Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
Nina Simone
Born: February 21, 1933
Died: April 21, 2003 (aged 70)
Bio: Nina Simone was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist who worked in a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop.
Known for:
- I Put a Spell on You (1965)
- Here Comes the Sun (1971)
- The Very Best of Nina Simone
- High Priestess of Soul (1967)
- The Philips Years
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