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Happy Birthday, Wild Child: Celebrating Nina Simone's 80th

Michael A. Gonzales, Philadelphia Weekly, 20 February 2013

A FEW YEARS before Nina Simone decided to become a singer, she was just another black girl from North Carolina living in Philadelphia with her musical talent and big dreams.

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