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HUNDREDS ATTEND NINA SIMONE'S FUNERAL

The singing legend is given a great send-off...

  • Apr 25, 2003

NINA SIMONE DEAD

The jazz and soul legend was 70 years old...

  • Apr 21, 2003

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NINA SIMONE- "DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD" (1964)

NINA SIMONE- "DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD" (1964) (02:49)

'Wrestling for the soul of America.' I grew up in the South and Midwest during the civil rights years and their aftermath. It challenged everything about my world and changed my perception of life. Not a single day...

Nina Simone I put a spell on you

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Nina Simone Biography

Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her stage name Nina Simone (February 21, 1933 - April 21, 2003), was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist. Although she disliked being categorized, Simone is arguably most associated with her performance of jazz music. Simone originally aspired to become a classical pianist, but her work covers an eclectic variety of musical styles that include classical music, jazz, the blues, soul, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop music. Her vocal style is characterized by intense passion, a loose vibrato, and a slightly androgynous timbre, in part due to her unusually low vocal range which veered between the alto and tenor ranges (occasionally even reaching baritone lows). Also known as The High Priestess of Soul, she paid great attention to the musical expression of emotions. Within one album or concert she could fluctuate between exuberant happiness and tragic melancholy. These fluctuations also characterized her own personality and personal life, worsened by bipolar disorder with which she was diagnosed during the mid-1960s, but was kept secret until 2004 after her death.

Simone recorded over 40 live and studio albums, the greatest body of her work being released between 1958 (when she made her debut with Little Girl Blue) and 1974. Songs she is best known for include "My Baby Just Cares for Me", "I Put a Spell on You", "Four Women", "I Loves You Porgy", "Feeling Good", "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", "Sinnerman", "To Be Young, Gifted and Black", "Mississippi Goddamn", "Ain't Got No, I Got Life" and "I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl".

Her music and message made a strong and lasting impact on culture, illustrated by the numerous contemporary artists who cite her as an important influence (see "Legacy and influence"). Many hip hop and other modern artists sample and remix Simone's rhythms and beats on their tracks. In particular, Talib Kweli and Mos Def routinely pay tribute to her outstanding and soulful musical style. Many of her songs are featured on motion picture soundtracks, as well as in videogames, commercials and TV series.

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Nina Simone's Best Songs

  • 1. My Baby Just Cares for Me
  • 2. Feeling Good
  • 3. I Put A Spell On You
  • 4. Sinnerman
  • 5. Love Me Or Leave Me
  • 6. Here Comes The Sun
  • 7. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
  • 8. I Loves You Porgy
  • 9. I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl
  • 10. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
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Nina Simone Discography

Nina Simone albums.

  • At Town Hall - 01/11/2005 (4 Men With Beards/US)
  • Fodder on my Wings - 15/03/2005 (Sunny Side/US)
  • Forbidden Fruit - 07/03/2005 (EMI Catalogue/GB)
  • Black Gold - 26/04/2004 (Bertelsmann Music Group/GB)
  • Sings Duke Ellington / At Carnegie Hall - (Collectables/US)
  • Gin House Blues - 13/12/1999 (Castle Pie/GB)
  • Nina Simone & Piano! / Silk & Soul - (Camden/XE)
  • The Amazing Nina Simone / Nina Simone at Town Hall - (Collectables/US)
  • Folksy Nina / Nina With Strings - (Collectables/US)
  • To Love Somebody / Here Comes the Sun - (Raven Records/AU)
  • A Single Woman - 03/08/1993 (Elektra/US)
  • Pastel Blues / Let It All Out - (Mercury/FR)
  • In Concert / I Put a Spell on You - (Mercury/FR)
  • In Concert: Emergency Ward! - (RCA Records/US)
  • To Love Somebody - (RCA Records/US)
  • High Priestess of Soul - (Philips/US)
  • Silk & Soul - (RCA Victor/US)
  • Nina Simone Sings the Blues - (RCA Victor/US)
  • Let It All Out - (Philips/US)
  • Wild Is the Wind - (Philips/US)
  • Nina Simone With Strings - (Colpix/US)
  • Pastel Blues - (Philips/US)
  • I Put a Spell on You - (Philips/US)
  • Folksy Nina - (Colpix/US)
  • Broadway Blues Ballads - (Philips/US)
  • The Amazing Nina Simone - (Colpix/US)
  • Little Girl Blue - (Bethlehem Records/US)

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