Princess Noire the tumultuous reign of Nina Simone /

A complete account of the triumphs and difficulties of the brilliant and high-tempered Nina Simone, whose distinctive voice and music occupy a singular place in the canon of American song. One of eight children in a proud North Carolina black family, the prodigiously talented child was trained in cl...

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Main Author: Cohodas, Nadine
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press, 2012, c2010.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Called for and delivered : June 1898-February 1933
  • We knew she was a genius : March 1933-August 1941
  • Miss Mazzy : September 1941-August 1947
  • We have launched, where shall we anchor? : September 1947-May 1950
  • Prelude to a fugue : June 1950-May 1954
  • The arrival of Nina Simone : June 1954-June 1956
  • Little girl blue : July 1956-December 1958
  • A fast rising star : 1959
  • Simone-ized : 1960
  • You can't let them humiliate you : January 1961-December 13, 1961
  • Respect : December 14, 1961-December 1962
  • Mississippi goddam : 1963
  • Don't let me be misunderstood : 1964
  • My skin is black : 1965
  • Images : 1966
  • My only groove is moods : 1967
  • Black gold : 1968
  • To be young, gifted and black : 1969
  • I have become more militant : 1970
  • Definite vibrations of pride : 1971
  • This ain't no Geraldine up here : 1972
  • Where my soul has gone : 1973-1976
  • I am not of this planet : 1977-1978
  • Loving me is not enough : 1979-1981
  • Fodder on her wings : 1982-1988
  • Nina's back-- again : 1989-1992
  • A single woman : 1993-1999
  • The final curtain : 2000-2003.