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🗓️ 27 March 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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The tide is turning for Nina Simone. A new generation falls in love with her music, she's reconciled with her daughter and her mental health has recovered. But alongside the civil rights movement, Nina's significance as an activist is forgotten until recent events in the US give them new relevance.
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0:00.0 | Welcome to Legacy for the final part of our series on the legendary musician and civil rights icon, Nina Simone. |
0:15.2 | When we left you at the end of the last episode, Nina has resumed her career in the 80s after moving to the Netherlands |
0:21.4 | under the care of an old friend she'd met in the 1960s called Gerrit de Bram. |
0:26.0 | She's continuing to play live shows around the world, but her career as an artist having chart hits |
0:31.0 | seems to be long over. |
0:33.1 | That is until a song from her back catalogue gives Nina a surprise career renaissance. |
0:40.3 | June 1988, Dominion Theatre, London. |
0:48.3 | Nina Simone sips an infusion of lemon and herbs. |
0:51.3 | She needs to look after her voice. |
0:53.3 | New manager Raymond Gonzalez Gonzalez, is booking |
0:55.9 | plenty of shows all over Europe. There's lots of demand. It's hard work. But once again, |
1:02.4 | she's a hit. Chanel has used one of her songs in an advertising campaign. New fans are discovering |
1:10.0 | her incredible back catalogue. |
1:12.3 | Nina knows only too well that she just has to make the most of this opportunity. |
1:17.8 | The song chosen for the advert, My Baby Just Cares for Me, is not one she's ever really thought |
1:22.7 | about. She's not even sure she likes it that much, recorded 30 years ago on her first album |
1:27.1 | for Bethlehem Records. |
1:28.7 | She flinches when she thinks how happy she was to sign a contract. |
1:32.2 | At the time, she didn't even realize she'd given up her claim on the recordings. |
1:36.9 | She's a very different woman now. |
1:39.4 | As Nina gets ready to head out onto the stage, |
1:41.7 | she smooths her dress and thinks about all the many hard |
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