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Nina Simone
Nina Simone 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 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 poor family in North Carolina, Simone initially aspired to be a concert pianist. With the help of a few supporters in her hometown, she enrolled in the Juilliard School of Music in New York City. She then applied for a scholarship to study at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where, despite a well received audition, she was denied admission, which she attributed to racism. 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. She changed her name to "Nina Simone" to disguise herself from family members, having chosen to play "the devil's music" or so-called "cocktail piano". 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)

Songs

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Feeling Good
Nina Simone
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Sinnerman (Sofi Tukker Remix)
Nina Simone
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Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Nina Simone
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I Put A Spell On You
Nina Simone
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My Baby Just Cares for Me (2013 - Remaster)
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Albums

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Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

Album • 2025
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Jazz Volume: Nina Simone

Album • 2022
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The Songwriter

EP • 2021
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Feeling Good - Nina Simone

Album • 2025
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Blues on Purpose

EP • 2022
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Feeling Good

EP • 2021
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Nina's Back

Album • 2024
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Nina Simone And Her Friends (2021 - Stereo Remaster)

Album • 2021
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Great Women Of Song: Nina Simone

Album • 2023
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Love Songs

EP • 2021

Singles

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I Sing Just To Know That I'm Alive

2024
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Little Girl Blue, Pt. 1 and 2 (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1976)

2021
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Liberian Calypso / I Sing Just To Know That I'm Alive

1982
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For A While

2024
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Four Women (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1990)

2021
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I Sing Just To Know That I'm Alive

1982
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African Mailman (2021 - Stereo Remaster)

2021
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Liberian Calypso

2020
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I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1976)

2021
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Remember Our Love

2017

Videos

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Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Official Video)

Nina Simone • 56K views
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Feeling Good (Official Video)

Nina Simone • 35M views
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I Put A Spell On You (Official Video)

Nina Simone • 3.6M views
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To Be Free Artist Of The Month (Promotional video)

Nina Simone • 188K 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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Women 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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