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Nina Simone (/ ˈniːnə sɪˈmoʊn / NEE-nə sim-OHN; [1] born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, arranger, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, and pop. Her piano playing was strongly influenced ...
Pastel Blues. Pastel Blues is a studio album by American singer Nina Simone, released in October 1st, 1965, by Philips Records. The album was recorded in 1964 and 1965 in New York City [1] and peaked at number 139 on the Billboard 200 chart, [2] as well as number 8 on the Hot R&B LPs chart. [3] The album was re-issued in November 2020 by Verve ...
Label. Philips Records. Songwriter (s) Alex Comfort. Composer (s) Nina Simone. Producer (s) Hal Mooney. " Go Limp " is the penultimate track on Nina Simone 's 1964 album Nina Simone in Concert, and is an adaptation of a protest song originally written by Alex Comfort during his involvement with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
Ain't Got No, I Got Life. " Ain't Got No, I Got Life " is a 1968 single by American singer-songwriter Nina Simone, from her album 'Nuff Said. It is a medley of two songs, "Ain't Got No" and "I Got Life", from the musical Hair, with lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. The combination of the two songs was rewritten ...
Hal Mooney. "Four Women" is a song written by jazz singer, composer, pianist and arranger Nina Simone, released on the 1966 album Wild Is the Wind. It tells the story of four African American women. Each of the four characters represents an African-American stereotype in society. Thulani Davis of The Village Voice called the song "an instantly ...
Allmusic. [1] Pitchfork. 9.5/10 [2] Wild Is the Wind is the sixth studio album by American singer and pianist Nina Simone released by Philips Records in 1966. The album was compiled from several recordings that were left over from sessions (in 1964 and 1965) for previous Philips albums. [3]
The album is one of Simone's most introspective and personal works, with songs about her father's death and her (not always pleasant) stay in Liberia, Trinidad, and Switzerland. There is some confusion about the actual title of the album and the song with almost the same title on the album, being called "Fodder on My Wings", "Fodder in My Wings ...
A Single Woman is the final studio album by the singer Nina Simone, released in 1993 via Elektra Records. [9][10]