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The story of Eunice Kathleen Waymon is the one of an artist emblematic of the difficulty of being born in a country under the yoke of racial segregation. Nina Simone (The word Nina, which means "little girl" in Spanish, is a nickname given to her by a boyfriend, and Simone is borrowed from the actress Simone Signoret, whom she saw in Jacques Becker's "Golden...
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Jay Hawkins, ComposerLyricist - Nina Simone, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Mooney, Conductor, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Stevenson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nina Simone, Performer - Albert "Tootie" Heath, Performer - Jimmy Bond, Performer - Gus Kahn, Lyricist - Walter Donaldson, Composer - Nina Simone, Composer
2013 Bethlehem Records 2013 Bethlehem Records
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - Dubose Heyward, Composer - Nina Simone, Vocals, MainArtist
© 2010 Parlophone Music France ℗ 2005 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Anthony Newley, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Bricusse, ComposerLyricist - Nina Simone, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Mooney, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Stevenson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Al Shackman, Guitar, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Nina Simone, Vocals, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hal Mooney, Producer - Rudy Stevenson, Flute, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nina Simone, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Jim Rado, Composer, Lyricist - Horace Ott, Arranger, Conductor - Gerome Ragni, Composer, Lyricist - Stroud Productions & Enterprises, Producer - Tom Barman - Galt Macdermot, Composer, Lyricist - Ray Hall, Recording Engineer
Originally released 1968. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Nina Simone, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hal Mooney, Producer - Rudy Stevenson, Flute, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nina Simone, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Barry Alan Gibb, Composer, Lyricist - Jimmy Wisner, Arranger, Conductor - Robin Gibb, Composer, Lyricist - Danny Davis, Producer - Mike Moran, Recording Engineer - Mike Hartry, Mixing Engineer
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Horace Ott, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Nina Simone, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Mooney, Producer - Andrew Benjamin Stroud, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Stevenson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Lamb, Composer - Richard Lamb, Lyricist - Seldon Powell, Tenor Saxophone - Seldon Powell, Flute - Marky Markowitz, Trumpet - Danny Davis, Producer - Rudy Stevenson, Guitar - Mel Tax, Alto Saxophone - Mel Tax, Baritone Saxophone - Mel Tax, Flute - Sammy Lowe, Arranger - Sammy Lowe, Conductor - Gene Taylor, Acoustic Bass - Bernard Purdie, Drums - Nina Simone, Performer - Nina Simone, Vocal - Nina Simone, Piano - Ernie Hayes, Organ - Ernie Hayes, Piano - Eric Gale, Guitar - Ernie Royal, Trumpet - William Taylor, Composer - William Taylor, Lyricist
Originally recorded 1967. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Nina Simone, Performer - Albert "Tootie" Heath, Performer - Jimmy Bond, Performer - Gus Kahn, Lyricist - Walter Donaldson, Composer - Nina Simone, Composer
2013 Bethlehem Records 2013 Bethlehem Records
Nina Simone, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Piano - Rudy Stevenson, Guitar - Samuel Waymon, Organ - Gene Taylor, Bass Guitar - Buck Clarke, Drums - Joe Rene, Producer - Mark Wilder, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2011 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Gloria Caldwell, ComposerLyricist - Horace Ott, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Nina Simone, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Mooney, Producer - BENNIE BENJAMIN, ComposerLyricist - Sol Marcus, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mike Hartry, Mixing Engineer - Weldon Irvine, Composer - Weldon Irvine, Lyricist - Weldon Irvine, Conductor - Stroud Productions & Enterprises, Producer - Nina Simone, Composer - Nina Simone, Lyricist - Nina Simone, Arranger - Nina Simone, Performer
Originally released 1970. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Max Ellen, Violin - Maeretha Stewart, Background Vocal - Jonathan Abramowitz, Acoustic Cello - Milt Grayson, Background Vocal - Barry Finclair, Violin - Harry Lookofsky, Violin - Emanuel Vardi, Viola - Didier Deutsch, Re-Issue Producer - Albertine Robinson, Background Vocal - Babi Floyd, Background Vocal - Marvin Morgenstern, Violin - Debbie McDuffie, Background Vocal - Creed Taylor, Producer - Jim Madison, Drums - Charles McCracken, Acoustic Cello - Nina Simone, Vocal - Nina Simone, Keyboards - Nina Simone, Performer - David Palmer, Mixing Engineer - David Palmer, Recording Engineer - Alan Shulman, Acoustic Cello - Gary King, Bass - Alfred Brown, Viola - Eric Gale, Guitar - Nicky Marrero, Percussion - Randy Newman, Composer - Randy Newman, Lyricist - Chris Herles, Mastering Engineer - David Nadien, Violin - Charles Libove, Violin - Jerry Friedman, Guitar - Al Schackman, Director - Al Schackman, Piano - Herbert Sorkin, Violin - Joshie Armstead, Background Vocal - Richard Sortomme, Violin - David Matthews, Arranger - Ray Simpson, Background Vocal - Harry Glickman, Violin - frank floyd, Background Vocal - Joel Cohn, 2nd Engineer - Lamar Alsop, Viola
(P) 1978 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Ray Hall, Engineer - Danny Davis, Producer - Nina Simone, Composer - Nina Simone, Lyricist - Nina Simone, Performer
Originally released 1967. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Nina Simone, Arranger - Nina Simone, Performer - Jerry Jeff Walker, Composer - Jerry Jeff Walker, Lyricist - Harold Wheeler, Arranger - Harold Wheeler, Conductor - Harold Wheeler, Producer - A C.F.N.S. Productions, Producer - Nat Shapiro, Producer - Ed Begley, Recording Engineer
Originally released 1971. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Nina Simone, Vocals, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hal Mooney, Producer - Rudy Stevenson, Flute, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George H. Bass, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Percussion, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, Composer - Nina Simone, MainArtist
© 2018 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960, 2017 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Charles Aznavour, ComposerLyricist - Horace Ott, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Nina Simone, MainArtist - Hal Mooney, Producer - Marcel Stellman, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Stevenson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Martyn, Translator - Yves Stephane, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc., Mit freundlicher Genehmigung: Universal Music Group International
Mike Hartry, Re-Mastering Engineer - Ray Hall, Recording Engineer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Stroud Productions, Inc., Producer - Nina Simone, Composer - Nina Simone, Lyricist - Nina Simone, Arranger - Nina Simone, Performer
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Ralph Burns, Conductor, Arranger - Stu Phillips, Producer - Nina Simone, Composer, MainArtist
© 2018 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1962, 2017 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Nina Simone, Arranger - Nina Simone, Performer - George Harrison, Composer - George Harrison, Lyricist - Harold Wheeler, Arranger - Harold Wheeler, Conductor - Harold Wheeler, Producer - A C.F.N.S. Production, Producer - Nat Shapiro, Producer - Ed Begley, Recording Engineer
(P) 2011 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jacques Brel, Composer, Author - Nina Simone, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Mooney, Producer, Recording Arranger, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Stevenson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nina Simone, Arranger, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer - Aillene Bullock, Composer, Lyricist - Harold Wheeler, Arranger - Sam Waymon, Organ - David Spinozza, Guitar - Gene Peila, Guitar - Charles D. Alias, Drums - Leopoldo Fleming, Congas - Essien K. Nkrumah, Percussion - John B. Williams, Percussion - Nadi Qamar, Percussion - Richard Resnicoff, Percussion - Bruce Somerfeld, Executive Producer
(P) 2011 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jimmy Bond, Bass - Dimitri Tiomkin, Writer - Ned Washington, Writer - Nina Simone, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 1992 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Max Ellen, Violin - Maeretha Stewart, Background Vocal - B. Ighner, Composer - B. Ighner, Lyricist - Jonathan Abramowitz, Acoustic Cello - Milt Grayson, Background Vocal - Barry Finclair, Violin - Harry Lookofsky, Violin - Emanuel Vardi, Viola - Didier Deutsch, Re-Issue Producer - Albertine Robinson, Background Vocal - Babi Floyd, Background Vocal - Marvin Morgenstern, Violin - Debbie McDuffie, Background Vocal - Creed Taylor, Producer - Jim Madison, Drums - Charles McCracken, Acoustic Cello - Nina Simone, Vocal - Nina Simone, Keyboards - Nina Simone, Performer - David Palmer, Mixing Engineer - David Palmer, Recording Engineer - Alan Shulman, Acoustic Cello - Gary King, Bass - Alfred Brown, Viola - Eric Gale, Guitar - Nicky Marrero, Percussion - Chris Herles, Mastering Engineer - David Nadien, Violin - Charles Libove, Violin - Jerry Friedman, Guitar - Al Schackman, Director - Herbert Sorkin, Violin - Joshie Armstead, Background Vocal - Richard Sortomme, Violin - David Matthews, Arranger - Ray Simpson, Background Vocal - Harry Glickman, Violin - frank floyd, Background Vocal - Joel Cohn, 2nd Engineer - Lamar Alsop, Viola
(P) 1978 Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Al Shackman, Guitar, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Nina Simone, Vocals, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lewis Allan, ComposerLyricist - Hal Mooney, Producer - Rudy Stevenson, Flute, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Al Shackman, Guitar, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Billie Holiday, ComposerLyricist - Nina Simone, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Mooney, Producer - Rudy Stevenson, Flute, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hamilton, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisle Atkinson, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Chris White, Bass - Fletcher Henderson, Composer - Nina Simone, MainArtist - Henry Troy, Composer
© 1992 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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The story of Eunice Kathleen Waymon is the one of an artist emblematic of the difficulty of being born in a country under the yoke of racial segregation. Nina Simone (The word Nina, which means "little girl" in Spanish, is a nickname given to her by a boyfriend, and Simone is borrowed from the actress Simone Signoret, whom she saw in Jacques Becker's "Golden Helmet") was an American pianist, singer, songwriter, and civil rights activist in the United States. Originally wanting to become a classical pianist, she eventually played and performed in a variety of musical styles including jazz, blues, classical, soul, folk, R&B, gospel and pop.
Over the course of her career, Nina Simone recorded more than 40 albums, from her debut in 1958 until around 1974. Her original style is a fusion of gospel and pop songs with classical music. Her music was very influential in the struggle for equal rights for blacks in the United States during this period. She was a powerful source of inspiration for that generation and continues to be so for those who follow.
The Struggles of Nina Simone
by Marc Zisman
Although today she is seen as one of the most original voices in jazz and soul, Nina Simone's life was anything but a smooth and gentle climb to the top. The woman who dreamed of being the first black American classical pianist had to struggle against others, against her own family, and even against herself.
This latest fight backfired. Her concerts were cancelled one after another; her husband forbade her from learning to use a gun; her family was asking for more and more financial support; the taxman was pursuing her for incredible sums: Nina Simone had never felt so alone. Worse, her character was becoming increasingly out of control and her speech was at times incoherent. In September 1970, she threw in the towel, leaving Andrew and her native country, heading for Barbados. Four years later, she flew for Liberia in Africa, accompanied by her daughter Lisa. In the film What Happened, Miss Simone? she describes this time as the happiest of her life. There, however, her behaviour went seriously off the rails and Nina, formerly a beaten wife herself, in turn started beating her own daughter. This unbearable situation pushed the 14-year-old to return to live with her father in the United States. Her delusions were mounting up – she said she had hated playing the piano since she was 4 years old – and her resources were drying up. She recorded a few albums that met with mixed success both critically and commercially (It Is Finished for RCA in 1974 and Baltimore for CTI in 1978). Her need for money led her to fly to Europe where she hoped for a warm reception from fans.
She headed first to Switzerland and then to France, where she settled in 1981. She lived in a Parisian flat that she didn't take care of very well, and made her living in small venues like the Trois Mailletz. Her comeback failed to make a splash, and the clubs weren't selling out. But Nina spent the last few years of her life performing on European stages (London, Montreux) and producing a few final albums (in 1982 Fodder on My Wings for Carrère, in 1987 Let It Be Me for Verve and in 1993 A Single Woman for Elektra). Demons gnawed at her, but medicine helped her stay afloat. Her schizophrenia and bipolar disorder were treated with Trilafon, a very powerful antipsychotic. On stage, her soulful, high-priestess voice was no longer quite the same. Her personal life was a disaster, her loneliness was worse than ever, but thanks to Chanel, the public remembered her again. In 1993, she moved to Bouc-Bel-Air near Aix, alternating between concerts around the world (São Paulo, Seattle, Marciac...) and bouts of insanity (setting fire to her house, shooting a neighbour...). On 21 April 2003, she lost one more battle, this one to breast cancer. Two days earlier, however, Nina Simone had won a different fight. And it was a big one: the Philadelphia Curtis Institute, which had rejected her so many years before, finally awarded her an honorary degree.
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