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Nina Simone - Classic Hits (Intermusic) (CD) (UK Import)
Nina Simone - Classic Hits (Intermusic) (CD) (UK Import)
Artist: Nina Simone
Music Genre: Jazz
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| Artist | Nina Simone |
|---|---|
| Format | CD |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Released | 27 April 2018 |
| Barcode | 8436569191965 |
- My Baby Just Cares for Me
- Little Girl Blue
- I Loves You Porgy
- He Needs Me
- Love Me Or Leave Me
- Blue Prelude
- Mood Indigo
- Willow Weep for Me
- Can't Get Out of This Mood
- Don't Smoke in Bed
- Plain Gold Ring
- African Mailman
- He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
- That's Him Over There
- Good Bait
- Children Go Where I Send You
- You've Been Gone Too Long
- Theme from 'The Middle of the Night'
- The Other Woman
- Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair
- Fine and Mellow
- Summertime
About the artist
About the artist
American singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, arranger and civil rights activist, 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 20 hit and transported her to a bigger stage, performing at and the .
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.
She won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.
Mother of Lisa Simone.
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 20 hit and transported her to a bigger stage, performing at and the .
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.
She won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.
Mother of Lisa Simone.
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