Nina Simone died in 2003, aged 70, with a huge music legacy left behind and her glorious name written forever in the showbiz history. Nina spent the nineties struggling with her health troubles, which forced her to cancel a number of performances. Nina’s last album, A Single Woman, was released in 1993. Her name was again in the spotlight after her old song My Baby Just Cares for Me, recorded in 1959, was chosen for the Chanel commercial. In the eighties, she worked in studio rarely and concentrated on live performances. Her new albums were of little interest to the audience. This took its toll on Nina’s music studio activity which was less productive than in her recent past. At that time, she faced numerous hardships, including a divorce, conflicts with the recording companies, and financial crisis. Simone could not stand racial discrimination plaguing the USA, and she decided to leave the country. Her albums were not as unpredictable and emotional as before. The seventies saw Nina’s music go through some changes, which was a result of her focus on pop-soul. In 1959 Nina produced her first nationwide hit, I Loves You Porgy, to peak second in rhythm-and-blues charts. It was classic jazz that she used for basis of her music with skilful addition of elements of many other trends. Comprised of songs from three performances at Carnegie Hall in 1964, this album is notable for its obvious shift by Nina into Civil Rights Activism, as she became less concerned with appealing to people who liked I Loves You, Porgy, and more concerned with. She began an active recording work and released one album after another. Nina Simone in Concert (1964) In early 1964, Nina signed with Philips Records, who released this album as her first for them. Bethlehem Records noticed the young talented girl and offered her a contract. Soon the audience could watch Nina as an actress, singer, dancer and pianist in one.

Once she had tried playing piano and singing at the same time, she decided to combine them every time she gave a concert. She picked the Nina Simone stage name to pay tribute to her favorite actress Simone Signoret.

After that, she stared her music career at night clubs. She managed to acquire education at one of the best music schools in New York, which was a miracle for an Afro-American girl. As a child, she desired to play piano and had no dream to become a singer. She was born in Tyron, North Carolina, 21 February, 1933. Hope you enjoy.Nina Simone (Eunice Waymon) is an outstanding American singer with a notoriously difficult nature, exemplary devotion to art, and many-faceted talent. So this is the best I could come up with and the nearest you're going to find to a complete discography.

There's one album missing (Live in Europe - 1972) I spent days searching for this and the only results I was getting was to purchase it on vinyl, which is no good to me whatsoever. Strictly speaking this isn't a full album discography. Label: Bethlehem Records,Colpix Records,Philips Records,RCA Records

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