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Feeling Good(02:57)
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- My Baby Just Cares for Me(03:38)
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Wild Is the Wind(03:29)
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Sinnerman(10:19)
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I Put a Spell on You(02:37)
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Work Song(03:09)
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Ne me quitte pas(03:38)
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Love Me or Leave Me(03:23)
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Don't Explain(04:23)
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Little Girl Blue(04:19)
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The Other Woman(03:01)
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- Mr. Bojangles(05:03)
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Four Women(04:29)
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Nina Simone bio
Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her stage name Nina Simone (IPA: ˈniːnə sɨˈmoʊn) (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), was a fifteen-time Grammy Award-nominated american singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist.
Although she disliked being categorized, Simone is generally classified as a jazz musician; She personally preferred the term "bl... ack classical music". Simone originally aspired to become a classical pianist, but her work covers an eclectic variety of musical styles besides her classical basis, such as jazz, soul, folk, rnb, gospel, and pop music. Her vocal style (with an alto vocal range) is characterized by intense passion, breathiness, and tremolo. Sometimes 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 or tragic melancholy. These fluctuations also characterized her own personality and personal life, worsened by a bipolar disorder with which she was diagnosed in the mid-sixties, but was kept secret until 2004.
Simone recorded over 40 live and studio albums, the bigg Full bioRead more
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