The Nina Simone Database

1933

February 21, at six in the morning Eunice Kathleen Waymon is born in Tryon, North Carolina, USA

1938

Eunice became the official pianist of the Methodist Chapel of Tryon and began to attend school for black children

1939

Eunice and two sisters formed the "Waymon Sisters" group and performed in church and outside functions
Mrs Miller pays Eunice's first piano lesson with Mrs Muriel Mazzanovich ("Miss Mazzy") wife of artist Lawrence Mazzanovich (1872-1959)

1943

Spring: Eunice gave her first piano recital at the Town Hall Tryon
May 15: played music at Tryon's Community Choir [Sylvie]

1945

September: Eunice entered the Allen High School of Asheville (North Carolina, US)

1947

August 22: recital of music

1950

June: Eunice graduated
July 3 - August 11: after graduation Eunice attends Juilliard School of Music, New York (US), to prepare for Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, US) [BL]
August: Eunice's familiy moves to Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, US); examination for admission to the Curtis Institute of Music
September: Eunice is rejected from Curtis Institute

1951

Eunice worked as a pianist for Arlene Smith, a voice teacher; takes piano lessons with Vladimir Sokhaloff

1954

February 19: Recital in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, US) at New Center Auditorium [BIC, p. 14]
June: Eunice takes a job as singer-pianist in Atlantic City (New Jersey, US) at the Midtown Bar and Grill and decide to use the stage name Nina Simone

1955

June: Nina returns in Atlantic City (New Jersey, US) at Midtown Bar and Grill, [NC, p. 66]; meet Ted Axelrod
Performance in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, US) at Poquessing Club
Nina made a demo records released as a bootleg Starring Nina Simone in 1964; the recording was the subject of a lawsuite; see Early Recordings

1956

June: Nina returns in Atlantic City (New Jersey, US) at Midtown Bar and Grill [NC]
Recording in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, US) or Atlantic City (New Jersey, US) released as Gifted and Black by Andy Stroud in 1970; see Early Recordings

1957

Spring: Nina played in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, US) at Queen Mary Room in the Rittenhouse Hotel
August: performance in New Hope (Pennsylvania, US) at Playhouse Inn [see short article and photo on Billboard 17/8/59, p. 20];
December: first recording session with Bethlehem (13 hours, 14 songs); precise date is not known, but it was in the late fall of 1957 [NC]

1958

Solo performance in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, US) at Syria Mosque Center [web page]
End year: LP Little Girl Blue aka Jazz as Played in an Exclusive Side Street Club (Bethlehem BCP-6028) released [Autobio, Calla, personal communication]
End year: Marries with Don Ross in Philadelphia [Autobio]

1959

Nina moves to New York [BIC, p. 15]
April: Nina signs with Colpix, a division of Columbia Pictures; see first recording session details
April 17-23: Share a bill with Lee Morgan, Al Hibbler, Buddy Rich big band in New York, Manhattan (US) at Apollo [web page]
May 11: performance in New York (US) at Village Gate [Sylvie]
June 22: single I Loves You Porgy (Bethlehem 11021) enter R&B US charts at #30 (peak position on charts: 2; weeks on charts: 9) [Billboard]

July 14-19: performance in New York (US) at Village Vanguard see review [Bilboard 20 Jul 1959, p. 32, theconcertdatabase]
August: LP The Amazing Nina Simone (Colpix CP/SCP 407) released [Calla]
August 9: performance in Chicago (Illinois, US) at Playboy Jazz Festival [Billboard 29/6/59]
September 12: Debut concert in New York (US) at Town Hall

October: performance in Philadelphia at Showboat [BL p. 97]
October: re-recording session for Town Hall
November 12: performance at Hollywood Interlude [Billboard 9 Nov 1959, p. 34]
December 2: performance in Chicago at Blue Note [BL]
December 17: performance in Pittsburgh at Town House [Ton]
December: LP Nina Simone at Town Hall (Colpix CP/SCP 409) released [Calla]
December 30: for five days, performing at the Copacabana [Billboard 12 Oct 1959, p. 22]
Performance in Washington at Casino Royal

1960

LP Nina Simone And Her Friends (Bethlehem BCP-6041) released [Autobio, Calla]
Performance at NBC Garroway "today" Show [Sepia, October 1960]
February: Times feature an article about Nina
May 8: Guest star at Ed Sullivan Show [OVGuide, tv.com]
June 30: Concert in Newport (Rhode Island, US) at 5th Jazz Festival [Sonic]

August 20: Concert in Detroit (Michigan, US) at 2nd Annual Detroit Jazz Festival, Michigan State Fairgrounds [theconcertdatabase]
August 26: Concert in Wakefield (Massachusetts, US) at Jazz Festival at Pleasure Island
September 5: single Nobody Knows You / Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair hit US charts (peak position on charts: 93; weeks on charts: 2)
September 11: Guest star at Ed Sullivan Show [The Sullivan Years liner notes, tv.com]

October: Sepia magazine feature an article about Nina and her husband Don Ross
October 21: Concert in New York (US) at Hunter College
December 8: Performance in New York (US) at Village Gate [Sylvie]
LP Nina Simone at Newport (Colpix CP/SCP-412) released [Calla]
Nina get divorced with Don Ross

1961

January: single Trouble in Mind / Cotton Eyed Joe hit Top 10 R&B US chart
January 17: Concert in New York (US) at Village Vanguard [jazztourdatabase]
February 10: Concert in New York, Harlem (US) at Apollo Theater [Sylvie, NC p.107]]
February 18: Concert in Chapel Hill (North Carolina, US) at the University of North Carolina [NC p. 109]
March (?): Recording session for LP Forbidden Fruit
March: Two-week job in Manhattan East Side at Roundtable [NC p. 110]; Nina meets Andy Stroud [BIC, NC p. 113]
March 6: LP At Newport hit US charts (Pop # 23)
April: Concert in New York (US) at The Village Gate for LP At Village Gate
May 21: Concert in New York (US) at Carnegie Hall with Myriam Makeba [BIC]
June: LP Forbidden Fruit (Colpix CP/SCP 419) released [Calla, NC p.386]
July 7: Concert in New York (US) at Channel 13 WNTA with Oscar Brown, sponsor CORE [Freedom Sounds]
July: Seventeen days in hospital affected by polio [NC p. 114]
August 6: Concert in Detroit at 3rd American Jazz Festival, Cobo Arena [NC p. 115, theconcertdatabase]
August 13: Broadcast of CBS Camera Three devoted to Nina

December 4: Nina marries with Andy Stroud [Autobio, BIC p. 14]
December 20-30: ten days in Lagos (Nigeria) for a series of concerts with Randy Weston, Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Lionel Hampton under AMSAC (American Society of Africal Culture) sign
Studio session for a New York City Television

1962

Recording session for LP Sings Ellington
Andy Stroud become Nina's manager; Stroud Production, Ninandy Music
Nina buy a house in Mont Vernon ($ 37000)
January 21 (?): Concert in New York (US) at Village Gate [jazztourdatabase]
January 26: Concert in New York, Harlem (US) at Apollo Theater, sponsor NALC (Negro American Labor Council) [Freedom Sounds]
May (?): LP Nina at The Village Gate (Colpix CP/SCP-421) released [Calla]
August: LP Nina Simone sings Ellington (Colpix CP/SCP-425) released [Calla, BL]
September 12: Lisa Celeste Stroud is born
November 25: Performance at CBS Camera Three [NC p.131]

1963

January: cruise to Acapulco, Messico [BL]
April 12: Martin Luther King arrested and jailed in Birmingham (Alabama, US);
First solo Concert in New York(US) at Carnegie Hall [BIC, p. 62]
LP Nina's Choice released (Colpix CP/SCP-443) released [Calla]
June 1: Performance in New York at Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom [I don't trust you anymore]
June 12: Mound Bayou (US-MS) murder of civil rights activist Medgar Evers [Autobio]

July 4: Concert in Newport (Rhode Island, US) at 9th Jazz Festival, Freebody Park [Sonic, this web page]
LP Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall (Colpix CP/SCP-455) released [Calla]
August 3: Concert in Forest Hills, Queens, New York (New York, US) at the Tennis Stadio with Ray Charles [Ray Charles Video Museum]
August 5: Concert in Birmingham (Alabama, US) at Salute to Freedom '63 Miles College Stadium with Johnny Mathis, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald [BL, Freedom sounds, Ray Charles Video Museum]
August 27 - September 2: Performances in Detroit (Michigan, US) at Minor Key [theconcertdatabase]
August 28: Washington (US-DC) Martin Luther King delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech
September 15: Birmingham (Alabama, US) murder of four black school children who were attending a Bible study class in 16th Street Baptist Church; in the disturbances that followed, two more black people were killed; Nina composes "Mississippi Goddam"

October 25 - 31: Series of performances in New York (US) at Apollo Theatre
November 1: Concert in New York (US) at Carnegie Hall with Herbie Mann [ConcertPosterArt]
December 25-31: Performances in New York (US) at Apollo Theatre [NSP]

1964

LP Folksy Nina (Colpix CP/SCP-465) released [Calla]

Nina signs with Philips Records
January 18: Guest star at Hootenanny [tv.com]recorded in Clarksburg (West Virginia) at Salem College ("Israeli Song", i.e. "Eretz Zavat Chalav")
March 21: second solo Concert in New York (US) at Carnegie Hall [BIC, p.66]
April 4-6: re-recording session for In Concert
LP In Concert (Philips) released
June: recording session for Broadway-Blues-Ballads

September 18 - October 11: Tour with Harry James (US and Canada)
- September 20: Concert in New York (US) at Carnegie Hall [Poster Central]
- October 4: Concert in Montreal (Canada) at Place Dest Arts [Sylvie]

LP Broadway-Blues-Ballads (Philips) released
October 15: Martin Luther King received his Nobel Peace Prize
December: Nina Simone filed for a temporary injunction against Premier Records (LP Starring Nina Simone) [Billboard 9/1/65]

1965

Early: Concert in Huntington (US-WV) at Keith Albee Theater, accompanied by a bassist [Artsong Update]
January: recording session for LP I Put a Spell on You
January 12: Lorraine Hansberry, Nina's intellectual mentor, died from cancer at 35; Nina take the title of the play Lorraine was working on, Young, Gifted and Black and turn it into a black anthem [BIC, p. 44]
January 15: Concert in New York (US) at Carnegie Hall [BIC p. 43-61]
January 16: Lorraine funeral at Harlem's Church of the Master [ND, p. 167]
January 18-28: Caribbean cruise [ND, p. 167]

February: Premier Records made an out-of-court settlement on the suit filed by Nina [Billboard 13/2/65, ND p. 168]
February 5: Concert in Gambier, Ohio at Kenyon College, Rosse Hann [Billboard 27/2/65]
February 21: Malcom X assassinated
March 16: Begin of a three-week engagement in New York at Village Gate until April 8 [Billboard 13/3/65]
March 25: Selma-to-Montgomery march; concert a cappella with Al Schackman [Autobio p. 101, BL]
May 19-20: Recording session for LP Pastel Blues
May 26: Merv Griffin TV show
June: LP I Put A Spell On You (Philips) released [Jet 1/4/65]
June 11: Ten day engagements in Detroit at Charade [Billboard 12/6/65]

Summer: First European Tour base is Cumberland Hotel, London [DN, autobio, Jet 1/4/65, Billboard 26/6/65, photo on Billboard 31/7/65]
- June 28 - July 10: Performance in London (UK) at Annie's Room night club
- July 2: Ready, Steady, Go [tv.com]
- July 16: Ready, Steady, Go [tv.com]
- July 11 - 20: Appearances at Dutch TV
- July 21: TV Show in Madrid
- July 24-25: Two concerts in Antibes (FR) at 6th Antibes Jazz Festival [Billboard 10/7/65, 14/8/65]
- July 31: Performance in Comblain-la-Tour (Belgium) [Billboard 10/7/65]
August 2: End of european tour, return to US

August 7: single I Put a Spell on You + Gimme Some enter UK singles chart at #49 (weeks on charts: 1) [UK Charts]
September: a lawsuit is filed against Buckingam Records in connection with five albums [Billboard 11/9/65]
October: Recording session for Let It All Out and Wild is the Wind
LP Pastel Blues (Philips) released

December: Second European Tour [BIC, p. 46] Sweden, France, Holland, England for TV and concert dates [Billboard 25/12/65]
- December 25: Concert in Loenersloot (Amsterdam, NL) at Mickery Theater [Wiki]

1966

LP Nina with Strings (Colpix CP/CPL-496) released [Calla]
January: Concert in Chicago for Core (Congress for Racial Equality)

Spring: LP Let It All Out (Philips) released
May 27-28: Concert in Atlanta (Georgia, US) at Atlanta Jazz festival, Atlanta Stadium [Billboard 9/4/66]
July 2: Concert in Newport (Rhode Island, US) at 11th Jazz Festival, Freebody Park [Sonic, Wolgang's Vault, Billboard 16/7/66]
- Senator Clariborne Pell, opening address
- Nina Simone, piano, vocals; Lysle Atkinson, bass; Rudy Stevenson, guitar, flute; Bobby Hamilton, drums
- I Loves Yo, Porgy, Blues for Mama, Be My Husband, Mississippi Goddam, The Whole World Will Smile.
August 10: Guest star at The Merv Griffin Show [tv.com]
September: LP Wild Is The Wind (Philips) released
October 7-8: Concert in Costa Mesa at Pacific Jazz Festival, Orange County Fairgrounds[Billboard 27/8/66]
November 11: Guest star at The Merv Griffin Show. Watch YouTube video. [tv.com]

Bill Cosby tour
"Woman of the Year" 1966, Jazz at Home Club
December: Nina signs with RCA
December: first recording session for RCA

1967

Appear for the first time the signs of bipolar disorder, of which will be a victim lifelong
January 17: Performance in Los Angeles at Troubador [Billboard 4/2/67]
February, end of the Bill Cosby tour
March 25: The Village Teather, Nina Simone, Miriam Makeba, and Flip Wilson

April 9: Third European Tour
- April: Concert in Bristol (UK) at Colston Hall with Dick Gregory; only 30 tickets sold [DN]
- April: Concert in Portsmouth (UK)
- April: Concert in London (UK) at The Uppercut with Dick Gregory [Sylvie]
- April: Performance in Paris (FR) at ORTF Tilt Magazine (broacasted April 26 and September 4, 1967)
- April 19: Concert in London (UK) at Royal Albert Hall with Dick Gregory
- April 23: Concert in Brixton (London UK) at Ram Jam Club (fans asks for "My Baby") [DN photo p. 96-97]
- April, Amsterdam, Antibes, TV Spain, Eurovision

April 28: Concert at Austin (US-TX) at Longhorn Jazz Festival [Wolfgang's Vault, Billboard 29/4/67]
May 5: Performance in Chicago at McCormick Place (with Cannonball Adderley, Butterfield Blues Band) [Billboard 11/2/67]
May, LP High Priestess of Soul (Philips) released
June 23: Concert in New York Central Park at The Reingold Music Festival [Wolfgang's Vault, Billboard 6/5/67]
July 1: Concert in Newport (Rhode Island, US) at 13th Jazz Festival, Festival Field [Sonic, Wolfgang's Vault, Flickr, Billboard 10/6/67]

July: LP Sings the Blues (RCA) released
July 28: Guest star at The Joey Bishop Show [tv.com]
August 5: Sixth Annual Ohio Valey Jazz Festival (Crosley Field) is presented this year under sponsorship of the Joseph Schlitz Brewing [Billboard 29/4/67]
August 9: Nina is "Female Jazz Singer of the Year" at the annual convention of NATRA (National Association of Television and Radio Announcers, 9-12 August) in Atlanta (Georgia, US) [Soul]
August 13: Concert in Detroit at Jazz Festival [theconcertdatabase]
October: Concert in New York (US) at Village Gate
October: New York: Interview with Michael Zwerin Down Beat (published in January 1968)
November 14: Nina opened a two-week stint at Village Gate [Billboard 25/11/67 p. 66]
LP Silk & Soul (RCA) released
December 20: recording of "To Love Somebody" and "I Can't See Nobody"

Wilmington (Delaware, US) Benefit performance for United Negro College Fund
"Go To Hell" (LP Silk and Soul) nominated for Grammy Award, Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female (see 1968, February 29)

1968

January: left UK
January 6: Concert in New York (US) at Carnegie Hall [NC, p. 206]
- Draw Me Near, Backlash Blues, Strange Fruit, Turning Point
January 21-27: MIDEM at Cannes (FR)
January 27: Concert in Detroit (Michigan, US) at Masonic Temple [theconcertdatabase]
February 2: Concert in Los Angeles (California, US) at Sport Arena Mass Rally
February 15: Guest star at The Woody Woodbury Show [tv.com]
February 24: Vancouver (Canada) at Marco Polo [NC, p. 208]
February 29: Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles at Beverly Hilton Hotel [Awards & Shows] see ceremony on YouTube
March 12-24: Performances in Los Angeles (US, California) at The Troubadour
April 4: Martin Luther King murdered in Memphis
April 7: Concert in Westbury (New York, US) at Music Fair [BIC, p. 54]
April 28: Concert in Brooklyn (New York, US) at Academy of Music [ConcertPosterArt]
May 3: Concert in New York (New York, US) at Village Gate, promo for RCA LPs Sings the Blues and Silk and Soul [ConcertPosterArt]
May 19: Concert in Detroit (Michigan, US) at Cobo Arena [theconcertdatabase]
May: Three shows in Chicago (Illinois, US) at the Civic Opera House [NC, p. 213]
June 6: Robert Kennedy murdered in Los Angeles

Tour in Europe; Rotterdam, Simon Dee Show
- June 8: Concert in Amsterdam (NL) [Wiki]
- June: Nina went to London to film an hour-long special Sound of Soul for UK TV Granada, broadcasted September 14 [NC, p. 217] [Imdb]
- June 14: On the occasion of her visit to the Montreux Jazz Festival, Nina lends itself to the demands of the team of show Carrefour by RTS (Radio Televison Suisse, Geneve) watch the movie and see also the RTS Archive page
- June 16: Concert in Montreux(CH) at 2nd Jazz Festival

June 27: Concert in New York Central Park (US) at Schaefer Music Festival [ConcertPosterArt]
June 28: Concert in Hampton Armstrong Stadium (Virginia, US) at Hampton Institute Centennial Jazz Festival [Wolfgang's Vault]
July 4: Concert in Newport Festival Field (Virginia, US) at 14th Jazz Festival [ConcertPosterArt, Wolfgang's Vault, Billboard]
September: Recording session for And Piano
September 14: Sound of Soul (see June above) broadcasted

October: LP 'Nuff Said (RCA) released
October: single Why (the King of Love is Dead) enter US R&B chart at #16, in UK R&B at #20 [Blues&Soul 10 7/68]
October 16: single Ain't Got No, I Got Life enter enter US charts (peak position 83; weeks on charts: 5)
October 19: single Ain't Got No, I Got Life + Do What You Gotta Do enter UK singles chart at #45 (peak position on charts: 2; weeks on charts: 18) [Record Mirror 28/11/87, UK Charts]
October 26: Concert in Chicago at Lake Forrest College [NC, p. 219]; the Dutch TV program "Nina Simone in Studio" was shown on Finnish TV [Billboard 23/11/68]
October 27: Concert in Detroit (Michigan, US) at Ford Auditorium [theconcertdatabase]
October: Concert at Hampton Jazz Festival
November 3: Concert in Hartford (Connecticut, US) at Bushnell Memorial, with The Vogues
December: interview with Melody Maker

December: Two months promotional tour in UK (base London) [DN]

1969

January: continues promotional tour in UK (Top of the Pops, The David Frost Show) [DN]
January 18: single To Love Somebody + I Can't See Nobody enter UK singles chart at #38 (peak position on charts: 5; weeks on charts: 9) [Record Mirror 28/11/87] [UK Charts]

February: Concert in Manhattan, New York (US) at Metropolitan Museum of Art see review [Time 21/2/69]
February: Concert in Philadelphia (US) at Academy of Music see review [Time 21/2/69]
February: LP And Piano! (RCA) released
March 7: Concert in Poughkeepsie (New York, US) at Vassar College [Vassar]

In Europe (base London) for a tour:
- Fans Reception at MayFair Hotel, London (UK)
- March 12: Concert in Dublin (Ireland) at National Stadium
- March 13: Concert in Belfast (Northern Ireland) at Whitla Hall
- March 19: Concert in Edinburgh (UK) at Usher Hall
- March 21: Concert in Cardiff (UK) at Sophia Gardens Pavilion
- March 22: Concert in London (UK) at Royal Festival Hall [DN, Stephen G]
- March 23: Concert in Manchester (UK) at Odeon Theatre [Sylvie] [poster]
- April 4: Concert in London (UK) at Palladium [NC p. 226]
- April: TV show in Munich (DE) some tracks released on LP A Very Rare Evening (PM)
- April: Concert in Paris (FR) at Olympia [Jet]

Concert at Hunter College (New York, US) [NC]
Studio recording session for To Love Somebody [NC]
April 26: Concert in Berkeley (California, US) at 3rd Annual U.C. Jazz Festival [Sylvie]
Concert in Los Angeles [NC]
Performance in Boston at Lennie's [NC]
May 9: Performances at Apollo (a week) in New York [NC]
Single "Revolution" released in US
June: LP To Love Somebody (RCA) released
June 22: Concert in Baltimore (US) at Morgan State College [NC, jazztourdatabase]
June: Concert in Atlanta (Georgia, US) at Morehouse College [NC]
June 27: Concert in Miami (Florida, US) at Miami Jazz Festival [jazztourdatabase]
June: Concert in Amherst (Massachusetts, US) at Massachussets University [NC]
July 13: Performance in Detroit at Detroit Jazz Festival, Olympia Stadium [motorcity, theconcertdatabase]
July 15: Performance in New York (US) at David Frost Show [NC p. 230, tv.com]
July 18: Concert in Dallas (Texas, US) at Longhorn Jazz Festival [NC]
July 28: Concert in Antibes Juan-les-Pins (FR) at Festival d'Antibes (with Miles Davis and John Lee Hooker)
July 30: Performance in Algiers (Algérie) at 1er Pan-African Festival, Théâtre de l'Atlas [photo]
LP The Best Of (Philips) released

August 17: Concert in New York (US) at Harlem Cultural Festival
August: recording of "To Be Young, Gifted and Black"
October: Concert in Berkeley (California, US) (LP Live in Berkeley)
October 26: Concert in New York (US) at Philarmonic Hall (recorded for LP Black Gold)
November: To Be Young, Gifted and Black + Save Me (RCA) released

Europe
- November 3: Concert in Roma (Italia) at Teatro Sistina [Archivio Sistina]
- November: Recording of "Così ti amo"(Italian rendition of "To Love Somebody") in Roma (Italia) at RCA Studios
- November 15: Concert in Birmingham (UK) at Town Hall
- November 16: Concert in London (UK) at Palladium
- November 17: Concert in Manchester (UK) at Palace

December 12: Concert in New York (US) at Fillmore East with Isaac Hayes and Miles Davis [ConcertPosterArt, ConcertPosterArt, Wolfgang's Vault]
Peter Rodis produced a documentary about Nina; it will be broadcasted on 24 August 1972 by WOR television [NC, p. 271]

1970

March: Concert in Newark (New Jersey, US)
Single Whatever I Am + Why Must Your Love (RCA) released
March 26: at DutchTV Studio [Nico van der Stam]
May 21: Concert in New York (US) at Fillmore East, Fairport Convention (second appearance, first solo) [ConcertPosterArt]
Spring: LP Black Gold (RCA) released; the album is nominated for 13th Grammy Awards, Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female (see 1971, March 16)
July 10 (?): Concert in Newport Festival Field (Rhode Island, US) at Jazz Festival [Getty Images]
July 10 (?): Concert in Rochester Hills (Michigan, US) at Meadow Brook with Clark terry Quartet [theconcertdatabase]
September : Nina at Barbados
October 2: Life magazine published a piece by Albert Goldman entitled "Return of The Queen of Shebang"

November: Essence featured Nina with her daughter Lisa in a series of fashion photographs
December: poet and writer Maya Angelou did a three-page spread on Nina (Redbook magazine)
December 14: Interview in Paris with Arthur Taylor for Notes and Tones

1971

Divorce from husband/manager Andy Stroud; new manager is her brother Sam Waymon [Soul]
LP Gifted & Black released

January 8: Concert in Amsterdam (Netherland) at Concertgebouw see review [DN, Blues&Soul:51, 2/71]
February 2-17: Recording Session in New York (most tracks on Here Comes the Sun)
March 16: Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles at Hollywood Palladium [Awards & Shows] see ceremony on YouTube
April 23: Concert in Los Angeles (California, US) at Shrine Hall with Miles Davis [ConcertPosterArt]
May 9: Concert in New York (US) at Carnegie Hall [Ton, Billboard 22/5/71]
LP Here Comes the Sun (RCA) released
Moves to Barbados; fall in love with a hotel porter and has an affair with the Prime Minister, Earl Barrow
June 24: Recording session in New York

LP The Best of (RCA) released
October 10: Concert in New York (US) at Philarmonic Hall [Ton, Billlboard 23/10/71]
November: Concert at Philarmonic Hall (New Jersey, US)
November 18: Concert in Fort Dix (New Jersey, US)
December 16-18: Concert in Marin (California, US) at Veteran Memorial Theater with Less McCann [ConcertPosterArt]

1972

February 12: Concert in Washington (US) at Constitution Hall [NC, p. 264]
February 18: On Episode #350 of Sesame Street Nina sings "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" [see movie at Sesame Street].
February 19: Recording session in New York (US)
March 31 - April 1: Reception in Berkeley (California, US) at Rainbow Sign [NC, p. 267]
April 16: Guest star at Omnibus [tv.com]
April 29: Concert in New Orleans (Louisiana, US) at New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival [NC, p. 267]
June 9: Chicago's Malcom X College awarded Nina an honorary degree [NC, p. 268]
June 10: Performance in San Francisco (California, US) at Bay Area Jazz Festival [NC, p. 269]
June 24: Concert in Hampton (Virginia, US) at Hampton Jazz Festival [NC, p. 269]
June: Concert in New York, Central Park (US) at Schaeffer Music Festival [NC, p. 270]
July 1-9: Concert in New York (US) at Newport Jazz Festival, Carnegie Hall
July 22: Concert in Cincinnati at Ohio Valley Jazz Festival [NC, p. 270]
July 23: Performance in New York (US) at Lincoln Center, "Soul of the Center" [NC, p. 270]
August 24: Peter Rodis documentary (mostly 1968-1969 footage) about Nina broadcasted on WOR television
September: LP Emergency Ward! (RCA) released
October 2: Nina's sister, Lucille, dies [NC]
October 23: Nina's father, John Divine, dies [NC]
October 28: Concert in Washington (US) at Kennedy Center [NC, p. 272]
December 10: Concert in Detroit (Michigan, US) at Ford Auditorium [theconcertdatabase]
December 17: Concert in Chicago (US) [NC, p. 274]
December: Andy formed Stroud Records
December: LP Sings Billie Holiday (Stroud) released
LP bootleg Live in Europe released

1973

January 14: All-Bertolt Brecht program at the Brooklyn Academy of Music [NC, p. 273]
March 2: Nina is part of the project 'Majesty of Black Woman' Photo Show, New Yorker Club (US, NY) [NC, NYT 1 March 1973]
July 28: Concert in New York (US) at Philarmonic Hall
October 4: Performance in Los Angeles (US, California) at The Troubadour [NC, p. 278]
Two weeks in Japan [NC, p. 278]
- October 18: Tokyo
A week of concerts in Australia accompanied by Al and Nadi [NC, p. 278]
December 14-15: Concert in Wilmington (Delaware, US) at Grand Jazz Festival

1974

At Barbados, met Prime Minister Errol Barrow
May 11: Washington, Human Kindness Day 1974 honoree is Nina [Blues&Soul 136 6/74, NC p. 280]
June 28: Concert in New York (US) at Avery Fisher Hall (ex Philarmonic Hall), Newport Jazz Festival [NC]
LP It Is Finished, last album with RCA, released
Leaves Bardados, move to New York [NC]
September 12: arrives in Monrovia (Liberia) with Lisa and Miriam Makeba [NC]

1975

1976

July 3: Concert in Montreux (Swiss) at 10th Jazz Festival (film Love Sorceress 1998, DVD Live in Montreux 2005 Amazon)
Concert in Paris (France) at Earshot Jazz Festival
Nina leaves Liberia, moves to Switzerland (Prangins)

1977

January: Performance in Cannes (France) at MIDEM, Casino, Les Ambassadeurs Room (" I am an artist, not an entertainer") [NC, p. 287]
March 11-12: Concert in Paris (France) at Olympia après 6 ans d'absence de Paris see movie at ina 1 movie at ina 2 [Sylvie]
March 21: Performance in Paris (France) at TF1 émission "Numéro Un" (television series broadcasted in different francophone countries from 1975 to 1982) with Gilbert Bécaud [Ina] see also October 1
Nina sings Bertolt Brecht live in an unknown location [YouTube] (same hairstyle and dress as March 21 performance)
May 29: Amherst College (Massachusetts, US) present Nina with an honorary doctor of Music degree; from that moment she took to calling herself "Dr. Nina Simone" [NC, p. 288]

June 26: Nina was scheduled to perform in New York at the Newport Jazz Festival, Carnegie Hall, but she failed to appear [Jet 14/7/77 p. 52 see article, NC, p. 289]
July 17: Concert in The Hague (Netherland) at North Sea Jazz Festival [NSJF]
October 1: Performance in France at TF1 émission"Numéro Un""Voleurs" with Al Schackman [Ina]
December 4: Concert in London (UK) at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, after 8 [6 NC p. 290] years of absence from London [Stephen G]; sponsored by Capital Radio; meets Creed Taylor (CTI)
December 31: Concert in Jerusalem at Binyanei Ha'ooma [NC p. 290]

1978

Early in year leaves Israel [Autobio]
Arrested but immediately released for withholding taxes in 1971-73

January 17: recording of LP Baltimore, Brussels (Belgium)
Nina is physically attacked in a London hotel room and is admitted in St Stephen’s Hospital, Chelsea
March 15: LP Baltimore released
Back to home in Switzerland
July: Concert in London (UK) at Royal Festival Hall sponsored by Capital Radio [Stephen G]
August: interview with Britain's Blues & Soul magazine [Blues&Soul 259 8/78]
November: Nina appears in a New York courtroom to answer delinquent income tax charge, she pleaded guilty [Jet 30/11/78]
December 10: Concert in New York (US) at Avery Fisher Hall [NY Times 12 December 1978] see concert review

1979

Concert in London (UK) at Royal Festival Hall
May 13: Concert in Detroit (Michigan, US) at Ford Auditorium [theconcertdatabase]

1980

April 12: Putsch in Liberia; Samuel Doe remove William Richard Tolbert
July 18, Concert Rising Sun

1981

Summer: Concert in Southern France recorded in videotape
Nina meets Raymond Gonzalez. See the whole story here.

1982

January: recording for LP Fodder on My Wings in Paris at Sudio Davout
LP Fodder on My Wings released
March 2: Performance in Paris (FR) at Palais des Glaces [L'Express, Rex]
May 7: Concert in London UK) at Barbican Hall [NC p. 315]
May 14: Concert in Morlaix (FR)
July 23: Concert in Pamplona (Spain) at Music Festival [BL]
Nina leaves Geneva (Swiss) and moves to Paris (France) where she rented a small apartment [Autobio]
Perfomance in Paris at Le Trois Mailletz [Autobio]
Performance in Paris at Université Panthéon-Assas [BL]
Fall: Los Angeles, Roxy Theatre [NC p.318]

1983

February 16: Concert in Paris (France) at Olympia
Performances in Paris: New Morning, Théâtre des Champes Élyséès

June: Phone interview from Montreal with Stephen Holden, New York Times 3 June 1983 [After Hours, NC p.319]
June 3-4: Concert in New York (US) at Swing Plaza after a five-years absence [BL]
- Review by Stephen Holden, The New York Times, 6 June 1983
Meets Anthony Sannucci of Videopix in Los Angeles
July 8: Concert in The Hague (NL) at North Sea Jazz Festival [NSJF, NC p. 320]
July 18: Antibes (FR) at Jazz Festival [NC p. 320]

July 30: Concert in Pompei (IT) at Festival Internazionale del Jazz
Invited in Africa by Guinea President Sekouturé, some time with Myriam Makeba; "a month of rest"
November 26: Performance "A Salute to Bob Marley" at Queen Elisabeth Theatre
December 9: Concert in Denver (US) at Colorado Women's College [NC p. 323]

1984

Interview with Blues & Soul (Blues&Soul:400 02/84)
January 8-12: Performance in London (UK) at Ronnie Scott's [BL, Getty Images, NS p. 324]
February 6-11: Performance in London (UK) at Ronnie Scott's [BL]
March 14: Interview with Mavis Nicholson in London (UK) at Ronnie Scott's broadcasted on UK TV Channel 4

July 11-14: Concert in New York (US) at Blue Note [BL, Ton]
- Al Schackman (guitar), Leopold Fleming (drums)
- Review

August 25: Performance in London (UK) at Ronnie Scott's
October 15-November 17: Performance in London (UK) at Ronnie Scott's [BL] with Paul Robinson at drums

December: Leaves UK, moves to Trinidad [BL]

1985

Moves to Nijmengen, near Amsterdam in Holland [BL]
Eight concerts in Holland [BL]

American tour under the management of Anthony Sannucci and Eddie Singleton [Jet 22/4/85]
- February 22: Los Angeles (California, US) at Beverly Theater
- March 8: Concert in New York (US) at Town Hall NYT review [Jet 22/4/85]
- March10: Concert in Washington (US) at Warner Theatre [Jet 15/4/85 p. 32]
- March: Concert in New York (US) at Blue Note [BL]
LP Nina's Back (VPI) released

April 15 - May 4: Performances in London (UK) at Ronnie Scott's with Paul Robinson
May 16-17 New Morning in Paris [NC p. 410]
May 19 Concert in London (UK) at Savoy Theatre with Danny Williams, Lon Satton, Sol Raye, Will Gaines, Valerie Masters, The John Hawkins Orchestra (DVD A Nightingale Sang, Tribute to Nat King Cole) [NC p. 410]

June 26: Concert in New York (US) at Kool Jazz Festival (ex Newport Jazz Festival), Avery Fisher Hall (until 1973 known as Lincoln Center's Philarmonic Hall) [NYT]
June 28: Hampton (Va) Festival [NC p. 410]
July: Purchased a condominium in Los Angeles [NC p. 410]
July 1: Chicago at South Shore Country Club [NC p. 410]
July 6: Hunter College benefit [NC p. 410]
July: a week in Hollywood at Vine Street Bar and Grill (CD Live & Kickin)
July: New York at Old Boys High School Athletic Field, with Brooklyn Philharmonic
September 27-28: Performance in New York at The Village Gate [NYT 27/9/85]
November 14: Chicago [NC p. 411]
November 16: Concert in Detroit (Michigan, US) at Music Hall [theconcertdatabase]
December 3: a week at Vine Street [NC p. 411]

1986

January 20 - February 1: Performances in London (UK) at Ronnie Scott's with Cayenne (Nina was supposed to perform also from February 3 to February 8, but she did not turn up and the management cancelled all the performances in the final week, see Billboard 22 Feb 1986) [Simon Watney, personal communication]
March 16: Concert in Boston (Massachusetts, US) at Symphony Hall (review by Cathy Lee) ("Nina Simone's late, late onstage arrival at the 1986 program at Symphony Hall. While the audience patiently waited, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard played the equivalent of two long sets in an attempt to cover her absence. As performance indicated, she should have stayed at the hotel." Ernie Santosuosso, History of the Boston Globe's Jazz & Blues Festival.)
June 16: Performance in Los Angeles (California, US) at Hollywood Bowl, Playboy Jazz Festival [LA Times 17/6/86]
December 19: Concert in Berne (Swiss) at the Casino [Suzanne Baumann]
December 21: Concert in Zürich (Swiss) at the Kongresshaus [Suzanne Baumann]
LP Nina's Shameless Magic (Swiss version of Nina's Back!).
Nina moves to Amsterdam

1987

LP Live & Kickin (VPI) released
Concert in Boston (Massachusetts, US) [Autobio]
January 29: Performance in Hollywood (California, US) at Nucleus Nuance review [LA Times]
June 1: Errol Barrow died of a heart attack.
July 10: Concert in Montreux(Swiss) at 21th Jazz Festival
Performance at Stockholm Jazz Festival [STHML Website]
October 31: single My Baby Just Cares for Me, featured in an advert for Channel No 5 perfume, enter UK singles chart at #55 (peak position on charts: 5; weeks on charts: 11) [UK Charts]
Concert in Valence (Spain) [Autobio]
LP Let it Be Me (Verve) released

1988

(?) Raymond Gonzalez manager
Concert in Wiesen (Österreich) at Jazz Festival
May 6: Concert in Hamburg (Germany) at Fabrik
June 6: Concert in Paris (FR) at Palais des Congrés
July: Concert in Antibes (FR) at Jazz at Antibes [Rex]
July 8: Concert in Madrid (Spain) at Veranos de La Villa [Sylvie]
September 20: Concert in Barcelona (Spain) at Mercat del Born [La Vanguardia 22 Sept 1988]
September 30: Concert in Paris (FR) at Olympia [Sylvie]
November 3: Concert in Milano (Italia)
- review in Italian
Series of eight concerts throughout the Netherlands [Wiki]
Nina moves to Nijmegen

1989

CD The Iron Man by Pete Townsend released with a track by Nina, "Fast Food"
Concert in The Hague (Netherland)
Concert in Hamburg (Germany) at Jazz Festival
February 16: Concert in Paris (FR) at Olympia [BL]
February 24: Performance in Saint Denis (FR) at 6 Festival Ballieues Bleues [banlieuesbleues]
October: Performance in Nancy (FR) at Jazz Pulsations [Rex]

1990

CD Canto do Pajé by Maria Bethania released with a track by Nina, "Pront Pra Cantar"
April: Nina is awarded the Grand Prix of Academie Charles Cross, Paris
April 9-10: Concert in Paris (France) at Olympia [Autobio, RN, Sylvie] with Angélique Kidjo see movie at ina
May 10: Concert in Brighton (UK) at The Dome [Sylvie]
July 13: Concert in Montreux (Swiss) at 24th Jazz festival
Performance in Stockholm at Stockholm Jazz Festival [STHML Website]

September: Tour in Italy with Odetta and Miriam Makeba [City Medial Two IT-RE, NC p. 412]
- September 4: Concert in Paternò (Catania, Italia) at Torre Normanna
- September 6: Concert in Salerno (Italia) at Stadio Vestuti
- September 8: Concert in Cagliari (Italia) at Exibition Center
- September 10: Concert in Bologna (Italia) at Arena Parco Nord

Fall: Performance in Köln (Germany) at One World Music Festival [NC, p. 412]
Nina leaves Nijmegen

1991

January 13: Town and Country Club (UK) [Getty Images]
January 21: Martin Luther King Birthday Parade

March 8: Concert in Roma (Italia) at Teatro Brancaccio (Festa della donna, TV RaiUno) [Repubblica 7/3/91]
April 12: Concert in Espoo (Finland) at April Jazz Festival [MH]
August 30: Concert in Verona (Italia) at Teatro Romano (Club Tenco) see review [Repubblica 28/8/91]
October 23-27: Five Concerts in Paris (France) at Olympia [Sylvie] movie at ina clip of the concert
December 20: Concert in Roma (Italia) at Teatro Palladium see review [Repubblica 22/12/91]
CD Eyes on Tomorrow by Miriam Makeba, released with a duet with Nina, "I Shall Be Released"

1992

Autobiography I Put a Spell on You released; "The book took two years to write and was done with tapes, computer and notebooks in Spain, Atlanta, Hollywood and Amsterdam" [Blues & Soul 624 11/92]
Tour Australia, New Zealand, Japan
Adelaide Festival

April 27: Concert in Poggibonsi (Siena, Italy) at Teatro Garibaldi [L'Unità 8/4/92]
May 13-16: Concert in Pointe-à-Pitre (France, Département de la Guadeloupe) at 2nd Carrefour des Musiques créoles [Sylvie, Le Nouvel Observatour]
June 4: Concert in Reykiavik (Iceland) [RN]
June 27: Concert in New York (US) at Carnegie Hall [New York Magazine 15/6/92]
July 2: Concert in Montreal(Canada) at International Jazz Festival YouTube
- Leopold Flemming, Paul Robinson, Alvin Schackman, Chris White
October 30: Concert in Maastricht (Netherlands) at JazzMecca [Getty Images]
November 10-14: Performance in Nevers (FR) at 6 Rencontres Internationales de D'Jazz [Rex, Nevers Festival]
US tour Boston, Atlanta, Washington, Saratoga, New York (Carnegie Hall)
Concert in Hollywood (California, US) at Hollywood Bowl [Blues & Soul 624, Nov 1992]
Nina moves to Bouc-Bel-Air near Aix-en-Provence (France). "I just bought a house in the South of France, in Aix-en-Provence. I have some land I bought in Gahna in May, and I'm building a beach house there, and still I have this place here in Hollywood" [Blues & Soul 624 11/92]

1993

March: Soundtrack of movie Point of No Return (John Badham) included five Nina's songs
Series of performances in Paris (France) at Olympia [RN]
June 26: A fire destroyed Nina's house in Bouc-Bel-Air
July 3: Concert in Järvenpää (Finland) at Puistoblues Festival [MH]
July: CD A Single Woman released
October 28: Concert in Barcelona (Spain) at XXV Festival Internacionale de Jazz [La Vanguardia 16 Oct 1993]
(Blues & Soul:634 3/93)

1994

February 28: Paris, Olympia [L'Express]
May: Nina spent a period in Tunisia [BL]
June 16-18: Series of concert in Paris at Olympia [BL] [L'Événement du jeudi]
Concert in Marseille (FR)
July 9: Feelin Good enter UK singles chart at #40 (peak position on charts: 40; weeks on charts: 3) [UK Charts]
August 20: A concert in Lörrach (Germany) is canceled (nervous breakdown) [myself]

1995

March 6: Nina was awarded ownership of 52 of her master recording (five full-legth albums) by a federal judge in San Francisco. San Juan Music Group and others were enjoined from manufacturing Simone's material without her consent [Billboard 18 Mar 1995, p. 90]
July 25: Nina tell two teenagers to be quiet while they are in the pool next door; when they refused, she fired buckshot and one boy had eleven pieces of metal removed from his legs
August 23: Nina given a suspended eight-month jail term and is ordered to take psychiatric counselling
August 29: Nina moves to Los Angeles
October: Nina is in court for failing to stop after injuring two motorcyclists; she is fined and given another suspended sentence

1996

Clifton Henderson, known by Nina in Los Angeles, moves to Buc-Bel-Air as personal nurse
International tour: Brasil, Beirut, US, Australia

1997

June 28: Concert in Weimar (Germany) at Kunstfest review (German)
- Pressberichte (German)
July 2: Concert in Villingen (Germany) at VS Swingt '97
July 4: Concert in Hamburg (Germany) at Jazz Festival
- An article on the Berliner Morgenpost (click on "Auch Außerirdische...") (German)
July 15: Concert in Nice (FR) at Nice Jazz Festival see review1 review2 review3 (French)
July 25: The Bourbon Street Music Club - Sao Paulo (Brazil)
- An article by Antonio Gonçalves Filho (Brazilian)
July 27: "Praca de Paz" - Ibirapuera Park - Sao Paulo (Brazil)
- Review of the concert (Spanish)
- A review by Anderson Couto (Brazilian)
December 14: Concert in London (UK) at Barbican Center
December 18: Concert in Warsaw (PL) at Congress Hall

1998

July 24: Nina is a special guest at Nelson Mandela's 80th Birthday Party
August 8: Baalbek (Lebanon) Baalbeck International Festival 1998
August 21: Seattle, Washington, US Summer Nights at the Pier 1998
- Review by Heidi (Nina Simone Web visitor)
August 30: Newark, New Jersey, US, New Jersey Performing Arts Center - Prudential Hall
September 18: Thessalonica (GR)
October 28: Brighton (UK) Brighton Centre
November 20: Basel (Swiss)
December 14: London (UK) The Royal Albert Hall
December: Nina is Honorary Ambassador of Côte d'Ivoire

1999

March 7: Manchester (UK)
March 9: Liverpool (UK)
April 10: Brighton (UK)
July: Interview with Times Magazine (3/25, 6/99) released
July 1: London (UK)
July 24: Concert in Dublin (IE) at Guinness Blues Festival, The Point Depot (see review by Celine o'Malley)
July 27: Lucerne Blues Festival, Grand Casino (CH)
August 13: La Grand Motte (FR)
October 7: Dublin (IE) Nina receives a Lifetime Achievement in Music Award
Dublin (IE), at the Guinness Blues Festival Lisa Celeste sang a few duets with her mother

2000

February 23, Nina is inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame for "I Loves You Porgy" (Bethlehem 1959)
April 13: Concert in São Paulo (Brazil) at Via Funchal [Folha de s.Paulo] see preview
April 16: Concert in São Paulo (Brazil) at Bourbon Street Music Club [Folha de s.Paulo]
April 19: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ATL Hall / Metropolitan
May 26: Atlanta (Georgia, US) Chastain Amphitheater; receives Honorary Citizenship to Atlanta
May 30: Washington (US-DC) DAR Constitution Hall
June 2: New York (US) Beacon Theatre
June 7: Boston (Massachusetts, US) FleetBoston Pavilion
June 9: Philadelphia (US) Nina receive Diamond Award for Excellence in Music from the Association of African American Music
June 10: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, US) Tower Theater
June 18: Chicago (Illinois, US) Oriental Theater
June 22: Los Angeles (California, US) Wiltern Theater
June 26: Denver (US-CO) Temple Buell Theater
August 7: France, Nina receives the Honorable Musketeer Award from the Compagnie des Mousquetaires d'Armagnac
Nina moves to Carry-le-Rouet, Provence, 30 km from Bouc-Bel-Air
August 9: Concert in Marciac (France) at Jazz Festival
October 30: Concert in Austin (Texas, US) at Bass Auditorium review
November 3: Concert in Ann Arbor (Michigan, US) at Hill Auditorium [theconcertdatabase]
November 8: Miami, (US-FL) Gusman Center
November 13: San Francisco (California, US) Davies Symphony Hall
November 13: Mountain Vie (California, US) at Shoreline Amphitheatre [Wolfgang's Vault]
November 19: Los Angeles (California, US) Wiltern Theater

2001

April 4: Nina's mother dies
June 8: Concert in Paris (FR) at Palais des Congres, last concert in Paris review
June 23: Concert in Washington (US) at Constitution Hall
June 28: Concert in New York (US) at Carnegie Hall (JVC Jazz Festival) [Wolfgang's Vault]
July 3: Concert in Portland (US-OR) Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
July 7: Concert in Saratoga (California, US) MountainWinery
July 11: Concert in Oakland (California, US) Paramount Theater
July 15: Concert in Los Angeles (California, US) GreekTheater
July 19: Concert in Chicago (Illinois, US) Chicago Theater
July 23: Concert in Seattle (US-WA) Benaroya Concert Hall
July 27: Concert in Detroit (Michigan, US) at Fox Theater [theconcertdatabase]
August 26: Concert in Bishopstock Exeter (UK) at Clyst St Mary review

2002

April 13: Participation in a Carnegie Hall (New York) Benefit Concert for Rainforest Foundation
May 5: Concert in Roma (IT) at the Auditorium-Parco della musica
- Intro: Milestones (Miles Davis), Black Is The Color of my True Love's Hair, Every Time I Feel The Spirit, Do I Move You, See-Line Woman, So What (Miles Davis), Why? (The King of Love is Dead), I Loves You Porgy, Mississippi Goddam, I Want a Little Sugar in my Bowl, Four Women, Ne Me Quitte Pas, My Baby Just Cares For Me
- Preview (Italian) Interview with Nina by Kataweb (Italian), review (Italian) and review 2 (Italian)
June 29: Concert in Sopot (PL) at Hestia (last Nina's performance)
October 30: Concert in London (UK) at Royal Albert Hall (planned)
November 8: Concert in Manchester (UK) at Bridgewater Hall (planned)
November 11: Concert in Glasgow (UK) at Clyde Auditorium (planned)

2003

April 19: The Curtis Institute of Philadelphia named Nina an Honorary Doctor in Music and Humanities
April 21: Nina died in Carry-le-Rouet, France see movie at ina (France)

Obituary by Roger Nupie, International Dr. Nina Simone Fan Club

With inconsolable sadness we let you know that Dr. NINA SIMONE has passed away. We understand this news will come as a shock to the whole world and the millions who love her music. We are sure she will forever be remembered for her exceptional music, for her genius, her talent, her courage, her fight for racial justice and her commitment to the Civil Rights Movement. She will forever be remembered as the ultimate songstress and storyteller of our times.
We give thanks to the DIVA for sharing almost 50 years of music with us. We give thanks to Dr. NINA SIMONE for the beauty, consolation and strength her voice, piano and songs will give until the end of time to people, regardless of age, race and culture. You and your music will be with us every day of our life, in our heart, in our soul, in our thoughts. In our mind. May you rest in peace, dearest NINA. God bless you.