Nina Simone

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Nina Simone (Eunice Kathleen Waymon) was born on February 21, 1933, in Tryon, North Carolina. She began to learn piano when shew as three years old and began to play in church when she turned twelve. After she graduated high school, she moved to New York City to study at Juilliard School of Music in piano. She began performing in bar in Atlanta City, and the owner made her both sing and play piano. She cut her first album Little Girl Blue in 1958. During the Civil Rights movement, she would always give a speech at her performances concerning equal rights. In 1970, she fled the country to avoid paying taxes. She finally settled in Southern France in 1993. She was diagnosed with breast cancer and fought if for some months before she died in her sleep on April 21, 2003. One of her most famous songs is Feeling Good. She had such a neat tone and had a very low voice for a woman.
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