Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her stage name Nina Simone (IPA: nin?? s??m??n??) (February 21, 1933 ??? April 21, 2003), was a fifteen-time Grammy Award-nominated american singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist. Although she disliked being categorized, Simone is generally classified as a jazz musician; She personally preferred the term "black classical music". Simone originally aspired to become a classical pianist, but her work covers an eclectic variety of musical styles besides her classical basis, such as jazz, soul, folk, rnb, gospel, and pop music. Her vocal style (with an alto vocal range) is characterized by intense passion, breathiness, and tremolo. Sometimes known as the High Priestess of Soul, she paid great attention to the musical expression of emotions. Within one album or concert she could fluctuate between exuberant happiness or tragic melancholy. These fluctuations also characterized her own personality and personal life, worsened by a bipolar disorder with which she was diagnosed in the mid-sixties, but was kept secret until 2004.
1 | The House Of The Rising Sun | House Of The Rising Sun |
2 | Ne Me Quitte Pas | Finest Hour |
3 | Don't Explain | Finest Hour |
4 | Little Girl Blue | Finest Hour |
5 | Ain't No Use | House Of The Rising Sun |
6 | Central Park Blues | House Of The Rising Sun |
7 | You Took My Teeth | House Of The Rising Sun |
8 | It's Cold Out Here | House Of The Rising Sun |
9 | Wild Is The Wind | Finest Hour |
10 | I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good | The Big Lebowski |
11 | This Year's Kiss | Finest Hour |
12 | Love Me Or Leave Me | House Of The Rising Sun |
13 | Four Women | Finest Hour |
14 | Do What You Gotta Do | House Of The Rising Sun |
15 | Love Me Or Leave Me | Finest Hour |
16 | Don't Smoke In Bed | Finest Hour |
17 | Feelin' Good | Verve Remixed |
18 | Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter | Skye Presents The Breaks |
19 | Just In Time | House Of The Rising Sun |
20 | The Other Woman | Finest Hour |