Sold Date: January 30, 2015
Start Date: May 6, 2014
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Nina Simone
Wild Is The Wind
On Philips Records PHS 600-207


Condition: Cover is VG, small stain on the back. Record is VG+
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Nina Simone (born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an singer, songwriter, , arranger, and widely associated with music. Simone aspired to become a classical while working in a broad range of styles including , , , , , , and .

Born the sixth child of a preacher's family in , Simone aspired to be a concert pianist. Her musical path changed direction after she was denied a scholarship to the prestigious in , despite a well-received audition. Simone was later told by someone working at Curtis that she was rejected because she was black. When she began playing in a small club in Philadelphia to fund her continuing musical education and become a classical pianist she was required to sing as well. She was approached for a recording by Bethlehem Records, and her rendering of "" was a hit in the United States in 1958. Over the length of her career Simone recorded more than 40 albums, mostly between 1958—when she made her debut with —and 1974.

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