NINA SIMONE, Singer. Songwriter, Pianist, arranger and Civil Rights Activist, was born EUNICE KATHLEEN WAYMON on this day 2/21/1933 in Tryon, North Carolina.
SIMONE was on of the most gifted vocalists of all times, and a powerful performer, who took a song and made it hers. Her cover of jazz, blues, soul, classical, R&B, pop and gospel tunes were not limited by any previous boundaries that may have been established.
Her passion and feelings on racial equality and social injustice were addressed in her music in songs like "Four Women," "Young, Gifted and Black," and "Mississippi Goddam."
NINA SIMONE was a TRUE DIVA and a Black iconic performer who spread her vibrations throughout the world for over 5 decades.
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