Eunice Kathleen Waymon (21 February 1933 – 21 April 2003), better known by her stage name Nina Simone, was an American singer, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist widely associated with
jazz music. Simone aspired to become a classical pianist while working in a broad range of styles including
classical,
jazz,
blues,
soul,
folk,
rhythm and blues,
gospel, and
pop. Simone was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon on 21st February 1933 in Tryon, North Carolina, USA, one of eight children. Like a number of other black singers in the U.S., she was inspired as a child by
Marian Anderson, an…
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