| 1933 | Feb 21, 1933 - Nina Simone was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon on February 21, 1933, in Tryon, North Carolina, the sixth of eight children. She began playing the piano at age four, and her mom worked as a maid to support her classical piano lessons. The promising musician ...Nina Simone was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon on February 21, 1933, in Tryon, North Carolina, the sixth of eight children. She began playing the piano at age four, and her mom worked as a maid to support her classical piano lessons. The promising musician attended boarding school and then transferred to the Juilliard School of Music for her last year of high school, with help from her admiring audiences. At the age of 21, her aspiration to attend the elite Curtis School of ...  Show more  Show lesswww.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/s/nina-simone.html
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| 1954 | 1954 - In 1954, Eunice officially became Nina Simone, because she reportedly didn't want her mother to know she was playing the "devil's music." After playing in clubs for a while she debuted an album "Little Girl Blue." Although this album launched her career, Nina ...In 1954, Eunice officially became Nina Simone, because she reportedly didn't want her mother to know she was playing the "devil's music." After playing in clubs for a while she debuted an album "Little Girl Blue." Although this album launched her career, Nina received little financial gain because of a clause in the contract giving away her rights to the royalties. Her next album "The Amazing Nina Simone" garnered more interest for Nina. Show more Show lesswww.associatedcontent.com/article/390607/biography_of_nina_simone.html
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| 1959 | Sep 14, 1959 - NINA SIMONE, a singer and pianist who is new to the local concert stage, was heard Saturday evening at Town Hall in a program that included two of the more experienced veterans of concert-hall jazz, Horace Silver and JJ Johnson. Miss Simone used jazz only peripherally in her ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60B11FE3858137B93C6A81782D85F4D8585F9
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| 1964 | 1964 - SYLVIA HAMPTON and DAVID NATHAN began their relationship with the late Nina Simone in 1964. Forming the first Nina Simone fan club, they went from fans to personal friends. Throughout this time Sylvia Hampton maintained a close relationship with ...SYLVIA HAMPTON and DAVID NATHAN began their relationship with the late Nina Simone in 1964. Forming the first Nina Simone fan club, they went from fans to personal friends. Throughout this time Sylvia Hampton maintained a close relationship with Nina Simone, corresponding with her as she travelled the globe. back to previous page back to previous page. Show more Show lesswww.jazzscript.co.uk/books/simonehampton.htm
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| 1967 | Dec 31, 1967 - NINA SIMONE sat at the piano, peering into the darkness that surrounded her at the Village Gate a few weeks ago. With her hair piled in a high, round mound ... and encircled by a golden band, pendant shell disk earrings framing her strikingly full, firm features, she looked a classic ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0A17FF3554157A93C3AA1789D95F438685F9
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| 1968 | Mar 14, 1968 - One of Nina Simone's songs contains the line "He'll find her waiting like a lonesome queen." Though she is accompanied by a quartet and though her current stint at the Troubadour is. a l0. Nma Simnone Plays. at the Troubadour,. BY PETE JOHNSON. Times Staff Writer ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/521269702.html?dids=521269702:521269702&FMT=ABS&FMTS= ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+14%2C+1968...pub...Nina+Simone...
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| 1969 | May 1, 1969 - Like campus rebellion, tape cartridges, the Smothers Brothers and Xrated movies, Nina Simone is essentially a creature of our times. He extraordinary faculty for communicating with an. Ni na Simone Featured HI Concert at UCLA. ;..Like campus rebellion, cartridges, the Sinothers ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/595447542.html?dids=595447542:595447542&FMT=ABS&FMTS= ABS:AI&type=historic&date=May+01%2C+1969...Nina+Simone...in...
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| 1985 | Jul 1, 1985 - By JOHN S. WILSON. THE last time Nina Simone appeared at what is now known as the Kool Jazz Festival was in 1974 when it still had its original name, the Newport Jazz Festival. She was scheduled to perform in the festival again in 1977 but she failed to appear. ... www.nytimes.com/1985/07/01/arts/nina-simone-sings-at-fisher-hall.html
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| 2000 | Jun 6, 2000 - Gil Scott-Heron, who knows about raisin' the roof and talkin' about revolution, once said of Nina Simone that she was "black before it was fashionable to be black." Oh, she could sing those Gershwin and Ellington tunes, even songs by the Beatles or Bee Gees. ... docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/BG/lib00064,0EADDE59915C757B.html
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| 2003 | Apr 23, 2003 - Nina Simone, who died on Monday aged 70, possessed a voice that defied categorisation; she took from blues, jazz, folk and classical music, and sang from the soul. Her voice was a proud, bruised and unforgiving instrument, stamped with the authority of a high priestess of song. ... www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/1428142/Nina-Simone.html
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