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Nina Simone

1933 - 2003

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Nina Simone ( NEE-nə sim-OHN; born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, pianist, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, and pop. Her piano playing was strongly influenced by baroque and classical music, especially Johann Sebastian Bach, and accompanied expressive, jazz-like singing in her contralto voice. The sixth of eight children born into a respected family in North Carolina, Simone initially aspired to be a concert pianist. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nina Simone is the 64th most popular singer (down from 51st in 2019), the 443rd most popular biography from United States (down from 314th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Singer.

Nina Simone was a singer and songwriter from North Carolina who became famous for her jazz and blues music. She is most famous for her song "I Put a Spell on You."

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Among singers, Nina Simone ranks 64 out of 4,381. Before her are Shakira, Kate Bush, Sinéad O'Connor, James Brown, Amanda Lear, and 50 Cent. After her are George Michael, Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker, Joe Dassin, Klaus Meine, and Kurt Cobain.

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Among people born in 1933, Nina Simone ranks 20. Before her are Heinrich Rohrer, Jalal Talabani, Tinto Brass, James Brown, H. D. Deve Gowda, and Just Fontaine. After her are Arno Allan Penzias, Susan Sontag, Amartya Sen, Paul Biya, Paul J. Crutzen, and Philip Roth. Among people deceased in 2003, Nina Simone ranks 14. Before her are Gregory Peck, Alija Izetbegović, Barry White, Robert K. Merton, Maurice Gibb, and Ilya Prigogine. After her are Nǃxau ǂToma, Zoran Đinđić, Edward Said, Elia Kazan, Donald Davidson, and Frederick Chapman Robbins.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nina Simone ranks 443 out of 20,380. Before her are Robert F. Kennedy (1925), Coen brothers (null), Robert Coleman Richardson (1937), Robert S. Mulliken (1896), Fiorello H. La Guardia (1882), and John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874). After her are Rachel Carson (1907), Philip Kotler (1931), Lou Henry Hoover (1874), Edward Hopper (1882), Jeffrey Dahmer (1960), and Nancy Reagan (1921).

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Among singers born in United States, Nina Simone ranks 26. Before her are Barbra Streisand (1942), Axl Rose (1962), Jay-Z (1969), Sammy Davis Jr. (1925), James Brown (1933), and 50 Cent (1975). After her are Joe Dassin (1938), Kurt Cobain (1967), Ella Fitzgerald (1917), Eminem (1972), Harry Nilsson (1941), and Jennifer Lopez (1969).

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