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Nina Simone was a great pianist, a riveting vocalist, and an uncompromising personality. Her sociopolitical consciousness and eclecticism set her apart from the pack. Her interpretations of soul, jazz, blues, and standards are both striking and unique; not for nothing do her fans refer to her as the Goddess. She established her jazz credentials with an emotive interpretation of George Gershwin s I Loves You Porgy in 1959. Her influential 60s work included Forbidden Fruit and I Put A Spell On You. One of her singles, Dont Let Me Be Misunderstood, later became a worldwide hit for the Animals. In later years, she recorded less frequently, but in 1987, while in self-imposed exile in France, she had a fluke hit after her 50s version of My Baby Just Cares For Me, was resurrected in a TV commercial. Simone died in 2003 at her home in France at age 70.
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