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Simone was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon on February 21, 1933, in Tryon, North Carolina.Her father, John Divine Waymon, worked as a barber and dry-cleaner as well as an entertainer.
By the time she was 6 years old, Nina Simone, born Eunice Kathleen Waymon, had become a regular pianist at her home church. ... Though Eunice’s father, John Divine, had run successful businesses ...
Lisa Simone Kelly (born Lisa Celeste Stroud; September 12, 1962) is an American singer, composer and actress, known for her work both on Broadway and off-Broadway, in Rent, The Lion King, Aida, and Les Miserables. She is the only child of musician and civil rights activist Nina Simone from her marriage to police officer Andrew Stroud. [1]
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 ...
Simone, ranked No. 29 on Rolling Stone's 2010 list of the 100 greatest singers of all time, wrote music in several genres including jazz and R&B. Songs mentioned in the 2020 Citizen Times article ...
The childhood home of iconic musician and civil rights activist Nina Simone will be indefinitely preserved in North Carolina. The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American ...
Baltimore is the fourteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter and pianist Nina Simone, released in January 1978 by CTI Records.Due to a lack of promotion, and Simone's dissatisfaction with the record, It became a commercial failure, failed to chart, and also received mixed reviews from critics.
Meeting Nina Simone Flanagan wanted to take college courses to pursue writing, but needed money. She hoped for a job as a domestic worker, where room and board would likely be included and she ...