American singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, arranger and civil rights activist, born 21 February 1933 in Tryon, North Carolina, USA, died 21 April 2003 in Carry-le-Rouet, Bouches-du-Rhône, France (aged 70) Nina was giving piano recitals after playing at her local church at an early age. Her childhood piano lessons were funded by her mother's employer and a local fund set up by her music teacher, so impressed were they by her talent. She moved to Philadelphia aged 17, teaching piano and playing to raise the money for her studies at New York's renowned Juilliard School Of Music. To fund her family she worked in a bar in Atlantic City where she was also required to sing and built up a devoted following. She recorded Gershwin's "I Loves You Porgy" which became a US Top 20 hit and transported her to a bigger stage, performing at [l280434] and the [l318621]. Her repertoire went on to embrace numerous civil rights anthems, a movement for which she was a passionate and prominent supporter. She left the US in the 1970s, moving first to Barbados, and some other places, including Africa and the Netherlands, before eventually settling in France where she died from cancer in 2003. She won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018. Mother of [a1559889].

Released: 2025-10-30

Label: Ace

Country: UK

Tracklist

A1	Work Song
A2	Gin House Blues
A3	Come On Back Jack
A4	My Baby Just Cares For Me
A5	I Put A Spell On You
A6	Don't Let Be Misunderstood
B1	Either Way I Lose
B2	Break Down And Let It All Out
B3	Don't You Pay Them No Mind
B4	Do I Move You?
B5	It Be's That Way Sometime
B6	To Love Somebody
C1	Why? (The King Of Love Is Dead)
C2	Do What You Gotta Do
C3	Ain't Got No; I Got Life (US Single Version)
C4	Real Rea
C5	Suzanne
C6	Revolution (part 1)
D1	To Be Young, Gifted and Black
D2	Save Me
D3	Whatever I Am (You Made Me)
D4	O-O-H Child
D5	Baltimore
D6	Ain't Got No (I Got Life) (UK single version)