greatest Female Singers (100 person items)

"► ► ► 180 ◄ ◄ ◄POINTSNINA SIMONEQUEEN OF SOULHIGH PRIESTESS OF SOUL I Loves You, Porgy (1959) Mississippi Goddam (1964) Four Women (1966) I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (1967) To Be Young, Gifted and Black (1969)"

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"CLASS OF 2018PERFORMERSNINA SIMONE● R&B ● JAZZ ● BLUES ● FOLK ●● SOUL ● CLASSICAL ● GOSPEL ●EUNICE KATHLEEN WAYMON Born: 21 February 1933 Died: 21 April 2003KEY SONGSI Loves You, Porgy (1959)- selected for the 'Grammy Hall of Fame'Mississippi Goddam (1964)- ranked #172 on Rolling Stone's '500 Greatest Songs'To Be Young, Gifted and Black (1969)- selected for the 'Grammy Hall of Fame'"

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