Nina Simone

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American musician blues musician civil rights activist human jazz musician pianist singer songwriter soul musician

Nina Simone was an influential American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist renowned for her powerful blend of jazz, blues, classical, and soul music.

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Label	Occurrences
Nina Simone canonical	102
Nina Simone Smith	1

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American musician ⓘ blues musician ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ pianist ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ soul musician ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	2000s ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1950s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	High Priestess of Soul ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Hall of Fame Award ⓘ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
birthName	Eunice Kathleen Waymon ⓘ
causeOfDeath	breast cancer ⓘ
child	Lisa Simone Kelly ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1933-02-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2003-04-21 ⓘ
educatedAt	Juilliard School ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
gender	female ⓘ
genre	blues ⓘ classical music ⓘ gospel ⓘ jazz ⓘ rhythm and blues ⓘ soul ⓘ
honor	Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018 ⓘ Posthumous honorary degree from the Curtis Institute of Music ⓘ
influenced	Alicia Keys ⓘ Aretha Franklin ⓘ Jeff Buckley ⓘ John Legend ⓘ Lauryn Hill ⓘ Mary J. Blige ⓘ
influencedBy	Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ surface form: Bach classical music ⓘ
instrument	piano ⓘ vocals ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
movement	American civil rights movement ⓘ
notableAlbum	High Priestess of Soul ⓘ Little Girl Blue ⓘ Nina Simone Sings the Blues ⓘ Nina Simone in Concert ⓘ Pastel Blues ⓘ Silk & Soul ⓘ Wild Is the Wind ⓘ
notableWork	Baltimore ⓘ Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair ⓘ Feeling Good ⓘ Four Women ⓘ I Loves You, Porgy ⓘ I Put a Spell on You ⓘ Mississippi Goddam ⓘ My Baby Just Cares for Me ⓘ Ne Me Quitte Pas ⓘ Sinnerman ⓘ To Be Young, Gifted and Black ⓘ
occupation	arranger ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ composer ⓘ pianist ⓘ singer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Tryon, North Carolina, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Carry-le-Rouet, Bouches-du-Rhône, France ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
residence	France ⓘ Liberia ⓘ New York City ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
spouse	Andrew Stroud ⓘ Donald Ross ⓘ
stageName	Nina Simone self-link ⓘ

Referenced by (103)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nice Jazz Festival → hasParticipant → Nina Simone ⓘ

The Times They Are a-Changin' → hasCoverVersionBy → Nina Simone ⓘ

Verve Records → notableArtist → Nina Simone ⓘ

Billie Holiday → influenced → Nina Simone ⓘ

Lover (jazz standard) → hasNotablePerformer → Nina Simone ⓘ

Nina Simone → stageName → Nina Simone self-link ⓘ

New Day → sampledArtist → Nina Simone ⓘ

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues → hasCoverVersionBy → Nina Simone ⓘ

Just Like a Woman → hasCoverVersionBy → Nina Simone ⓘ

A&R Recording Studios, New York City → usedByArtist → Nina Simone ⓘ

"My Way" by Claude François and Jacques Revaux → notableCoverArtist → Nina Simone ⓘ

subject surface form: "My Way"

Mood Indigo → coveredBy → Nina Simone ⓘ

It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) → hasBeenRecordedBy → Nina Simone ⓘ

Solitude → notablePerformer → Nina Simone ⓘ

After You've Gone → hasPerformer → Nina Simone ⓘ

Blood on the Leaves → sampledArtist → Nina Simone ⓘ

Suzanne → coveredBy → Nina Simone ⓘ

Miriam Makeba → collaboratedWith → Nina Simone ⓘ

Strange Fruit → notablePerformer → Nina Simone ⓘ

Here Comes the Sun → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Nina Simone ⓘ

Ledisi → influencedBy → Nina Simone ⓘ

Italia Smith → sibling → Nina Simone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nina Simone Smith

Nina Cried Power → tributeTo → Nina Simone ⓘ

The Man I Love → hasNotablePerformer → Nina Simone ⓘ

Newport Jazz Festival → hasFeaturedArtist → Nina Simone ⓘ

Andra Day → influencedBy → Nina Simone ⓘ

Snoh Aalegra → hasMusicalInfluence → Nina Simone ⓘ

The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 film) → songPerformer → Nina Simone ⓘ

My Man’s Gone Now → notablePerformer → Nina Simone ⓘ

I Fall in Love Too Easily → notablePerformer → Nina Simone ⓘ

Ferncliff Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Nina Simone ⓘ

Angelo Badalamenti → notableCollaboration → Nina Simone ⓘ

Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out → notableRecordingBy → Nina Simone ⓘ

Montreux Jazz Festival → hasNotablePerformer → Nina Simone ⓘ

I Think It’s Going to Rain Today → hasCoverVersionBy → Nina Simone ⓘ

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) → featuresPerformer → Nina Simone ⓘ

Miss Otis Regrets → hasNotablePerformer → Nina Simone ⓘ

Willow Weep for Me → notableRecordingBy → Nina Simone ⓘ

Eunice Kathleen Waymon → stageName → Nina Simone ⓘ

Tryon, North Carolina, United States → hasNotablePerson → Nina Simone ⓘ

subject surface form: Tryon, North Carolina

I Put a Spell on You → performer → Nina Simone ⓘ

I Put a Spell on You → notableCoverArtist → Nina Simone ⓘ

Mississippi Goddam → creator → Nina Simone ⓘ

Mississippi Goddam → performer → Nina Simone ⓘ

Mississippi Goddam → vocalist → Nina Simone ⓘ

Mississippi Goddam → lyricist → Nina Simone ⓘ

Mississippi Goddam → composer → Nina Simone ⓘ

To Be Young, Gifted and Black → artist → Nina Simone ⓘ

To Be Young, Gifted and Black → composer → Nina Simone ⓘ

To Be Young, Gifted and Black → firstPerformer → Nina Simone ⓘ