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  2. To Be Young, Gifted and Black - Wikipedia

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    "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" is a song by Nina Simone with lyrics by Weldon Irvine. Simone introduced the song on August 17, 1969, to a crowd of 50,000 at the Harlem Cultural Festival , captured on broadcast video tape and released in 2021 as the documentary film Summer of Soul .

  3. Little Girl Blue (song) - Wikipedia

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    Nina Simone (whose 1958 debut album Little Girl Blue was named after the song) [27] Frank Sinatra – Songs for Young Lovers (1954) [28] Sarah Vaughan – Sarah Vaughan Sings Broadway: Great Songs from Hit Shows (1958) [29] Margaret Whiting – this charted briefly in 1947 [30] Nancy Wilson - Hello Young Lovers (1962) [31] Pinky Winters ...

  4. Little Girl Blue (album) - Wikipedia

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    A: Little Girl Blue / B: Non-album track; subsequently appeared on the Nina Simone and Her Friends (1960) compilation album 1960 January "Mood Indigo" / "Central Park Blues" Both tracks from Little Girl Blue; 1960 February "For All We Know" / "Good Bait" A: Non-album track; previously appeared on the Nina Simone and Her Friends (1960 ...

  5. Nina Simone - Wikipedia

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    She is the subject of Nina: A Story About Me and Nina Simone, a one-woman show first performed in 2016 at the Unity Theatre, Liverpool—a "deeply personal and often searing show inspired by the singer and activist Nina Simone" [124] —and which in July 2017 ran at the Young Vic, before being scheduled to move to Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre ...

  6. Weldon Irvine - Wikipedia

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    He served as the bandleader for jazz singer Nina Simone and was a mentor to many New York hip-hop artists, including Q-Tip and Mos Def. He wrote more than 500 songs, [4] including the lyrics for "To Be Young, Gifted and Black", performed live for the first time by Simone on the album Black Gold (1970).

  7. Black Gold (Nina Simone album) - Wikipedia

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    Black Gold is a live album by American jazz musician Nina Simone recorded in 1969 at the Philharmonic Hall, New York City. She got a 1971 nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance , but lost to Aretha Franklin 's cover of "Don't Play That Song".

  8. Live at Berkeley (Nina Simone album) - Wikipedia

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    All arrangements were written by Simone, and it was produced by Jean-Luc Young. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The album has also been released combined with a previous Nina Simone LP from the early 1970s, Gifted & Black (1970), which was released on her then husband/producer Andrew Stroud's record label.

  9. Gifted & Black - Wikipedia

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    Gifted & Black is an unofficial studio album from jazz singer, pianist, and songwriter Nina Simone.It was originally released in 1970 by Canyon Records. [1] [better source needed] However, it is thought to be a demo tape made by Simone in the spring of 1957 some months before the recording of Little Girl Blue, her first official album, in December of the same year. [2]