124-1286: " Feeling Good " (also known as " Feelin' Good ") is a song written by English composers Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the musical The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd . It was first performed on stage in 1964 by Cy Grant on the UK tour. Nina Simone recorded "Feeling Good" for her 1965 album I Put a Spell on You . The song has also been covered by other famous artists, including American singer Sammy Davis Jr. , English rock band Traffic , Canadian singer Michael Bublé , American jazz saxophonist John Coltrane , American singer and actor Brian Stokes Mitchell , British singer George Michael , English pop singer Tony Hadley , American band Eels , American musician and singer Joe Bonamassa , Irish musician and singer Eden , English rock band Muse , British blues rock band Black Cat Bones , American DJ and electronic music producer Bassnectar , American singer and musician Sophie B. Hawkins , American rock musician Leslie West , Swedish DJ and music producer Avicii , American singer Chlöe , Palaver Strings & Kebra-Seyoun Charles, Victory, American rock music duo Sirsy (Melanie Krahmer), American rapper and singer Lauryn Hill , French DJ David Guetta , American singer Micah Dubitzky, and many others. It
248-534: A Las Vegas and Catskills Borscht Belt resort performer, game show panelist (such as on Hollywood Squares ) and talk show guest. Newley was "among the top five cabaret acts in America for some years", but gradually his career had begun to flounder. He had taken risks that eventually led to his downfall in Hollywood. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, he worked to achieve a comeback. In the summer of 1983, Newley
372-635: A Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical . A hit in London and on Broadway, it was made into a film version in 1966, in which Newley was unable to star owing to a schedule conflict. The other musicals for which he co-wrote music and lyrics with Bricusse included The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (1965) and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), based on
496-590: A detective with the New York Police Department , in December 1961. In a few years he became her manager and the father of her daughter Lisa , but Simone later claimed that he abused her psychologically and physically. Simone said that Stroud treated her "like a work horse " in an interview with the BBC in 1999. In 1964, Simone changed record distributors from Colpix, an American company, to
620-712: A scholarship to study at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia , where, despite a well received audition , she was denied admission, which she attributed to racism . In 2003, just days before her death, the institute awarded her an honorary degree . Early in her career, to make a living, Simone played piano at a nightclub in Atlantic City . She changed her name to "Nina Simone" to disguise herself from family members, having chosen to play "the devil's music" or so-called "cocktail piano". She
744-711: A French label, Studio Davout . During the 1980s, Simone performed regularly at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London, where she recorded the album Live at Ronnie Scott's in 1984. Although her early on-stage style could be somewhat haughty and aloof, in later years, Simone particularly seemed to enjoy engaging with her audiences sometimes, by recounting humorous anecdotes related to her career and music and by soliciting requests. By this time she stayed everywhere and nowhere. She lived in Liberia, Barbados and Switzerland and eventually ended up in Paris. There she regularly performed in
868-604: A Lifetime", "On a Wonderful Day Like Today", " Who Can I Turn To? ", " The Joker ", and comic novelty songs such as "That Noise", "The Oompa-Loompa Song" and his version of " Pop Goes the Weasel ". Newley also released a successful rendition of " Strawberry Fair ", featuring his trademark cockney accent. Among the many hit songs Newley wrote for others are " Goldfinger " (the title song of the James Bond film, Goldfinger , music by John Barry ), and " Feeling Good ", which became
992-745: A North African." During a 1998 performance in Newark , she announced, "If you're going to come see me again, you've got to come to France, because I am not coming back." She suffered from breast cancer for several years before she died in her sleep at her home in Carry-le-Rouet (Bouches-du-Rhône), on April 21, 2003, at the age of 70. Her Catholic funeral service at the local parish was attended by singers Miriam Makeba and Patti LaBelle , poet Sonia Sanchez , actors Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee , and hundreds of others. Simone's ashes were scattered in several African countries. Her daughter Lisa Celeste Stroud
1116-399: A Spell on You that the purpose of the song was to inspire Black women to define beauty and identity for themselves without the influence of societal impositions. Chardine Taylor-Stone has noted that, beyond the politics of beauty, the song also describes the stereotypical roles that many Black women have historically been restricted to: the mammy , the tragic mulatto , the sex worker , and
1240-647: A Spell on You . It was not released as a single at the time. In 1994, Simone's recording was used in a British TV commercial for Volkswagen , and became popular. Released as a single, it reached No. 40 on the UK Singles Chart in July 1994. Simone's version was remixed by Joe Claussell in 2002 for the first volume of the Verve Remixed series. The vocal track by Nina Simone and the music of "Feeling Good" have been sampled in numerous songs. In 1997, it
1364-536: A car-dealer in the soap opera EastEnders and recording songs from Fiddler on the Roof and Scrooge . He enjoyed his final popular success onstage starring in the latter musical, which showed in London and toured British cities including Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol and Manchester, in the 1990s. In 1996, Newley "made a rare nightclub appearance in New York at Rainbow and Stars, where the emotive force of his singing
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#17327798705581488-573: A charge the staff at Curtis have denied. Discouraged, she took private piano lessons with Vladimir Sokoloff , a professor at Curtis, but never could re-apply. At the time the Curtis Institute did not accept students over 21. She took a job as a photographer's assistant, found work as an accompanist at Arlene Smith 's vocal studio, and taught piano from her home in Philadelphia. In order to fund her private lessons, Simone performed at
1612-629: A compilation of unreleased Newley recordings entitled Newley Discovered . Produced with the Anthony Newley Society and Newley's family, the album contains the concept recordings for Newley's self-penned film musicals Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? , Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and Mr. Quilp . Pure Imagination: The World of Anthony Newley and Leslie Briccuse , devised and directed by Bruce Kimmel , opened at
1736-611: A cult following due to its advanced postmodern premise that [he] is trapped inside a television programme." Described by The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums as "among the most innovative UK acts of the early rock years before moving into musicals and cabaret", Newley was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1989. Newley was born on 24 September 1931 in the London district of Hackney to Frances Grace Newley and George Kirby, who were not married and separated soon after his birth. As "the son of
1860-567: A divorce. Newley also directed the 1971 film Summertree , starring Michael Douglas and Brenda Vaccaro . He appeared as Quilp in Mister Quilp (1975) (based on Dickens's The Old Curiosity Shop ), for which he composed some songs ('Love Has the Longest Memory of All'). His last feature role, in the cast of the long-running British TV soap opera EastEnders , was to have been a regular role, but Newley had to withdraw after
1984-575: A dozen entries on the UK Top 40 chart , including two number one hits. Newley won the 1963 Grammy Award for Song of the Year for " What Kind of Fool Am I? ", sung by Sammy Davis Jr. , and wrote " Feeling Good ", which became a signature hit for Nina Simone . His songs have been sung by a wide variety of singers including Fiona Apple , Tony Bennett , Barbra Streisand , Michael Bublé and Mariah Carey . With songwriting partner Leslie Bricusse , Newley
2108-504: A few months when his health began to fail. Newley's contributions to Christmas music are highlighted by his rendition of the " Coventry Carol " which appears on many anthologies. He also wrote and recorded a novelty Christmas song called "Santa Claus is Elvis", and recorded an album of spoken poetry. In the early Seventies, Newley became a tax exile and went to live in Florida. He remained active throughout that decade, particularly as
2232-462: A hit for Nina Simone and the rock band Muse , as well as a signature song for singer Michael Bublé . His songs have been recorded by artists as diverse as Harry Connick, Jr. and Mariah Carey . Some of the many ballads he wrote, usually with Leslie Bricusse , became signature hits for Sammy Davis Jr. , Shirley Bassey and Tony Bennett . The two men referred to themselves as the team of "Brickman and Newburg", with "Newburg" concentrating mainly on
2356-658: A house, where they lived until George died. Newley died on 14 April 1999, in Jensen Beach, Florida , from renal cancer at the age of 67. He had first been diagnosed with cancer in 1985, and it returned in 1997 and spread to his lungs and liver. He was said to have died in the arms of his companion, the designer Gina Fratini . He was survived by his five children, a granddaughter Miel, and his mother Grace, then aged 96. Since then two more grandchildren have been born: Weston (Tara's second child) and Ava Grace (Sacha's first, with his former wife Angela Tassoni). Newley's life
2480-695: A lengthy affair with the Prime Minister, Errol Barrow . A close friend, singer Miriam Makeba , then persuaded her to go to Liberia . When Simone relocated, she abandoned her daughter Lisa in Mount Vernon . Lisa eventually reunited with Simone in Liberia, but, according to Lisa, her mother was physically and mentally abusive. The abuse was so unbearable that Lisa became suicidal and she moved back to New York to live with her father. Simone recorded her last album for RCA, It Is Finished , in 1974, and did not make another record until 1978, when she
2604-508: A major European hit with the song " My Baby Just Cares for Me ". Recorded by her for the first time in 1958, the song was used in a commercial for Chanel No. 5 perfume in Europe, leading to a re-release of the recording. The song reached number 4 on the UK's NME singles chart, giving Simone a brief surge in popularity in the UK and elsewhere. In the spring of 1988, Simone moved to Nijmegen in
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#17327798705582728-556: A number 12 hit on the Adult Contemporary charts in 1976 with "Teach the Children". In 1967, Newley contacted renowned artist Cynthia Albritton, also known as Cynthia Plaster Caster , to see if she would like to cast him for her celebrity genitalia collection. Albritton was an admirer of Newley's Broadway plays. On June 7, 1967, she cast Newley in her Los Angeles apartment. Albritton's friend and fellow Newley fan Iva Turner
2852-474: A relationship with Anthony Newley" when she was 17 and working with him on the TV series The Strange World of Gurney Slade . In an interview, she recalled moving in with Newley, and listening to The Goons together. With the help of a detective, Newley searched for and found his father, George Kirby. His mother then "began a correspondence with her long lost love." Newley flew him out to Los Angeles and bought them
2976-471: A salary of 30 shillings a week plus tuition at the school. While serving tea one afternoon he caught the eye of producer Geoffrey de Barkus, who cast Newley as the title character in the children's film serial, Dusty Bates (aka, The Adventures of Dusty Bates , 1947). Newley followed Dusty Bates with an appearance as Dick Bultitude in Peter Ustinov 's Vice Versa (1948). One of the stars of
3100-572: A separate state, though she wrote in her autobiography that she and her family regarded all races as equal. In 1967, Simone moved from Philips to RCA Victor . She sang "Backlash Blues" written by her friend, Harlem Renaissance leader Langston Hughes , on her first RCA Victor album, Nina Simone Sings the Blues (1967). On Silk & Soul (1967), she recorded Billy Taylor 's " I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free " and "Turning Point". The album 'Nuff Said! (1968) contained live recordings from
3224-768: A shoe store cashier at gunpoint to take back a pair of sandals she'd already worn; and another in which Simone demanded a royalty payment from Ian herself as an exchange for having recorded one of Ian's songs, and then ripped a pay telephone out of its wall when she was refused. Simone was the recipient of a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 2000 for her interpretation of " I Loves You, Porgy ". On Human Kindness Day 1974 in Washington, D.C. , more than 10,000 people paid tribute to Simone. Simone received two honorary degrees in music and humanities, from Amherst College and Malcolm X College . She preferred to be called "Dr. Nina Simone" after these honors were bestowed upon her. She
3348-470: A single mother, who waited on him hand and foot – even after he was married", Newley "mourned the absence of his real father, until, at 82, a jobbing builder made himself known." He was of Jewish descent through his maternal grandmother. When his parents separated, his aunt and uncle brought him up through unofficial adoption. During the Second World War, he was evacuated to a foster home in
3472-440: A small jazz club called Aux Trois Mailletz for relatively small financial reward. The performances were sometimes brilliant and at other times Nina Simone gave up after fifteen minutes. Often she was too drunk to sing or play the piano properly. At other times she scolded the audience, so that manager Raymond Gonzalez, guitarist Al Schackman and Gerrit de Bruin, a Dutch friend of hers, decided to intervene. In 1987, Simone scored
3596-711: A then unknown Suzie Plakson , whom Newley had discovered. The tour yielded her some strong notices and led to a steady career on stage and television. He was also featured as the Mad Hatter in Irwin Allen 's all-star television adaptation of Alice in Wonderland (1985). That year he was diagnosed with cancer and had one kidney removed. Returning to England, he moved in with his mother Gracie in Esher, Surrey. With his cancer arrested, he continued to work, appearing as
3720-487: A version for their 2001 album Origin of Symmetry . It was released as a single also featuring the song " Hyper Music ". In a poll by Total Guitar about best cover songs, Muse's version came fifth. In September 2010, NME readers voted it the greatest cover song of all time, over " Twist and Shout " by the Beatles and " Hurt " by Johnny Cash . A BBC poll in 2014 placed it ninth. Muse's version reached No. 137 on
3844-641: A version in 1966 on his album "It's a Man's World". The band Traffic has a live version titled "Feelin' Good" on Disc 2 of the album LAST EXIT. Recorded at the Fillmore in San Francisco on March 14, 1968, it is almost 11 minutes long. The LP album was released in Feb. 1969. Nina Simone 's version, arranged and produced by Hal Mooney , was recorded in New York in January 1965 and appeared on her album I Put
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3968-680: A younger audience. In 2006, it returned to the UK Top 30 in a remixed version by Groovefinder. The following single, a rendition of the Bee Gees ' " To Love Somebody ", also reached the UK Top 10 in 1969. " The House of the Rising Sun " was featured on Nina Simone Sings the Blues in 1967, but Simone had recorded the song in 1961 and it was featured on Nina at the Village Gate (1962). Simone's bearing and stage presence earned her
4092-484: Is an actress and singer who took the stage name Simone, and who has appeared on Broadway in Aida . Simone's consciousness on the racial and social discourse was prompted by her friendship with the playwright Lorraine Hansberry . Simone stated that during her conversations with Hansberry "we never talked about men or clothes. It was always Marx, Lenin and revolution – real girls' talk." The influence of Hansberry planted
4216-460: Is asked to compete against the show's hero "Cocky"; but, as "Cocky" and his master "Sir" argue over the rules of the game, "the Negro" reaches the centre of the stage and "wins", singing the song at his moment of triumph. It was described as a "booming song of emancipation", and a Billboard review said it was "the kind of robust number that should have strong appeal". The original cast recording of
4340-465: Is performed solely by Scherzinger. The song was also included on their first headlining tour, PCD World Tour . While delivering an a cappella version of the song, Scherzinger wore a "virginal hoodie-cum-headscarf", reported Helen Pidd of The Guardian . George Michael performed "Feeling Good" during his 2011–12 Symphonica Tour and included it on the Symphonica album (2014). The music video
4464-470: Is produced by will.i.am. The original instrumental track to Nina Simone's "Feeling Good" was also used in the Swedish musician Avicii 's song of the same name, used by Volvo . The Bassnectar/Simone cover was used in "Chapter 6", a first-season episode of the television series Legion and in the television show Scandal . In 2022, American Songwriter ranked "Feeling Good" number one on their list of
4588-421: Is regarded as one of the most influential recording artists of 20th-century jazz, cabaret and R&B genres. According to Rickey Vincent , she was a pioneering musician whose career was characterized by "fits of outrage and improvisational genius". Pointing to her composition of " Mississippi Goddam ," Vincent said Simone broke the mold, having the courage as "an established black musical entertainer to break from
4712-427: Is still relevant today: "it didn't adhere to ephemeral trends, it isn't a relic of a bygone era; her vocal delivery and technical skills as a pianist still dazzle; and her emotional performances have a visceral impact." "She is loved or feared, adored or disliked," Maya Angelou wrote in 1970, "but few who have met her music or glimpsed her soul react with moderation." Simone was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in
4836-535: Is the subject of a biography by Garth Bardsley called Stop the World (London: Oberon, 2003). 2013 saw the publication of Dear Tony , a book about a long-lasting friendship with a young American woman with whom he fell in love. Amongst the many compilations of his recordings are Anthony Newley: The Decca Years (1959–1964), Once in a Lifetime: The Anthony Newley Collection (1960–71), and Anthony Newley's Greatest Hits (Deram). In May 2010, Stage Door Records released
4960-663: The Grammy Award for Song of the Year for having penned " What Kind of Fool Am I? " That year he also had a hit comedy album called Fool Britannia! the result of improvisational satires of the British Profumo scandal of the time by a team of Newley, his then wife Joan Collins , and Peter Sellers . It peaked at number 10 in the UK Albums Chart in October 1963. Newley sang "Gonna Build a Mountain", "Once in
5084-650: The Irish Music Hall of Fame , presented by Sinead O'Connor . In 2018, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by fellow R&B artist Mary J. Blige . In 2019, " Mississippi Goddam " was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Simone was inducted into
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5208-620: The Montreux Jazz Festival is available on video courtesy of Mercury Studios and is screened annually in New York City at an event called "The Rise and Fall of Nina Simone: Montreux, 1976" which is curated by Tom Blunt. Footage of Simone singing " Mississippi Goddam " for 40,000 marchers at the end of the Selma to Montgomery marches can be seen in the 1970 documentary King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis and
5332-713: The National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame in 2021. In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Simone at No. 21 on their list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. Simone's music has been featured in soundtracks of various motion pictures and video games , including La Femme Nikita (1990), Point of No Return (1993), Shallow Grave (1994) , The Big Lebowski (1998), Any Given Sunday (1999), The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), Disappearing Acts (2000), Six Feet Under (2001), The Dancer Upstairs (2002), Before Sunset (2004), Cellular (2004), Inland Empire (2006), Miami Vice (2006), Sex and
5456-616: The Netherlands . She bought an apartment next to the Belvoir Hotel with views of the Waalbrug and Ooijpolder, with the help of her friend Gerrit de Bruin, who lived with his family a few corners away and kept an eye on her. The idea was to bring Simone to Nijmegen to relax and get back on track. A daily caretaker, Jackie Hammond from London, was hired for her. She was known for her temper and outbursts of aggression. Unfortunately,
5580-527: The Pacific Resident Theatre in Venice, California , on 7 December 2013. Newley was an early influence on the rock musician David Bowie , who was a fan of his. The producer of Bowie's first album, Mike Vernon , even described his first impression of Bowie as "a young Anthony Newley". Rolling Stone noted that Bowie's singing on the album was "delivered in an overenunciating voice that
5704-784: The Westbury Music Fair of April 7, 1968, three days after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. She dedicated the performance to him and sang "Why? (The King of Love Is Dead)," a song written by her bass player, Gene Taylor . In 1969, she performed at the Harlem Cultural Festival in Harlem's Mount Morris Park . The performance was recorded and is featured in Questlove 's 2021 documentary Summer of Soul . Simone and Weldon Irvine turned
5828-625: The angry Black woman . Simone assembled a collection of songs that became standards in her repertoire. Some were songs that she wrote herself, while others were new arrangements of other standards, and others had been written especially for the singer. Her first hit song in America was her rendition of George Gershwin 's " I Loves You, Porgy " (1958). It peaked at number 18 on the Billboard magazine Hot 100 chart. During that same period Simone recorded " My Baby Just Cares for Me ," which would become her biggest success years later, in 1987, after it
5952-760: The civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s , and she later fled the United States and settled in France following the assassination of her friend Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 . She lived and performed in Europe , Africa , and the Caribbean throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. In 1991, Simone published her autobiography, I Put a Spell on You (taking the title from her famous 1965 album ), and she continued to perform and attract audiences until her death. Rolling Stone has ranked Simone as one of
6076-426: The screenplay and directed the 2016 film Nina , starring Zoe Saldana , who since openly apologized for taking the controversial title role. In 2015, two documentary features about Simone's life and music were released. The first, directed by Liz Garbus , What Happened, Miss Simone? was produced in cooperation with Simone's estate and her daughter, who also served as the film's executive producer. The film
6200-539: The "rendition of 'Feelin' Good' [...] is misguided at best". In contrast, Spence D. of IGN praised the song for returning to the "retro vibe with wondrous results". On the Billboard Smooth Jazz Songs chart, the song peaked at number 23, becoming The Pussycat Dolls' only song to appear on that chart. The song is included on their 2006 Live from London as the fourth track of the DVD. The song
6324-533: The 10 greatest Nina Simone songs, and in 2023, The Guardian ranked the song number four on their list of the 20 greatest Nina Simone songs. An official music video for Simone's version was released on YouTube 56 years after the release of her recording in June 2021. The song is used over the final scene and the closing credits of the 2024 film A Quiet Place: Day One . Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. The English rock band Muse recorded
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#17327798705586448-495: The 1952 movie Casque d'Or . Knowing her mother would not approve of her playing "the Devil's music," she used her new stage name to remain undetected. Simone's mixture of jazz, blues , and classical music in her performances at the bar earned her a small but loyal fan base. In 1958, she befriended and married Don Ross, a beatnik who worked as a fairground barker , but quickly regretted their marriage. Playing in small clubs in
6572-428: The 1980s re-release of her version of the jazz standard " My Baby Just Cares for Me ") and never benefited financially from the album's sales. After the success of Little Girl Blue , Simone signed a contract with Colpix Records and recorded a multitude of studio and live albums . Colpix relinquished all creative control to her, including the choice of material that would be recorded, in exchange for her signing
6696-460: The 2008 legs of his 25 Live tour and the 2010 George Michael Live in Australia concerts. Anthony Newley Anthony Newley (24 September 1931 – 14 April 1999) was an English actor, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker. A "latter-day British Al Jolson ", he achieved widespread success in song, and on stage and screen. "One of Broadway's greatest leading men", from 1959 to 1962 he scored
6820-553: The 2015 Liz Garbus documentary What Happened, Miss Simone? Plans for a Simone biographical film were released at the end of 2005, to be based on Simone's autobiography I Put a Spell on You (1992) and to focus on her relationship in later life with her assistant, Clifton Henderson, who died in 2006; Simone's daughter, Lisa Simone Kelly , has since refuted the existence of a romantic relationship between Simone and Henderson on account of his homosexuality. Cynthia Mort (screenwriter of Will & Grace and Roseanne ), wrote
6944-597: The Chanel commercial after a legal battle. In 1991 Nina Simone exchanged Nijmegen for Amsterdam , where she lived for two years with friends and Hammond. In 1993, Simone settled near Aix-en-Provence in southern France ( Bouches-du-Rhône ). In the same year, her final album, A Single Woman , was released. She variously contended that she married or had a love affair with a Tunisian around this time, but that their relationship ended because, "His family didn't want him to move to France, and France didn't want him because he's
7068-583: The City (2008), The World Unseen (2008), Revolutionary Road (2008), Home (2008), Watchmen (2009), The Saboteur (2009), Repo Men (2010), Beyond the Lights (2014), Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), Nobody (2021), and A Quiet Place: Day One (2024). Frequently her music is used in remixes , commercials , and TV series including " Feeling Good ", which featured prominently in
7192-547: The Dutch Philips Records , which meant a change in the content of her recordings. She had always included songs in her repertoire that drew on her African-American heritage, such as "Brown Baby" by Oscar Brown and "Zungo" by Michael Olatunji on her album Nina at the Village Gate in 1962. On her debut album for Philips, Nina Simone in Concert (1964), for the first time she addressed racial inequality in
7316-419: The Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd at the Theatre Royal in Nottingham on 3 August 1964. The show, directed by Newley, toured British provincial theatres, and was then taken to the US by theatre producer David Merrick . It opened on 16 May 1965 at the Shubert Theatre in New York City, where the role of "the Negro", who sings "Feeling Good", was taken by Gilbert Price . In the show, Price's character
7440-409: The Midtown Bar & Grill on Pacific Avenue in Atlantic City , New Jersey , whose owner insisted that she sing as well as play the piano, which increased her income to $ 90 a week. In 1954, she adopted the stage name "Nina Simone". "Nina", derived from niña , was a nickname given to her by a boyfriend named Chico, and "Simone" was taken from the French actress Simone Signoret , whom she had seen in
7564-468: The Quiet Comes "). The song "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" was sampled by Devo Springsteen on "Misunderstood" from Common's 2007 album Finding Forever , and by little-known producers Rodnae and Mousa for the song "Don't Get It" on Lil Wayne 's 2008 album Tha Carter III . " See-Line Woman " was sampled by Kanye West for "Bad News" on his album 808s & Heartbreak . The 1965 rendition of " Strange Fruit ", originally recorded by Billie Holiday ,
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#17327798705587688-468: The Season Four Promo of Six Feet Under (2004). Simone's "Take Care of Business" is the closing theme of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015), Simone's cover of Janis Ian 's " Stars " is played during the final moments of the season 3 finale of BoJack Horseman (2016), and "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" were included in the film Acrimony (2018). The documentary Nina Simone: La légende ( The Legend )
7812-685: The Street (1998, "Sins of the Father"), Nash Bridges (2000, "Jackpot"), Scrubs (2001, " My Own Personal Jesus "), Chuck (2010, "Chuck vs. the Honeymooners"), Boomtown (2003, "The Big Picture"), Person of Interest (2011, " Witness "), Shameless (2011, "Kidnap and Ransom"), Love/Hate (2011, "Episode 1"), Sherlock (2012, " The Reichenbach Fall "), The Blacklist (2013, " The Freelancer "), Vinyl (2016, "The Racket"), Lucifer (2017, "Favorite Son"), and The Umbrella Academy (2019, "Extra Ordinary"), and sampled by artists such as Talib Kweli (2003, " Get By "), Timbaland (2007, "Oh Timbaland"), and Flying Lotus (2012, " Until
7936-400: The United Kingdom, No. 70 in Australia, No. 36 in Germany, No. 66 in Austria, and No. 14 in Poland. The song has become one of his most popular singles and appearing on the UK singles chart in May 2010, when it reached No. 69 on the UK Singles Chart after it was featured in British advertisements. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. A music video
8060-419: The United States in the song " Mississippi Goddam ". This was her response to the June 12, 1963, murder of Medgar Evers and the September 15, 1963, bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, that killed four young black girls and partly blinded a fifth. She said that the song was "like throwing ten bullets back at them", becoming one of many other protest songs written by Simone. The song
8184-535: The United States. The performance cemented Newley's position as a leading man. The film also launched his career as a pop singer, with the song "I've Waited So Long" – which featured in the soundtrack – reaching number 3 in the UK charts. This was quickly followed by his number 6 hit " Personality " and then two number 1 hits in early 1960: " Why " (originally a 1959 US hit for Frankie Avalon ) and " Do You Mind? " (written by Lionel Bart ). The ATV series The Strange World of Gurney Slade (1960) starred Newley, who
8308-705: The Wind " on Wild is the Wind (1966). "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" and her takes on " Sinnerman " ( Pastel Blues , 1965) and "Feeling Good" have remained popular in cover versions (most notably a version of the former song by The Animals ), sample usage, and their use on soundtracks for various movies, television series, and video games. "Sinnerman" has been featured in the films The Crimson Pirate (1952), The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), High Crimes (2002), Cellular (2004), Déjà Vu (2006), Miami Vice (2006), Golden Door (2006), Inland Empire (2006), Harriet (2019) and Licorice Pizza (2021), as well as in TV series such as Homicide: Life on
8432-415: The age of fourteen he had left education and was working as an office boy for an advertising agency in Fleet Street called Hannaford and Goodman. Prompted by an advertisement in The Daily Telegraph entitled "Boy Actors Urgently Wanted", he applied to the Italia Conti Stage School , only to discover that the fees were too high. Nevertheless, after a brief audition, he was offered a job as an office boy on
8556-458: The audience into the program, and often used silence as a musical element. Throughout most of her life and recording career she was accompanied by percussionist Leopoldo Fleming and guitarist and musical director Al Schackman . She was known to pay close attention to the design and acoustics of each venue, tailoring her performances to individual venues. Rolling Stone once said that Simone could "channel every facet of lived experience." Simone
8680-416: The autobiographical, Fellini -esque and X-rated Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969), which he also directed and co-wrote with Herman Raucher . The film is "a surrealist sex-drenched disaster that could only ever have been made in the more free-wheeling Sixties", and starred his then-wife, Joan Collins, who said that his self-serving behaviour prompted her to get
8804-447: The children's book by Roald Dahl . Newley played Matthew Mugg in the original Doctor Dolittle (1967), a difficult experience in part because of the hostility he endured from the lead actor, Rex Harrison , and he also played the repressed English businessman opposite Sandy Dennis in the original Sweet November (1968). He hosted Lucille Ball 's character on a whirlwind tour of London in Lucy in London (1966). He performed in
8928-480: The contract with them. After the release of her live album Nina Simone at Town Hall , Simone became a favorite performer in Greenwich Village . By this time, Simone performed pop music only to make money to continue her classical music studies and was indifferent about having a recording contract. She kept this attitude toward the record industry for most of her career. Simone married Andrew Stroud,
9052-473: The countryside safe from the Blitz aerial bombing attacks on London. For a time, he stayed with George Pescud, a retired music hall performer whom he later credited with inspiring his freedom of self-expression. Newley attended Clapton Park Lower School, now named Mandeville Primary School, which today recognises him as an alumnus with an official plaque. Although recognised as very bright by his teachers, by
9176-485: The earliest recorded versions was a jazz treatment by saxophonist John Coltrane , which appeared on his album The John Coltrane Quartet Plays ... . Recorded on 18 February 1965, it also features Art Davis , Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner . Versions were also released in 1965 by Nina Simone , Jean DuShon , Julie London , Chris Connor , Billy Eckstine , Andy & The Bey Sisters and Sammy Davis Jr. Ed Ames recorded
9300-441: The engagement. Her early experiences as a classical pianist had conditioned Simone to expect quiet attentive audiences, and her anger tended to flare up at nightclubs, lounges, or other locations where patrons were less attentive. Schackman described her live appearances as hit or miss, either reaching heights of hypnotic brilliance or on the other hand mechanically playing a few songs and then abruptly ending concerts early. Simone
9424-596: The fact that she had left behind her wedding ring, as an indication of her desire for a divorce. As her manager, Stroud was in charge of Simone's income. When Simone returned to the United States, she learned that a warrant had been issued for her arrest for unpaid taxes (allegedly unpaid as a protest against her country's involvement with the Vietnam War ) and fled to Barbados to evade the authorities and prosecution. Simone stayed in Barbados for quite some time and had
9548-630: The film was Kay Walsh, whose husband David Lean was about to direct a screen version of Oliver Twist . Walsh rang Lean and told him, "I've found your Artful Dodger ". During the 1950s, Newley made twenty-seven movies for J. Arthur Rank , many of them in the United States, "comfortably transitioning from child to adult actor". At this time he also performed national service . During the decade, Newley appeared in many British radio programmes, including as Cyril in Floggits , which starred Elsie and Doris Waters , and also "became increasingly involved with
9672-479: The front, and that the incident contributed to her later involvement in the civil rights movement . Simone's music teacher helped establish a special fund to pay for her education. Subsequently, a local fund was set up to assist her continued education. With the help of this scholarship money, she was able to attend Allen High School for Girls in Asheville, North Carolina . After her graduation, Simone spent
9796-457: The greatest singers of all time on various lists. Simone was born on February 21, 1933, in Tryon, North Carolina . Her father, John Divine Waymon, worked as a barber and dry-cleaner as well as an entertainer, and her mother, Mary Kate Irvin, was a Methodist preacher. The sixth of eight children in a poor family, she began playing piano at the age of three or four; the first song she learned
9920-446: The late 1980s. She was known for her temper and outbursts of aggression. In 1985, Simone fired a gun at a record company executive, whom she accused of stealing royalties . Simone said she "tried to kill him" but "missed." In 1995, while living in France, she shot and wounded her neighbor's son with an air gun after the boy's laughter disturbed her concentration and she perceived his response to her complaints as racial insults; she
10044-492: The lyrics of her song " Backlash Blues " were written by Hughes. Simone's social commentary was not limited to the civil rights movement ; the song " Four Women " exposed the Eurocentric appearance standards imposed on Black women in America, as it explored the internalized dilemma of beauty that is experienced between four Black women with skin tones ranging from light to dark. She explains in her autobiography I Put
10168-632: The music and "Brickman" on the lyrics. Ian Fraser often devised their arrangements. Despite the fact that such songs as " What Kind of Fool Am I? " and " The Candy Man " (a US Number One single for Sammy Davis Jr. and the Mike Curb Congregation in 1972) became international hits, Newley had less chart success in the United States as a recording artist, charting on the Billboard Hot 100 with four singles from 1960 to 1962, none reaching higher than number 67. However, he later had
10292-414: The norms of the industry and produce direct social commentary in her music during the early 1960s". Rolling Stone wrote that "her honey-coated, slightly adenoidal cry was one of the most affecting voices of the civil rights movement," while making note of her ability to "belt barroom blues, croon cabaret and explore jazz—sometimes all on a single record". In the opinion of AllMusic 's Mark Deming, she
10416-458: The same category. In 2016 , Simone posthumously received a nomination for Best Music Film for the Netflix documentary What Happened, Miss Simone? and in 2018 she received a nomination for Best Rap Song as a songwriter for Jay-Z 's "The Story of O.J." from his 4:44 album which contained a sample of " Four Women " by Simone. In 1999, Simone was given a lifetime achievement award by
10540-523: The same year, she recorded George Gershwin 's " I Loves You, Porgy " (from Porgy and Bess ), which she learned from a Billie Holiday album and performed as a favor to a friend. It became her only Billboard top 20 success in the United States, and her debut album Little Girl Blue followed in February 1959 on Bethlehem Records . Because she had sold her rights outright for $ 3,000, Simone lost more than $ 1 million in royalties (notably for
10664-514: The seed for the provocative social commentary that became an expectation in Simone's repertoire . One of Nina's more hopeful activism anthems, " To Be Young, Gifted and Black ," was written with collaborator Weldon Irvine in the years following the playwright's passing, acquiring the title of one of Hansberry's unpublished plays. Simone's social circles included notable black activists such as James Baldwin , Stokely Carmichael and Langston Hughes :
10788-413: The show, featuring Price's version of the song, was released by RCA Victor in early 1965, before the show reached New York. A version by Cy Grant with pianist Bill Le Sage – much jazzier than the original stage version – appeared on their 1965 album Cy & I . Anthony Newley's own recording appeared on his 1965 album "Who Can I Turn To" and other songs from "The Roar of the Greasepaint" . One of
10912-513: The singles chart in France, and No. 24 on the singles chart in the UK. "Feeling Good" was covered by Canadian singer Michael Bublé as the lead single from his album It's Time . The single was released on 4 April 2005. The song was the opening track on his live album Caught in the Act and has appeared in television advertisements, ESPN's 2005 World Series of Poker tournament, and the 2010 NBA draft broadcast. The single peaked at No. 162 in
11036-446: The song's inclusion on the album serves as "a pretty pointless vocal workout for Nicole". John Murphy from musicOMH gave a negative review, writing: "All the emotion and melodrama of the original is ripped out of the heart of the song and we're left with a pointless, faux-jazz version. They may as well have strutted over to [Nina] Simone's grave and performed a stiletto clad dance upon it." Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine commented that
11160-425: The song. The bulk of the recording consists of new lyrics, composed by Mary J. Blige, will.i.am and Keith Harris; however, the chorus samples several lines from "Feeling Good" as performed by Nina Simone. Simone's original vocals are distorted so much that her voice is almost unrecognisable; for this reason, Simone receives a credit as a featured artist, and Newley and Bricusse receive credit as co-writers. "About You"
11284-566: The summer of 1950 at the Juilliard School as a student of Carl Friedberg , preparing for an audition at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia . Her application, however, was denied. Only three of 72 applicants were accepted that year, but as her family had relocated to Philadelphia in the expectation of her entry to Curtis, the blow to her aspirations was particularly heavy. For the rest of her life, she suspected that her application had been denied because of racial prejudice,
11408-482: The tantrums followed her to Nijmegen. Simone was diagnosed with bipolar disorder by a friend of De Bruin, who prescribed Trilafon for her. Despite the illness, it was generally a happy time for Simone in Nijmegen, where she could lead a fairly anonymous life. Only a few recognized her; most Nijmegen people did not know who she was. Slowly but surely her life started to improve, and she was even able to make money from
11532-402: The theatre." Newley starred in the 1958 film No Time to Die (also known as Tank Force ). The following year, "[a] turning point came with a literally star-making role in the low-budget musical film", Idol on Parade . Newley was cast as a rock singer called up for national service in a story which was somewhat inspired by Elvis Presley , who had recently been drafted for army service in
11656-718: The title "the High Priestess of Soul". She was a pianist, singer and performer, "separately, and simultaneously". As a composer and arranger, Simone moved from gospel to blues, jazz, and folk , and to numbers with European classical styling. Besides using Bach -style counterpoint , she called upon the particular virtuosity of the 19th-century Romantic piano repertoire— Chopin , Liszt , Rachmaninoff , and others. Jazz trumpeter Miles Davis spoke highly of Simone, deeply impressed by her ability to play three-part counterpoint and incorporate it into pop songs and improvisation. Onstage, she incorporated monologues and dialogues with
11780-402: The track "(You'll) Go to Hell" from her thirteenth album Silk & Soul (1967). The award went to " Respect " by Aretha Franklin . Simone garnered a second nomination in the category in 1971, for her Black Gold album, when she again lost to Franklin for " Don't Play That Song (You Lied) ". Franklin would again win for her cover of Simone's " Young, Gifted and Black " two years later in
11904-574: The unfinished play To Be Young, Gifted and Black by Lorraine Hansberry into a civil rights song of the same name . She credited her friend Hansberry with cultivating her social and political consciousness. She performed the song live on the album Black Gold (1970). A studio recording was released as a single, and renditions of the song have been recorded by Aretha Franklin (on her 1972 album Young, Gifted and Black ) and Donny Hathaway . When reflecting on this period, she wrote in her autobiography, "I felt more alive then than I feel now because I
12028-431: Was "God Be With You, Till We Meet Again". Demonstrating a talent with the piano, she performed at her local church. Her concert debut, a classical recital , was given when she was 12. Simone later said that during this performance, her parents, who had taken seats in the front row, were forced to move to the back of the hall to make way for white people. She said that she refused to play until her parents were moved back to
12152-415: Was "one of the most gifted vocalists of her generation, and also one of the most eclectic". Creed Taylor , who wrote the liner notes for Simone's 1978 Baltimore album, said the singer possessed a "magnificent intensity" that "turns everything—even the most simple, mundane phrase or lyric—into a radiant, poetic message". Jim Fusilli, music critic for The Wall Street Journal , writes that Simone's music
12276-728: Was a key moment in her path to Civil Rights activism. "Old Jim Crow", on the same album, addressed the Jim Crow laws . After "Mississippi Goddam," a civil rights message was the norm in Simone's recordings and became part of her concerts. As her political activism rose, the rate of release of her music slowed. Simone performed and spoke at civil rights meetings, such as at the Selma to Montgomery marches . Like Malcolm X , her neighbor in Mount Vernon, New York , she supported black nationalism and advocated violent revolution rather than Martin Luther King Jr. 's non-violent approach. She hoped that African Americans could use armed combat to form
12400-408: Was also its creator. A comedy series of six half-hour programmes, it develops from a premise established in the opening scene, Newley's character escapes from a television programme which is Gurney Slade itself. Now considered ahead of its time, the series was quickly moved from a peak-time slot. His career both as a singer and a songwriter quickly went from strength to strength. In 1963, Newley won
12524-494: Was also performed by American singer and pianist John Legend as part of the Celebrating America performance marking the inauguration of Joe Biden . Although Bricusse and Newley shared songwriting credits, the words of the song are usually attributed to Bricusse, with the music by Newley. The song was first performed in public by Guyanese -British singer and actor Cy Grant on the opening night of The Roar of
12648-462: Was deeply indebted to popular English actor-singer Anthony Newley." Nina Simone Nina Simone ( / ˈ n iː n ə s ɪ ˈ m oʊ n / NEE -nə sim- OHN ; born Eunice Kathleen Waymon ; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, arranger, and civil rights activist . Her music spanned styles including classical , folk , gospel , blues , jazz , R&B , and pop . Her piano playing
12772-514: Was elected to the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1989. Newley was married three times; firstly, to Ann Lynn (1956–1963) with whom he had one son, Simon, who died in infancy from a congenital infirmity. Following their divorce, he married Joan Collins (1963–1970). The couple had two children, Tara Newley and Alexander (Sacha) Newley . Tara became a broadcaster in Britain and Sacha is a portrait artist based in New York City. His third marriage
12896-410: Was featured in a 1986 Chanel No. 5 perfume commercial. A music video was also created by Aardman Studios . Well-known songs from her Philips albums include " Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood " on Broadway-Blues-Ballads (1964); "I Put a Spell on You", " Ne me quitte pas " (a rendition of a Jacques Brel song), and " Feeling Good " on I Put a Spell On You (1965); and " Lilac Wine " and " Wild Is
13020-524: Was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018. Two days before her death, Simone learned she would be awarded an honorary degree by the Curtis Institute of Music , the music school that had refused to admit her as a student at the beginning of her career. Simone has received four career Grammy Award nominations, two during her lifetime and two posthumously. In 1968 , she received her first nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for
13144-400: Was kept out of public view until 2004 when a biography, Break Down and Let It All Out , written by Sylvia Hampton and David Nathan (of her UK fan club), was published posthumously. Singer-songwriter Janis Ian , a one-time friend of Simone's, related in her own autobiography, Society's Child: My Autobiography , two instances to illustrate Simone's volatility: one incident in which she forced
13268-540: Was made in the 1990s by French filmmakers and based on her autobiography I Put a Spell on You . It features live footage from different periods of her career, interviews with family, various interviews with Simone then living in the Netherlands, and while on a trip to her birthplace. A portion of footage from The Legend was taken from an earlier 26-minute biographical documentary by Peter Rodis, released in 1969 and entitled simply Nina . Her filmed 1976 performance at
13392-609: Was needed, and I could sing something to help my people". In an interview for Jet magazine, Simone stated that her controversial song "Mississippi Goddam" harmed her career. She claimed that the music industry punished her by boycotting her records. Hurt and disappointed, Simone left the US in September 1970, flying to Barbados and expecting her husband and manager Stroud to communicate with her when she had to perform again. However, Stroud interpreted Simone's sudden disappearance, and
13516-478: Was nominated for an Academy Award for the film score of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), featuring " Pure Imagination ", which has been recorded by dozens of singers. He collaborated with John Barry on the title song for the James Bond film Goldfinger (1964), sung by Shirley Bassey . An "icon of the early 1960s", his TV series The Strange World of Gurney Slade "continues to have
13640-402: Was often credited for her ability to express an expansive emotional range in her music, from immeasurable rage to limitless joy. Simone was perceived as a sometimes difficult or unpredictable performer, occasionally hectoring the audience if she felt they were disrespectful. Schackman would try to calm Simone during these episodes, performing solo until she calmed offstage and returned to finish
13764-446: Was persuaded to go into the recording studio by CTI Records owner Creed Taylor . The result was the album Baltimore , which, while not a commercial success, was fairly well received critically and marked a quiet artistic renaissance in Simone's recording output. Her choice of material retained its eclecticism, ranging from spiritual songs to Hall & Oates ' " Rich Girl ". Four years later, Simone recorded Fodder on My Wings on
13888-483: Was produced as a counterpoint to the unauthorized Cynthia Mort film ( Nina , 2016), and featured previously unreleased archival footage. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2015 and was distributed by Netflix on June 26, 2015. It was nominated on January 14, 2016, for a 2016 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature . The second documentary in 2015, The Amazing Nina Simone
14012-477: Was released as a single, and it was boycotted in some southern states. Promotional copies were smashed by a Carolina radio station and returned to Philips. She later recalled how "Mississippi Goddam" was her "first civil rights song" and that the song came to her "in a rush of fury, hatred and determination". The song challenged the belief that race relations could change gradually and called for more immediate developments: "me and my people are just about due." It
14136-467: Was released on 6 May 2014, and "Feeling Good" was sent to radio on 11 August 2014. The release of "Feeling Good" coincided with the issue of Symphonica on the vinyl format. It became his final single before his death in 2016. The studio version of "Feeling Good" was recorded by Michael in 2008 (with actress Loretta Devine featured prominently on backing vocals) and included on the US edition of his Twenty Five compilation. He also performed it during
14260-577: Was released to accompany the single. It features Bublé in a nuclear power plant, reminiscent of James Bond and other 1960s secret agent movies. American girl group the Pussycat Dolls recorded "Feeling Good" for their debut studio album, PCD (2005). The song was sung entirely by the Dolls' lead singer, Nicole Scherzinger . The Pussycat Dolls' version of "Feelin' Good" received mixed reviews from critics. Nick Butler of Sputnikmusic wrote that
14384-464: Was sampled by Kanye West for " Blood on the Leaves " on his album Yeezus . Simone's years at RCA spawned many singles and album tracks that were popular, particularly in Europe. In 1968, it was " Ain't Got No, I Got Life ", a medley from the musical Hair from the album 'Nuff Said! (1968) that became a surprise hit for Simone, reaching number 2 on the UK Singles Chart and introducing her to
14508-665: Was sampled in "Feeling Good" by Huff & Herb. Other uses include "How I Feel" by Wax Tailor , from the 2005 album Tales of the Forgotten Melodies ; "New Day" from the debut collaborative studio album Watch the Throne by American rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West in 2011; " How I Feel " by Flo Rida , from the 2013 album The Perfect 10 ; and, also in 2013, in the beginning of Bassnectar 's Immersive Music Mixtape Side One . The track "About You" on Mary J. Blige 's 2005 album The Breakthrough features an unusual take on
14632-486: Was sentenced to eight months in jail, which was suspended pending a psychiatric evaluation and treatment . According to a biographer, Simone took medication from the mid-1960s onward, although this was supposedly only known to a small group of intimates. After her death, the medication was confirmed as the anti-psychotic Trilafon , which Simone's friends and caretakers sometimes surreptitiously mixed into her food when she refused to follow her treatment plan. This fact
14756-500: Was strongly influenced by baroque and classical music, especially Johann Sebastian Bach , and accompanied expressive, jazz-like singing in her contralto voice. The sixth of eight children born into a poor family in North Carolina , Simone initially aspired to be a concert pianist . With the help of a few supporters in her hometown, she enrolled in the Juilliard School of Music in New York City. She then applied for
14880-567: Was the 'plater' for the casting process. The cast is now part of Albritton's collection, which was acquired in 2023 by the Kinsey Institute . Throughout the 1960s, Newley enjoyed sustained success on London's West End theatre, on Broadway , in Hollywood films , and on British and American television. He and Bricusse also wrote musicals. Stop the World – I Want to Get Off , in which Newley also performed, earned him nomination for
15004-676: Was the lead in Chaplin , a Broadway-bound musical he co-wrote with Stanley Ralph Ross , that never made it out of previews in Los Angeles. A planned Broadway opening was canceled after the production lost $ 4 million. He briefly appeared on Late Night with David Letterman (when in town to be inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame) to sing the theme to "Viewer Mail". He staged a successful American tour of his Stop The World – I Want To Get Off in 1986–87. The production co-starred
15128-463: Was to former air hostess Dareth Newly Dunn (née Rich) (1971–1989), with whom he also had a daughter and son, Shelby and Christopher. In an episode of Angela and Friends (Sky One), Tara Newley also mentioned another sister, a third living daughter of Newley. Newley's stepfather, Ronald Gardner, reportedly later lived in Beverly Hills working as a chauffeur . Actress Anneke Wills "began
15252-461: Was told in the nightclub that she would have to sing to her own accompaniment , which effectively launched her career as a jazz vocalist. She went on to record more than 40 albums between 1958 and 1974, making her debut with Little Girl Blue . She released her first and biggest hit single in the United States in 1959 with " I Loves You, Porgy " which peaked inside the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart . Simone also became known for her work in
15376-450: Was undiminished". He summed up the previous two decades in remarks from the stage: "I went to Vegas for 22 years, married some absolutely charming women and gave them all my money. That's why I'm here." At the time of his death, Newley had been working on a musical of Shakespeare's Richard III . He died of renal cancer at the age of 67, soon after he had become a grandfather. In recognition of his creative skills and body of work, Newley
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