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She struck a chord with bluesy jazz ballads like "Put a Little Sugar in My Bowl" and powerful protest songs such as "Mississippi Goddam" and "To Be Young....
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Across The Margin / ATM Publishing presents Chapter Five of Arthur Hoyle’s The Jealous Muse — Nina Simone : The Melancholy Diva…
Chapter Five — Nina Simone : The Melancholy Diva
Nina Simone, famed black musician known for her distinctive musical style and her fiery presence on stage, was born in 1933 into a large family struggling to survive the Depression in Tryon, a small North Carolina town.
Her mother, Kate, a deeply religious woman, served as an itinerant Methodist preacher and worked as a housekeeper for a white family. Her father, John Devan (J.D.), scrounged for work as a handyman and gardener after several business enterprises he had established in the town went under.
Nina was the sixth of eight children, preceded by three brothers and two sisters, and followed by another sister and brother. Her birth name was Eunice Kathleen Waymon, a name that she changed when she began her career as a professional musician.
The family was musical.
J.D. played the harmonic