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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 ...
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 ...
In 2022, American Songwriter ranked "Feeling Good" number one on their list of the 10 greatest Nina Simone songs, [13] and in 2023, The Guardian ranked the song number four on their list of the 20 greatest Nina Simone songs. [14] An official music video for Simone's version was released on YouTube 56 years after the release of her recording in ...
Nina Simone also scored a hit with it in 1961, when her recording reached numbers 11 on the R&B chart and 92 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. [15] Several additional recordings by Simone are in release, including a live performance from the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival ( Nina Simone at Newport ) and a more intimate small-combo studio ...
A Single Woman is the final studio album by the singer Nina Simone, released in 1993 via Elektra Records. [9][10]
Les Baxter, Will Holt. " Sinner Man " or " Sinnerman " is an African American traditional spiritual song that has been recorded by a number of performers and has been incorporated in many other media and arts. The lyrics describe a sinner attempting to hide from divine justice on Judgment Day. It was recorded in the 1950s by Les Baxter, the ...
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 ...
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 ...