NINA SIMONE INTRODUCTION Nina Simone is a Music

INTRODUCTION Nina Simone is a Music artist who is American, she specialist with Song

DATE OF BIRTH AND PLACE OF BIRTH She was born on February 21 1933

HOW SHE GOT INTO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY She started to play the piano at

BREAKTHROUGH SONG/ALBUM HERE ARE NINA SIMONE’S THREE BEST BREAKTHROUGH SONGS ARE CALLED: 1. I

THEIR BIGGEST HITS HERE ARE THE TWO GREATEST HITS WHICH ARE: 1. Aint got

POLITICAL VIEWS In the 90 s Nina Simone went to America because of the

OVERALL INFLUENCE ON MUSIC AN CULTURE Overall her influences on the music is that

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NINA SIMONE

INTRODUCTION Nina Simone is a Music artist who is American, she specialist with Song writer, pianist, singer, and Arranger and is also an activist in the civil right movement.

DATE OF BIRTH AND PLACE OF BIRTH She was born on February 21 1933 in Tryon, NC ‘America’. Died in her sleep from natural causes on 21 st April 2003 in France.

HOW SHE GOT INTO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY She started to play the piano at a young age of three years old and also singing in her local choir at the church. She also did some musical training over many years to progress on her music. She also taught piano and also worked as a Accompanist to other performers. She turned away from the classical music for a while and started playing American standards like jazz and blues in 1950 s. She started singing along with her music at a bar. They eventually won over such fan as a few writers Langston Hughes, Lorraine Hansberry and James Baldwin.

BREAKTHROUGH SONG/ALBUM HERE ARE NINA SIMONE’S THREE BEST BREAKTHROUGH SONGS ARE CALLED: 1. I Loves you, porgy 2. My Baby just Cares For me 3. Mississippi Goddam and Sinnerman

THEIR BIGGEST HITS HERE ARE THE TWO GREATEST HITS WHICH ARE: 1. Aint got no, I got life” 2. My baby just cares These two are the biggest hits throughout all of her music. Ain’t got no, I got life was released in 1968 the genre of the song is pop. The name of the album for this song is Nuff Said. My Baby Just Cares was released in 1958 and the album name is called Little Girl Blue.

POLITICAL VIEWS In the 90 s Nina Simone went to America because of the civil rights and filled with her fame and her crippling depression. She moved back home to France to live her life away from all the fame and the suffering from her depression. Also she also was an activist in the civil right movement.

OVERALL INFLUENCE ON MUSIC AN CULTURE Overall her influences on the music is that she had a huge passion for all her music tunes, so many artists fans loved her which really made her feel like she made it in the music industry. Her culture made a huge impact on the music that she made because she had lots of different types of cultural backgrounds.