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Nina Simone, American singer who created urgent emotional intensity by singing songs of love, protest, and black empowerment in a dramatic style, with a rough-edged voice. In the 1960s she became a friend of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X and per
Biography 1933–1954: Early life Simone was born on February 21, 1933, in Tryon, North Carolina. Her father, John Divine Waymon, worked as a barber and dry-cleaner as well as an entertainer, and her mother, Mary Kate Irvin, was a Methodist preacher. [19] The sixth of eight children ...
The article reviews the book "Nina Simone: The Biography" by David Brun-Lambert.doi:10.1007/s10115-008-0169-8Sherman, BrianLibrary JournalBrun-Lambert, David. Nina Simone: The Biography. London: Aurum Press Ltd., 2009. 328p.David Brun-Lam...
Url: https://www.biography.com/musician/nina-simone Access Date: Publisher: A&E; Television Networks Last Updated: November 16, 2021 Original Published Date: April 2, 2014 QUOTES Music is a gift and a burden I've had since I can remember who I was. I was, born into music. The dec...
Biography Studio RLJ Entertainment Writers Cynthia Mort Tagline Singer. Activist. Survivor. Legend. Summary The story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone including her rise to fame and relationship with her manager Clifton Henderson. ...
Nina: Directed by Cynthia Mort. With Zoe Saldana, David Oyelowo, Kevin Mambo, Ronald Guttman. The story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone, including her rise to fame and relationship with her manager Clifton Henderson.
Nina Simone’s story from the late sixties to the nineties can be told through her legendary performances in Montreux. Taking to the Montreux stage for the first time on 16 June 1968 for the festival’s second edition, Simone built a lasting relationship with Montreux Jazz Festival and its Cr...
Nina Simone This is the world you have made for yourself now you have to live in it To survive, she began teaching music to local students. One fateful day in 1954, looking to supplement her income, Eunice auditioned to play piano at the Midtown Bar & Grill on Pacific Avenue in Atlanti...
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