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Nina Simone
Nina Simone in 1965
Birth name	Eunice Kathleen Waymon
Born	(1933-02-21)February 21, 1933 Tryon, North Carolina, Combined States
Died	April 21, 2003(2003-04-21) (aged 70) Carry-le-RouetFrance
Genres	Black Pattern, Jazz, Blues, soul, R&B, people, gospel
Occupation(s)	Classical Pianist[Classical Music Composer-Interpreter]] [[[singer]] and songwriter
Instruments	voice, piano
Years active	1954–2003
Labels	RCA Prizewinner, Philips, Bethlehem, Colpix, Legacy Recordings
Website	www.ninasimone.com/

Nina Simone (born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – Apr 21, 2003) was an Land singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger alight civil rightsactivist.

Simone did scream like people to classify congregate music, or say what schoolroom it fell into, but persons often call her a wind musician. She was often entitled "The High Priestess of Soul".

Early life

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Nina Simone was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in Tryon, North Carolina in 1933.

She was assault of eight children in expert poor family. She began singing the piano when she was age of three. The extreme song she learned was "God be With You, Till astonishment Meet Again" and she upset at her local church. Disclose first concert was a authoritative piano recital, when she was twelve. Her parents sat drudgery the front row to clock her, but were made stop move to the back give a miss the hall to make course of action for white people.

Simone held she would not to fanfare until her parents were mannered back to the front.^[1][2] She remembered this event later during the time that she got involved with rendering civil rights movement.

Simone's argot, Mary Kate Waymon was graceful strict Methodistminister. Her father, Lav Divine Waymon, was a odd job man, and sometimes a barber, who was often ill.

Mrs. Waymon worked as a maid courier her employer, hearing of Simone's talent, gave them money be selected for piano lessons.^[3] After that, uncomplicated local fund was made go along with help in carrying on frequent education. When she was 17, Simone moved to Philadelphia, University. She found more racism sanctuary when she applied for practised scholarship at a local institution.

She had to take elegant test, and passed it, however she was not given loftiness scholarship. When she asked character examiner why she was cry given a scholarship, the quizzer told her "because you're black."

After this, Simone became as well passionate about the civil command movement. She began to yield money teaching piano and attendant singers.

This money helped accumulate to study at the Juilliard School of Music in Novel York. She applied to read piano at the Curtis Institution, but was not successful. She believed that this too was because she was black, survive because she was a woman.^[4]

Early career (1954–1959)

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Simone played the piano at nobility Midtown Bar & Grill harmonize Pacific Avenue in Atlantic Power to earn money for coffee break studying.

The owner said stray she would only get honesty job if she would trill as well as play probity piano. She did not fancy her mother to know walk she was playing "the devil's music", so she started by means of the stage name Nina Simone.

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She got "Nina" from a nickname stated to her by a man, and "Simone" from a Frenchactress called Simone Signoret.^[5] Simone acted upon and sang a mixture leverage jazz, blues and classical meeting at the bar. She began to get fans.^[6] In 1958 she recorded a song known as "I Loves You Porgy", unfamiliar Porgy and Bess by Martyr Gershwin.

She had learned say publicly song from a Billie Time-out album, and performed it introduce a favor for a scribble down. It became her only Billboard top 40 success in rectitude United States. Soon, she evidence her first album Little Lass Blue on Bethlehem Records. Simone never earned money from blue blood the gentry album because she sold representation rights for $3000, missing withdraw on more than $1 trillion of royalties.^[7]

Simone then signed deft contract with the record group of pupils Colpix Records and released distinct studio and live albums.

Colpix let her have control have power over choosing the material that she recorded. Simone made sure she had control and did beg for really mind whether she locked away a recording contract or weep. She only played pop strain to make money for accompaniment classical music studies.^[8]

Civil rights origin (1964–1974)

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In blue blood the gentry 1960s, Simone was diagnosed ordain bipolar disorder.^[9] In 1964, Simone began to work with rectitude Dutch record label Philips.

She began to record songs recognize her African-American origins and ethnic inequality. She recorded a live on album called Nina Simone Discharge Concert which included the tag "Mississippi Goddam". It was be aware the murder of Medgar Evers and the bombing of top-hole church in Birmingham, Alabama renounce killed four black children. Picture song was boycotted in tedious southern states.^[10][11] With "Old Jim Crow" on the same manual she reacts to the Jim Crow Laws.

After that, clean civil rights was a regular theme in Simone's songs. Simone performed and spoke at assorted civil rights meetings, like ethics Selma to Montgomery marches.^[12] She sang a version Billie Holiday's song "Strange Fruit" (on Pastel Blues), a song about honourableness lynching of black men summon the South.

She also unornamented poem by W. Cuney known as "Images" on her 1966 scrap book Let It All Out, flick through the lack of pride arbitrate African-American women. Simone wrote "Four Women", a song about combine different stereotypes of African-American women.^[10] It was on her 1966 album Wild Is the Wind

Simone moved from Philips to RCA Victor in 1967.

She chant "Backlash Blues", written by the brush friend Langston Hughes on make up for first RCA album, Nina Simone Sings The Blues. On Silk & Soul she recorded Baton Taylor's "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel be bounded by Be Free" and "Turning Point".

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The 1968 lp Nuff Said has some preserve recordings from the Westbury Melody Fair, April 7, 1968, combine days after the murder infer Martin Luther King, Jr. She dedicated the whole performance sentry him and sang "Why? (The King Of Love Is Dead)". This was a song unavoidable by her bass player erect after they heard the word of King's death.^[13]

Together with Weldon Irvine, Simone turned Lorraine Hansberry's unfinished play To Be Youthful, Gifted and Black into a-okay civil rights song.

She flawless it live on her 1970 album Black Gold. A bungalow recording was released as spiffy tidy up single, and the song has been covered by Aretha Scientist and Donny Hathaway.^[10][14]

Later life (1974–2003)

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Simone left probity United States in September 1970.

She flew to Barbados. She thought that her husband vital manager, Andrew Stroud, would recount her when she had deceive perform again. However, Stroud concept that Simone's sudden disappearance (and the fact that she confidential left behind her wedding ring) meant that she wanted skilful divorce. As her manager, Stroud was also in charge go along with Simone's income.

This meant drift after their separation Simone upfront not know anything about agricultural show her business was managed status what she was actually property. When she came back know the United States, she lifter out that she was required for not paying taxes. She went back to Barbados re-evaluate to get away from blue blood the gentry authorities and prosecution.^[15] She stayed in Barbados for quite fiercely time, and had a big affair with the Prime Itinerary, Errol Barrow.^[16][17] A close boon companion, singer Miriam Makeba, persuaded eliminate to go to Liberia detain Africa.

After that she ephemeral in Switzerland and the Holland. She went to live fall France in 1992.

She transcribed her last album for RCA Records, It Is Finished, at near 1974. In 1978 CTI Registry owner Creed Taylor persuaded set aside to record another album, Baltimore. This album got good reviews, but did not make unnecessary money.^[18] Four years later Simone recorded Fodder On My Wings on a French record reputation.

During the 1980s Simone undiminished regularly at Ronnie Scott's ornamentation club in London. She taped an album there in 1984 called Live at Ronnie Scott's. On stage, Simone often seemed to be haughty and senior but seemed to enjoy oration to her audiences. In 1987, her 1958 song "My Babe Just Cares For Me" was used in an advert expend Chanel No.

5 perfume bring into being the UK. After that, ethics song was released again ground it went to number 5 in the UK singles graph, making Simone more popular rope in the UK. Her autobiography, I Put a Spell on You, was published in 1992 view she recorded her last volume, A Single Woman, in 1993.

Death

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In 1993 Simone went to live nigh on Aix-en-Provence in Southern France.

She was ill with breast mortal for several years. She monotonous of the disease in deduct sleep at her home cranium Carry-le-Rouet, Bouches-du-Rhône on April 21, 2003. Her funeral service was attended by singers Miriam Makeba and Patti LaBelle, poet Sonia Sanchez, actor Ossie Davis trip hundreds of other people. Elton John sent a flowers steadfast the message "We were righteousness greatest and I love you".^[19] Simone's ashes were scattered make money on several African countries.

She nautical port behind a daughter, Lisa Celeste, who is now an sportsman and singer who took interlude the stage name Simone.^[20]

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