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Nina Simone (born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; 1933 – 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist who worked in a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop.

Born in North Carolina, the sixth child of a preacher, Simone aspired to be a concert pianist. With the help of her supporters in her hometown of Tryon, North Carolina, she enrolled in the Juilliard School of Music in New York but was unable to continue because of the high fees. She was later denied a scholarship to study at the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, despite a well-received audition. Simone became fully convinced her rejection had been entirely due to her race, a statement that has been a matter of controversy.

To make a living, Simone chose to play "cocktail piano" at a night club in Atlantic City, where she was told she had to sing to her own accompaniment, effectively launching her career as a jazz vocalist. She recorded more than forty albums, mostly between 1958, when she made her debut with Little Girl Blue, and 1974, and had a hit in the United States in 1958 with "I Loves You, Porgy".

Her musical style fused gospel and pop with classical music, in particular Johann Sebastian Bach, and accompanied expressive, jazz-like singing in her contralto voice.


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Nina Simone - 1957 - Little Girl Blue
Nina Simone - 1959 - Nina Simone And Her Friends
Nina Simone - 1959 - Nina Simone At Town Hall
Nina Simone - 1959 - The Amazing Nina Simone
Nina Simone - 1960 - Nina Simone At Newport
Nina Simone - 1961 - Forbidden Fruit
Nina Simone - 1962 - Nina At The Village Gate
Nina Simone - 1962 - Nina Sings Duke Ellington
Nina Simone - 1963 - Nina Simone At Carnegie Hall
Nina Simone - 1963 - Nina's Choice
Nina Simone - 1964 - Broadway Blues Ballads
Nina Simone - 1964 - Folksy Nina
Nina Simone - 1964 - In Concert
Nina Simone - 1965 - I Put A Spell On You
Nina Simone - 1965 - Pastel Blues
Nina Simone - 1966 - Let It All Out
Nina Simone - 1966 - Nina With Strings
Nina Simone - 1966 - Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone - 1967 - High Priestess Of Soul
Nina Simone - 1967 - Nina Simone Sings The Blues
Nina Simone - 1967 - Silk & Soul
Nina Simone - 1968 - 'Nuff Said!
Nina Simone - 1969 - Nina Simone & Piano!
Nina Simone - 1969 - To Love Somebody
Nina Simone - 1970 - Black Gold
Nina Simone - 1971 - Here Comes The Sun
Nina Simone - 1972 - Emergency Ward
Nina Simone - 1974 - It Is Finished
Nina Simone - 1978 - Baltimore
Nina Simone - 1982 - Fodder On My Wings
Nina Simone - 1985 - Live & Kickin
Nina Simone - 1985 - Nina's Back
Nina Simone - 1987 - Let It Be Me (Live At Vine St.)
Nina Simone - 1993 - A Single Woman
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