Nina Simone
Real Name:
Eunice Kathleen Waymon
Profile:
American singer, songwriter, pianist.
Born: 21 February 1933 in Tryon, North Carolina, USA.
Died: 21 April 2003 in Carry-le-Rouet, Bouches-du-Rhône, France (aged 70).
Nina was giving piano recitals after playing at her local church at an early age. Her childhood piano lessons were funded by her mother's employer and a local fund set up by her music teacher, so impressed were they by her talent.
She moved to Philadelphia aged 17, teaching piano and playing to raise the money for her studies at New York's renowned Juilliard School Of Music. To fund her family she worked in a bar in Atlantic City where she was also required to sing and built up a devoted following.
She recorded Gershwin's "I Loves You Porgy" which became a US Top 40 hit and transported her to a bigger stage, performing at Carnegie Hall and the Newport Jazz Festival.
Her repertoire went on to embrace numerous Civil Rights anthems, a movement for which she was a passionate and prominent supporter. She left the US in the 1970s, moving first to Barbados, and some other places, including Africa and the Netherlands, before eventually settling in France where she died from cancer in 2003.
Nina's voice drew heavily on other music forms. It was infused with gospel, blues, soul, jazz, R&B, and folk. And it found a wider audience late in her life when "My Baby Just Cares For Me" became an unlikely UK chart hit when it featured in a TV ad campaign.
In fact her music stayed very popular with advertisers as her tracks have been used to promote a multitude of products on TV, including yoghurt ("Ain't Got No (I Got Life)"), Diet Coke ("I Put A Spell On You"), cars ("Sinnerman"), fabric conditioner ("Feeling Good"), and perfume ("Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"), et al.
Born: 21 February 1933 in Tryon, North Carolina, USA.
Died: 21 April 2003 in Carry-le-Rouet, Bouches-du-Rhône, France (aged 70).
Nina was giving piano recitals after playing at her local church at an early age. Her childhood piano lessons were funded by her mother's employer and a local fund set up by her music teacher, so impressed were they by her talent.
She moved to Philadelphia aged 17, teaching piano and playing to raise the money for her studies at New York's renowned Juilliard School Of Music. To fund her family she worked in a bar in Atlantic City where she was also required to sing and built up a devoted following.
She recorded Gershwin's "I Loves You Porgy" which became a US Top 40 hit and transported her to a bigger stage, performing at Carnegie Hall and the Newport Jazz Festival.
Her repertoire went on to embrace numerous Civil Rights anthems, a movement for which she was a passionate and prominent supporter. She left the US in the 1970s, moving first to Barbados, and some other places, including Africa and the Netherlands, before eventually settling in France where she died from cancer in 2003.
Nina's voice drew heavily on other music forms. It was infused with gospel, blues, soul, jazz, R&B, and folk. And it found a wider audience late in her life when "My Baby Just Cares For Me" became an unlikely UK chart hit when it featured in a TV ad campaign.
In fact her music stayed very popular with advertisers as her tracks have been used to promote a multitude of products on TV, including yoghurt ("Ain't Got No (I Got Life)"), Diet Coke ("I Put A Spell On You"), cars ("Sinnerman"), fabric conditioner ("Feeling Good"), and perfume ("Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"), et al.
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CP 407 |
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Nina Simone | The Amazing Nina Simone (Album) | Colpix Records | CP 407 | US | 1959 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BCP-6028, BCP 6028 |
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Nina Simone | Little Girl Blue (Album, Comp, Single) | Bethlehem Records | BCP-6028, BCP 6028 | US | 1959 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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CP 409 |
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Nina Simone | Nina Simone At Town Hall (Album) | Colpix Records | CP 409 | Canada | 1959 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SCP 412, CP 412 |
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Nina Simone | Nina At Newport (Album) | Colpix Records | SCP 412, CP 412 | US | 1960 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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CP 419 |
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Nina Simone | Forbidden Fruit (Album) | Colpix Records | CP 419 | New Zealand | 1961 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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CP 421 |
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Nina Simone | At The Village Gate (Album) | Colpix Records | CP 421 | US | 1962 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SCP425, SCP 425 |
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Nina Simone | Nina Simone Sings Ellington (Album) | Colpix Records | SCP425, SCP 425 | Canada | 1962 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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CP 455 |
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Nina Simone | At Carnegie Hall (Album) | Colpix Records | CP 455 | US | 1963 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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CXS-242 |
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Nina Simone | Live | Coronet Records | CXS-242 | US | 1964 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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CP-465, CP 465 |
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Nina Simone | Folksy Nina (Album) | Colpix Records, Colpix Records | CP-465, CP 465 | US | 1964 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BL 7678 |
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Nina Simone | In Concert (Album) | Philips | BL 7678 | UK | 1964 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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S 130, S-130 |
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Nina Simone With George Wallington | Nina Simone With George Wallington - Starring Nina Simone With George Wallington | Spin-O-Rama | S 130, S-130 | US | 1964 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PHS 600-148 |
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Nina Simone | Broadway - Blues - Ballads (Album) | Philips | PHS 600-148 | US | 1964 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PHS 600-202 |
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Nina Simone | Let It All Out (Album) | Philips | PHS 600-202 | US | 1965 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PHS 600-172 |
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Nina Simone | I Put A Spell On You (Album) | Philips, Philips | PHS 600-172 | Canada | 1965 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PHM 200-187 |
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Nina Simone | Pastel Blues (Album) | Philips | PHM 200-187 | US | 1965 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PCR-4-600-207 |
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Nina Simone | Wild Is The Wind (Album) | Philips | PCR-4-600-207 | US | 1966 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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CP - 496, CP 496 |
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Nina Simone | Nina Simone With Strings (Album) | Colpix Records | CP - 496, CP 496 | Australia | 1966 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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740.506 |
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Nina Simone | Silk & Soul (Album) | RCA Victor, RCA Victor | 740.506 | France | 1967 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SF 7883 |
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Nina Simone | Nina Simone Sings The Blues (Album) | RCA Victor, RCA Victor | SF 7883 | UK | 1967 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SFX-7387 |
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Nina Simone | High Priestess Of Soul (Album) | Philips | SFX-7387 | Japan | 1967 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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LSP-4065 |
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Nina Simone | 'Nuff Said! (Album) | RCA Victor | LSP-4065 | Canada | 1968 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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LSP-4102 |
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Nina Simone | Nina Simone And Piano! (Album) | RCA Victor | LSP-4102 | New Zealand | 1969 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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DRS1-0082 |
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Nina Simone | To Love Somebody (Album) | RCA Victor | DRS1-0082 | US | 1969 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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LP-7705 |
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Nina Simone | Gifted & Black (Album) | Canyon Records (3) | LP-7705 | US | 1970 | Sell This Version |
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themachinery
September 23, 2022
Favourite all-time singer regardless style or genre. Her voice.., her interpretations... she simply shines above everything for eternity.
Talkinfun
January 13, 2022
I'm willing to bet she sold off rights to her performances at random times when she needed money without thinking of the long term consequences. She only wrote a handful of songs; she is really one of the greatest interpreters of all time, but not really a songwriter so she never made any money from publishing. So who knows what kind of band contracts she signed for short term gain that gave people access to her recordings and her live shows. And there's probably a ton of bootleg stuff and no one in her corner to shut it down. There's a ton of compilations from live shows that she probably sold the right to or were bootlegged, diminishing her brand. .

johnwhitman11
March 20, 2021
can anyone explain why are there so many compilations rehashing the same songs on so many different labels? 2012-8 compilations, 2013 & 2014-9 compilations each. never seen anything like this.

Douglas_Jones
February 4, 2014
She's just point blank the greatest singer of all time, and a devil at the pianna. There are singers, there are Singers, and there are SINGERS. And none of them can touch her, Nina flies a trillion miles high above the rest. The one time i was privileged to hear her sing and play i was sitting behind Nick Cave....you shoulda seen the look on that boys face!

Bourbonman
December 16, 2013
edited over 9 years ago
There was truly no one like Nina Simone. Many of the finest artist that lived did not have a specific style labeled to them. Simone truly was one, although you could easily dismiss her as a jazz artist. To me, she however outgrew that trademark pretty quickly.
Like Elvis Presley, she wrote few songs of herself. But while Aretha Franklin for instance took Otis Redding´s R.e.s.p.e.c.t and pretty much made it her own, Nina on the other hand took way more of other tracks and did the same. Dambalah by Exuma for instance. The original is a very folksy and livid tune, Nina simply stripped it down to a dark hymn and created this intense message instead. Listening through her albums and then tracking down the originals and you will see, Nina took them and re-invented them. Many times i just prefer her versions. She simply marvelled at it.
She also released plenty of live material. Im pretty glad she did, because ultimately, she was better on stage than on studio. Often bringing plenty humour with her repertoire, sometimes acting crazy and hard to understand (She was rumoured to be Bi-Polar anyways). Check her first Montreux performance on You Tube for some of that.
She has been a huge inspiration to me despite her sad turmoils in life. But since the first track of Ellingtons´s "Mood Indigo" that kicks your teeth in, to her deep explorations into african slave hymns, and civil rights movement. She was a tour de force most the time.
Forever Nina Simone.
Like Elvis Presley, she wrote few songs of herself. But while Aretha Franklin for instance took Otis Redding´s R.e.s.p.e.c.t and pretty much made it her own, Nina on the other hand took way more of other tracks and did the same. Dambalah by Exuma for instance. The original is a very folksy and livid tune, Nina simply stripped it down to a dark hymn and created this intense message instead. Listening through her albums and then tracking down the originals and you will see, Nina took them and re-invented them. Many times i just prefer her versions. She simply marvelled at it.
She also released plenty of live material. Im pretty glad she did, because ultimately, she was better on stage than on studio. Often bringing plenty humour with her repertoire, sometimes acting crazy and hard to understand (She was rumoured to be Bi-Polar anyways). Check her first Montreux performance on You Tube for some of that.
She has been a huge inspiration to me despite her sad turmoils in life. But since the first track of Ellingtons´s "Mood Indigo" that kicks your teeth in, to her deep explorations into african slave hymns, and civil rights movement. She was a tour de force most the time.
Forever Nina Simone.
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