Image Source: Nina Simone |
Nina Simone | Born: February 21, 1933 | Died: April 21, 2003 | Briefly American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist who first rose to fame in the 1950s when she released her rendition of George Gershwin's "I Loves You Porgy" (from Porgy and Bess) in 1958. |