Biografía de Nina Simone
Nina Simone nació como Eunice Kathleen Waymon en Carolina del Norte en 1933, siendo la sexta de ocho hermanos en una familia afroamericana de recursos limitados. Desde temprana edad mostró un talento excepcional para el piano, comenzando a tocar a los tres años y recibiendo lecciones formales de música clásica. Su madre trabajaba como predicadora metodista y su padre como barbero y granjero, lo que marcó profundamente su formación musical inicial con influencias gospel. Durante su adolescencia, su talento llamó la atención de benefactores locales que financiaron su educación musical, permitiéndole estudiar en la prestigiosa Juilliard School de Nueva York, aunque solo por un año debido a limitaciones económicas.
Su carrera artística comenzó cuando adoptó el nombre Nina Simone para ocultar a su familia conservadora que tocaba en clubes nocturnos. Su estilo musical único fusionaba jazz, blues, folk, gospel y música clásica, creando un sonido distintivo que desafiaba las categorías tradicionales. Su voz profunda y expresiva, combinada con su virtuosismo al piano, la convirtió en una intérprete incomparable. Entre sus álbumes más reconocidos se encuentran "Little Girl Blue", "Pastel Blues" y "Wild Is the Wind", donde demostró su capacidad para transformar tanto composiciones propias como versiones de otros artistas. Su interpretación de "I Put a Spell on You" y "Feeling Good" se volvieron emblemáticas de su repertorio.
Nina Simone trascendió la música para convertirse en una figura fundamental del movimiento de derechos civiles estadounidense, utilizando su arte como plataforma de protesta social. Canciones como "Mississippi Goddam" y "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" se convirtieron en himnos de la lucha por la igualdad racial. Su legado influyó a generaciones posteriores de artistas y activistas, siendo reconocida póstumamente como una de las voces más importantes del siglo XX. Aunque falleció en 2003, su impacto perdura en la música contemporánea, siendo referencia obligada para artistas de diversos géneros que buscan combinar excelencia musical con compromiso social y político.
Canciones más reproducidas
Todas las canciones
A
- A Single Woman (Remastered)
- African Mailman (2014 - Remaster)
- African Mailman (Opolopo Remix)
- African Mailman (Smoove Remix)
- African Mailman (The Rebel Remix)
- Ain't Got No - I Got Life (From the musical production "Hair")
- Ain't Got No - I Got Life (From the Musical Production "Hair") (Live)
- Ain't Got No - I Got Life (Live at Philharmonic Hall, New York, NY - October 1969)
- Ain't Got No - I Got Life (Single Version)
- Angel of the Morning
B
- Backlash Blues
- Balm In Gilead (Album Version)
- Baltimore
- Baseball Boogie (Outtake)
- Be My Husband
- Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
- Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Hair (Live at Philharmonic Hall, New York, NY - October 1969)
- Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Hair (Mono; Single Edit; 2017 Remaster)
- Blues for Mama
- Buck
C
- Central Park Blues (Monte's Midnight Mix)
- Central Park Blues (Single Edit; 2017 - Remaster)
- Chain Gang (The Work Song)
- Children Go Where I Send You
- Children Go Where I Send You (Mono; Single Edit; 2017 Remaster)
- Chilly Winds Don't Blow (Mono; Single Edit; 2017 Remaster)
- Com' By H'Yere Good Lord (Live at Philharmonic Hall, NYC - July 1973)
- Come on Back Jack (Mono; Single Edit; 2017 Remaster)
- Come Ye (Live at Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, NY - April 1968)
- Consummation
- Cosi ti amo
- Cotton Eyed Joe (Mono; Single Edit; 2017 Remaster)
D
- Dambala (Live at Philharmonic Hall, NYC - July 1973)
- Do I Move You?
- Do I Move You? (Outtake)
- Do I Move You? (Version II)
- Do What You Gotta Do (Live at Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, NY - April 1968)
- Don't Explain
- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Live at Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, NY - April 1968)
- Don't Smoke In Bed (Single Edit; 2017 - Remaster)
F
G
H
I
- I Can't See Nobody
- I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)
- I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) (Mono; Single Edit; 2017 Remaster)
- I Loves You Porgy (From "Porgy and Bess") (Live at Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, NY - April 1968)
- I Loves You Porgy (Mees Dierdrop Remix)
- I Loves You, Porgy
- I Loves You, Porgy (2014 - Remaster)
- I Want a Little Sugar In My Bowl
- I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Live at Philharmonic Hall, NYC - July 1973)
- I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Mono; Single Edit; 2017 Remaster)
- I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
- I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter (Outtake)
- If I Should Lose You (2003 Remaster)
- If Only for Tonight (Mono; Single Edit; 2017 Remaster)
- If You Knew (Live at Carnegie Hall)
- If You Pray Right (Album Version)
- Il N'y a Pas D'Amour Heureux (2003 Remaster)
- In the Evening by the Moonlight (Mono; Single Edit; 2017 Remaster)
- Introduction (Live at Philharmonic Hall, New York, NY - October 1969)
- It Be's That Way Sometime
- It Don't Mean a Thing
- It Might as Well Be Spring (Mono; Single Edit; 2017 Remaster)
L
- Lass of the Low Country (Live at Carnegie Hall; 2004 Remaster)
- Let It Be Me (Live at Fort Dix, NJ - November 1971)
- Lilac Wine
- Little Girl Blue (Maestro Remix)
- Little Girl Blue (Single Edit; 2017 - Remaster)
- Lonesome Cities (2003 Remaster)
- Love Me Or Leave Me
- Love Me or Leave Me (2013 Remastered Version)
- Love Me Or Leave Me (Gabriel & Castellon And Maestro Remix)
- Love Me Or Leave Me (Suonho Relove)
- Love O' Love
- Love's Been Good to Me (2003 Remaster)
M
- Marry Me (2003 Remaster)
- Memphis in June (Mono; Single Edit; 2017 Remaster)
- Mighty Lak a Rose (Live at Carnegie Hall; 2005 Remaster)
- Mississippi Goddam
- Mississippi Goddam (Live At Carnegie Hall, New York, 1964)
- Mississippi Goddam (Live at Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, NY - April 1968)
- Mood Iindigo (Single Edit; 2017 - Remaster)
- Mood Indigo (Renegades Of Jazz Remix)
- Mr. Bojangles (Live at Philharmonic Hall, NYC - July 1973)
- Music For Lovers (Album Version)
- My Baby Just Cares For Me (Gabriel & Castellon And Maestro Remix)
- My Baby Just Cares For Me (Live At Vine St. Bar & Grill, 1987)
- My Baby Just Cares For Me (The Reflex Edit)
- My Father
- My Man's Gone Now
- My Sweet Lord / Today Is a Killer (Live at Fort Dix, NJ - November 1971)
N
- New World Coming
- New World Coming (darkDARK Remix)
- Nina (Live at Philharmonic Hall, NYC - July 1973)
- No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed (Live in Munich, Germany - April 1969)
- No Woman, No Cry (Outtake)
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (Mono; Single Edit; 2017 Remaster)
- Nobody's Fault But Mine (Remixed)
P
- Papa, Can You Hear Me? (Remastered)
- Peace of Mind (Live at Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, NY - April 1968)
- Peace of Mind (Single Version)
- Plain Gold Ring (Fab Samperi Remix)
- Plain Gold Ring (Mop Mop Rework)
- Plain Gold Ring (Single Edit; 2017 - Remaster)
- Please Read Me
- Please Read Me (Live at Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, NY - April 1968)
- Poppies
- Porgy, I Is Your Woman (Bess, You Is My Woman)
S
- Save Me (Live in Munich, Germany - April 1969)
- See-Line Woman
- Sign 'O' the Times (Outtake)
- Silver City Bound (Live at Carnegie Hall; 2004 Remaster)
- Since My Love Has Gone (Mono; Single Edit; 2017 Remaster)
- Sinnerman
- Solitaire (Mono; Single Edit; 2017 Remaster)
- Spring Is Here
- Summertime (Mono; Single Edit; 2017 Remaster)
- Sunday in Savannah
- Sunday in Savannah (Live at Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, NY - April 1968)
- Suzanne (alternate version)
- Suzanne (Live at Philharmonic Hall, New York, NY - October 1969)
T
- Take Care Of Business
- Take My Hand Precious Lord (Live at Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, NY - April 1968)
- Tanywey
- Thandewye
- That's All I Want From You (Album Version)
- The Assignment Sequence (Live at Philharmonic Hall, New York, NY - October 1969)
- The Backlash Blues (Live at Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, NY - April 1968)
- The Black Swan (Live at Carnegie Hall)
- The Family
- The Folks Who Live on the Hill (2003 Remaster)
- The House of the Rising Sun
- The House of the Rising Sun (Live at the Village Gate)
- The Long and Winding Road (Outtake)
- The Man with a Horn
- The More I See You (Remastered)
- The Other Woman (Live at Town Hall)
- The Other Woman (Live in Munich, Germany - April 1969)
- The Other Woman (Mono; Single Edit; 2017 Remaster)
- The Other Woman / Cotton Eyed Joe (Live at Carnegie Hall)
- The Pusher
- The Times They Are A-Changin' (Outtake)
- The Twelfth of Never (Live at Carnegie Hall; 2004 Remaster)
- The Twelfth of Never (Live at Carnegie Hall)
- The Young Knight (Live at Carnegie Hall; 2004 Remaster)
- Theme from "Samson and Delilah" (Live at Carnegie Hall)
- Theme from "Sayonara" (Instrumental; Live at Carnegie Hall)
- To Be Young, Gifted and Black (Live at Philharmonic Hall, New York, NY - October 1969)
- To Be Young, Gifted and Black (Single Version)
- Tomorrow (We Will Meet Once More) (Mono; Single Edit; 2017 Remaster)
- Trouble in Mind (Single Version; Mono; Single Edit; 2017 Remaster)
- Turn, Turn Turn (To Everything There Is a Season) (alternate version)
- Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything There Is a Season)
- Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything There Is a Season) (Live in Munich, Germany - April 1969)
W
- West Wind (Live at Philharmonic Hall, New York, NY - October 1969)
- What Have They Done to My Song, Ma
- When I Was a Young Girl (Live at Carnegie Hall; 2004 Remaster)
- Who Knows Where the Time Goes (Live at Philharmonic Hall, New York, NY - October 1969)
- Why Must Your Love Well Be so Dry
- Why? (The King Of Love Is Dead)
- Why? (The King of Love Is Dead) (Live at Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, NY - April 1968)
- Will I Find My Love Today (Live at Carnegie Hall)
- Willow Weep for Me (Mono; Single Edit; 2017 Remaster)
- Work Song (Mono; Single Edit; 2017 Remaster)

