"Feeling Good" is a powerful and iconic Feeling Good performed by Nina Simone, released on her 1965 I Put a Spell on You. The song was originally written by English composers Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the 1964 musical "The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd". Interestingly, while the musical itself had a relatively modest run on Broadway, this particular song would go on to become one of its most enduring legacies. Nina Simone's rendition of Feeling Good has become one of her most famous and beloved recordings. Her version, arrange… read more
Eunice Kathleen Waymon (21 February 1933 – 21 April 2003), better known by her stage name Nina Simone, was an American singer, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist widely associated with jazz music. Simone aspired to become a classical pianist while working in a broad range of styles including classical, jazz, blues, soul, folk, rhythm and blues, gospel, and pop. Simone was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon on 21st February 1933 in Tryon, North Carolina, USA, one of eight children. Like a number of other black singers in the U.S., she was inspired as a child by Marian Anderson, an… read more
Eunice Kathleen Waymon (21 February 1933 – 21 April 2003), better known by her stage name Nina Simone, was an American singer, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist widely associated… read more
Eunice Kathleen Waymon (21 February 1933 – 21 April 2003), better known by her stage name Nina Simone, was an American singer, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist widely associated with jazz music. Simone aspired to become a c… read more