Princess Noire : the Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone.

Princess Noire : the Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone.

This biography tells the story of legendary jazz singer Nina Simone (1933-2003). Born in Tryon, NC, as Eunice Kathleen Waymon, Simone's childhood challenges as the youngest of seven children were significant, but not unique as a daughter of African American parents in the Depression-era South....

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Main Author: Cohodas, Nadine
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Simone, Nina, > 1933-2003.
Simone, Nina, > 1933-2003
Women jazz singers > United States > Biography.
Women singers > United States > Biography.
Singers > United States > Biography.
African American singers > Biography.
MUSIC > Printed Music > General.
African American singers
Singers
Women jazz singers
Women singers
United States
Biographies
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Prologue; 1. Called For and Delivered ~ June 1898-February 1933; 2. We Knew She Was a Genius ~ March 1933-August 1941; 3. Miss Mazzy ~ September 1941-August 1947; 4. We Have Launched, Where Shall We Anchor? ~ September 1947-May 1950; 5. Prelude to a Fugue ~ June 1950-May 1954; 6. The Arrival of Nina Simone ~ June 1954-June 1956; 7. Little Girl Blue ~ July 1956-December 1958; 8. A Fast Rising Star ~ 1959; 9. Simone-ized ~ 1960; 10. You Can't Let Them Humiliate You ~ January 1961-December 13, 1961; 11. Respect ~ December 14, 1961-December 1962; 12. Mississippi Goddam ~ 1963.
  • 13. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood ~ 196414. My Skin Is Black ~ 1965; 15. Images ~ 1966; 16. My Only Groove Is Moods ~ 1967; 17. Black Gold ~ 1968; 18. To Be Young, Gifted and Black ~ 1969; 19. I Have Become More Militant ~ 1970; 20. Definite Vibrations of Pride ~ 1971; 21. This Ain't No Geraldine Up Here ~ 1972; 22. Where My Soul Has Gone ~ 1973-1976; 23. I Am Not of This Planet ~ 1977-1978; 24. Loving Me Is Not Enough ~ 1979-1981; 25. Fodder on Her Wings ~ 1982-1988; 26. Nina's Back ... Again ~ 1989-1992; 27. A Single Woman ~ 1993-1999; 28. The Final Curtain ~ 2000-2003; Notes.
  • Nina Simone, Briefly, on CD/DVDBibliography; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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