https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4 The Iconic Life of Nina Simone en-us 2021-03-12 01:44:07 UTC 2025-11-09 03:40:53 UTC hello@padlet.com kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1300998340 Eunice Kathleen Waymon is born in Tryon, North Carolina. ]]> 2021-03-12 01:54:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1300998340 kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301022017 At the age of five, Eunice became the official pianist at the Methodist Chapel of Tyron and attended a school for African-American children. ]]> 2021-03-12 02:03:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301022017 kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301033448 April 26: Eunice gave her first piano recital at the Town Hall Tryon. 
May 15: Eunice played music at Tyron's Community Choir. ]]> 2021-03-12 02:08:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301033448 kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301061624 After graduating from high school, Eunice attends Julliard School of Music in New York. ]]> 2021-03-12 02:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301061624 kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301065099 June: Eunice is offeredd a job as a singer-pianist at Midtown Bar and Grill in Atlantic City (New Jersey). She decides to use stage name Nina Simone. ]]> 2021-03-12 02:20:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301065099 kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301069310 Nina has her first recording session with Bethlehem. ]]> 2021-03-12 02:22:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301069310 kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301070943 Nina marries Don Ross in Philadelphia. ]]> 2021-03-12 02:22:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301070943 kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301072126 February: "Little Girl Blue" is released. 

April: Nina signs with Colpix, a division of Columbia Pictures. ]]> 2021-03-12 02:23:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301072126 kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301075559 July: Song "The Amazing" is released. ]]> 2021-03-12 02:24:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301075559 kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301081907 Famous magazine, Ebony, writes an article about Nina. ]]> 2021-03-12 02:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301081907 kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301085194 Nina and Don Ross gets a divorce. ]]> 2021-03-12 02:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301085194 kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301088257 March: Nina meets Andy Stroud in Manhattan at Round Table. 
December 4: Nina and Andy Stroud gets married. ]]> 2021-03-12 02:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301088257 kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301096366 Lisa Celeste Stroud is born. ]]> 2021-03-12 02:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301096366 kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301100195 "Folsky Nina" is released. This is the last album for Colpix. 
Nina then signs with Philips Records. 

]]> 2021-03-12 02:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301100195 kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301104926 "I Put a Spell on You" is released. ]]> 2021-03-12 02:35:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301104926 kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301110641 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. ]]> 2021-03-12 02:37:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301110641 kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301114748 January: Andy and Nina separates. ]]> 2021-03-12 02:39:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301114748 kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301117161 October 30: Nina has a photoshoot with Jack Robinson in New York. ]]> 2021-03-12 02:40:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301117161 kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301123961 "Black Gold" is released. This album is nominated for the 13th Grammy Awards, Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female Category. ]]> 2021-03-12 02:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301123961 kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301138727 February 18: Nina sings "To Be Young, Gifted, and Black" on Sesame Street. 
June 9: Malcom X College awards Nina an honorary degree. ]]> 2021-03-12 02:48:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301138727 kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301143694 October 2: Nina's sister, Lucille, dies.
October 23: Nina's father, John Divine, dies. ]]> 2021-03-12 02:50:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301143694 kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301151362 July 25: Nina fires buckshot at two teenagers. One of the teens was injured and had eleven pieces from his legs. 
August 23: Nina was order to take psychiatric counselling. 
October: Nina goes to court for failing to stop after injuring two motorcyclists. ]]> 2021-03-12 02:53:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301151362 kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301158584 October 7: She receives a Lifetime Achievement in Music Award. ]]> 2021-03-12 02:56:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301158584 kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301161174 Admitted in the Grammy Hall of Fame for "I Love You Porgy." ]]> 2021-03-12 02:58:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301161174 kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301163270 Nina's mother dies]]> 2021-03-12 02:59:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301163270 kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301163949 June 29: Nina's last concert in Sopot at Hestia. ]]> 2021-03-12 02:59:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301163949 kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301165836 Nina dies in Carry-le-Rouet, France. ]]> 2021-03-12 03:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1301165836 kayla_1992197 https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1355284086 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlZzYEoDrgk]]> 2021-03-25 23:20:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kayla_1992197/jkud3orisggmrff4/wish/1355284086