This musician improvised a solo in the style of Bach's Inventions and Sinfonias during a rendition of "Love Me or Leave Me".
This musician improvised a solo in the style of Bach's Inventions and Sinfonias during a rendition of "Love Me or Leave Me". An album titled for this musician's first name at the Village Gate includes a cover of "The House of the Rising Sun" predating the version by The Animals. This musician reinterpreted the Screamin' Jay Hawkins ballad "I Put a Spell on You" as a straightforward love song. This musician won early fame for her chart-topping 1958 recording of "I Loves You, Porgy". She is better known for a protest song written in response to the killing of Medgar Evers. For 10 points, name this musician whose songs "Mississippi Goddam", "To Be Young, Gifted, and Black", and "Old Jim Crow" made her a voice of the civil rights movement.
This musician improvised a solo in the style of Bach's Inventions and Sinfonias during a rendition of "Love Me or Leave Me".
Nina Simone [or Eunice Kathleen Waymon]