Mississippi Goddam: A Homage to Nina Simone
Mississippi Goddam – A Homage to Nina Simone' from the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Proms.
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 2 pays its second visit to the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Proms at the Royal Albert Hall for 'Mississippi Goddam – A Homage to Nina Simone'.
Jules Buckley and the Metropole Orkest with guest singers Ledisi and Lisa Fischer pay tribute to the High Priestess of Soul – the great Nina Simone.
Nina was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon but took the name Nina Simone to hide from her parents the fact that she was earning money by playing 'the devil’s music' working in bars and clubs. Nina was her boyfriend’s pet name for her and she chose Simone because she admired the French film actress Simone Signoret. Although her early work was playing 'cocktail piano', her musical roots are firmly in the classical world and she aspired to be a classical pianist. You can hear the influence of JS Bach in many of her piano solos. In tonight’s Prom we’ll hear some of her greatest hits – Feeling Good, My Baby Just Cares for Me, I Put A Spell on You and the song that was banned when she first sang it in 1964 but went on to become a great civil rights anthem, Mississippi Goddam.
Prom first broadcast on 21st August from the Royal Albert Hall.
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Metropole Orkest
African Mailman / Sinnerman
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Lisa Fischer & Metropole Orkest
Plain Gold Ring
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Ledisi & Metropole Orkest
Little Girl Blue
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Lisa Fischer & Metropole Orkest
My Baby Just Cares
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Ledisi & Metropole Orkest
I Put A Spell On You
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Lisa Fischer, LaSharVu & Metropole Orkest
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
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Ledisi & Metropole Orkest
Ne Me Quitte Pas
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Lisa Fischer & Metropole Orkest
I Loves You Porgy
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Lisa Fischer & Metropole Orkest
Dido's Lament
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Ledisi, LaSharVu & Metropole Orkest
I'm Going Back ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ
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Nina Simone
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
- The Essential Nina Simone.
- Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
- 12.
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Nina Simone
Central Park Blues
- The Best Of Nina Simone: My Baby Just Cares For Me.
- 6.
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Nina Simone
Ain't Got No, I Got Life
- (CD Single).
- Sony BMG.
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Nina Simone
Mr. Bojangles
- Here Comes The Sun.
- Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
- 4.
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Nina Simone
Mississippi Goddam
- The Best Of Nina Simone.
- Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
- 2.
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Ledisi & Metropole Orkest
Work Song
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Lisa Fischer, LaSharVu & Metropole Orkest
See-Line Woman
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Ledisi, Lisa Fischer, LaSharVu & Metropole Orkest
Be My Husband
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Ledisi, LaSharVu & Metropole Orkest
Baltimore
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Lisa Fischer & Metropole Orkest
Dambala
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Ledisi, LaSharVu & Metropole Orkest
Mississippi Goddam
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Ledisi, Lisa Fischer, Vula Malinga, Sharlene Hector & Metropole Orkest
Four Women
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Ledisi & Metropole Orkest
Take My Hand, Precious Lord / I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
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Ledisi, Lisa Fischer & Metropole Orkest
Feeling Good
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- Fri 13 Sep 2019 20:00³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 2