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Nina Simone

Nina Simone was an American singer, pianist, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, and pop. Her piano playing was strongly influenced by baroque and classical music, especially Johann Sebastian Bach, and accompanied expressive, jazz-like singing in her contralto voice. The sixth of eight children born into a respected family in North Carolina, Simone initially aspired to be a concert pianist. With the help of a local fund set up in her hometown, she enrolled at Allen High School for Girls, then spent a summer at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City, preparing to apply for a scholarship to study at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. She failed to gain admission to Curtis, which she attributed to racism, though staff have pointed out that only three of 72 students were successful that year. In 2003, just days before her death, the institute awarded her an honorary degree. Early in her career, to make a living, Simone played piano at a nightclub in Atlantic City. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Simone) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

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Feeling Good

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Sinnerman (Sofi Tukker Remix)

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Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

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I Put A Spell On You

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My Baby Just Cares for Me (2013 - Remaster)

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Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

2025

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Nina Simone And Her Friends (2021 - Stereo Remaster)

2021

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Good Bait

2018

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Nina's Back

2024

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Little Girl Blue (2021 - Stereo Remaster)

2021

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My Baby Just Cares for Me

2018

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Great Women Of Song: Nina Simone

2023

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Folksy Nina

2021

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Jazz Volume: Nina Simone

2022

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New World Coming

2020

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I Sing Just To Know That I'm Alive

Single • 2024

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Love Songs

EP • 2021

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Little Girl Blue, Pt. 1 and 2 (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1976)

Single • 2021

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For A While

Single • 2024

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The Songwriter

EP • 2021

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Mood Indigo

EP • 2021

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Blues on Purpose

EP • 2022

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Feeling Good

EP • 2021

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African Mailman (2021 - Stereo Remaster)

Single • 2021

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I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1976)

Single • 2021

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Feeling Good (Official Video)

Nina Simone • 38M views

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Sinnerman (Audio)

Nina Simone • 964K views

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Strange Fruit (Audio)

Nina Simone • 176K views

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Sinnerman (Sofi Tukker Remix) [Animated Video]

SOFI TUKKER & Nina Simone • 21M views

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Sinnerman (Felix Da Housecat's Heavenly House Mix)

Nina Simone • 9.4M views

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Ne Me Quitte Pas (Audio)

Nina Simone • 199K views

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Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Official Video)

Nina Simone • 933K views

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Nina Simone: To Love Somebody (Live in Antibes, 1969)

Nina Simone • 4.8M views

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I Put A Spell On You (Official Video)

Nina Simone • 4.1M views

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Wild Is The Wind (Audio)

Nina Simone • 246K views

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Jazz Remixed

Playlist • YouTube Music

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Celebrating Kwanzaa: Nia

Playlist • YouTube Music

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Celebrating Kwanzaa: Kujichagulia

Playlist • YouTube Music

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Divas of Jazz

Playlist • YouTube Music

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Celebrating Kwanzaa: Ujima

Playlist • YouTube Music

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Fight the Power

Playlist • YouTube Music

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Sounds of the Civil Rights Movement

Playlist • YouTube Music

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Dinner for Two

Playlist • YouTube Music

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Jazz for the Lonely

Playlist • YouTube Music

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Lifting Voices... Proud

Playlist • YouTube Music

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Nina Simone: I Put A Spell On You

Playlist • Nina Simone • 416K views

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Nina Simone: Rare Recordings

Playlist • Nina Simone • 66K views

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Nina Simone: Live at Teatro Sistina in Rome, 1969

Playlist • Nina Simone • 31K views

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Nina Simone: Pastel Blues

Playlist • Nina Simone • 131K views

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Feeling Good: Her Greatest Hits and Remixes

Playlist • Nina Simone • 49K views

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Nina Simone: In Concert

Playlist • Nina Simone • 17K views

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Nina Simone: Broadway - Blues - Ballads

Playlist • Nina Simone • 100K views

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Nina Simone: Fodder On My Wings

Playlist • Nina Simone • 40K views

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Nina Simone: Wild Is The Wind

Playlist • Nina Simone • 74K views

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Nina Simone: Fodder On My Wings

Playlist • Nina Simone • 32K views

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8.59M monthly audience

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37.9M monthly audience

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21.2M monthly audience

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42.5M monthly audience

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Billie Holiday

3.59M monthly audience

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Ruth Brown

7.42K subscribers

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Ray Charles

14.3M monthly audience

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Irma Thomas

9.71K subscribers

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Dinah Washington

21.8K subscribers

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6.21M monthly audience