Kenny Rogers

. Also 1993's film Point of No Return (aka The Assassin) and 1996's Romeo and Juliet included some of her songs and introduced a new generation to her soulful music. BOX SETS. She died in her sleep in Carry-le-Rouet in 2003.
. In 1993, she settled near Aix-en-Provence in the south of France.
SOLO. Simone's autobiography, I Put a Spell on You (ISBN 0306805251) was published in 1992.

With The First Edition. Her daughter, an actress/singer known only as "Simone," has appeared on Broadway in Aida.
. Simone's regal bearing and commanding stage presence earned her the title the "High Priestess of Soul.". In 2000's he was still having #1 hit's with "The Greatest" and "Buy Me A Rose" and released the crictically acclaimed album "Back To The Well". Though her onstage style could be somewhat haughty and aloof, in later years Simone particularly seemed to enjoy engaging her adoring audiences by recounting sometimes humorous anecdotes related to her career and music and soliciting requests. He has been married five times, his fourth wife was the actress Marianne Gordon Rogers, his current wife is called Wanda. She had a reputation in the music industry for being sometimes difficult to deal with and volatile, a characterization with which Simone vigorously took issue.

His 1985 greatest hit's package, "The Kenny Rogers Story", for example, reached #1 on British Country Charts and four years later (in 1989) was still at #2 (He had also charted internationally during that time with a series of studio albums). In 1995, Simone purportedly shot her neighbour's son with a BB gun after his laughing disturbed her concentration. His success is world-wide, for example he has played many highly attended concerts in Europe and The Far East, where he has charted numerous singles and albums from the 1970s through to the present day. In the 1980s, she performed regularly at Ronnie Scott's jazz club in London. His 1982 movie "Six Pack" (in which he played a racing car driver) took more than $20 million at the US box office, while made for TV movies such as "The Gambler", "Christmas In America and "Coward of the county" (based on hit songs of his) topped ratings lists. She lived in various countries in the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe, continuing to perform into her 60s. Like many other successful singers, such as Elvis Presley , he also had success as an actor. She returned in 1978 and was arrested for tax evasion (she had withheld several years of income tax as a protest against the Vietnam War).

He collaborated with a developer of Kentucky Fried Chicken to start up the restaurant chain Kenny Rogers Roasters. In 1971, Simone left the United States following disagreements with agents, record labels, and the tax authorities, citing racism as the reason. Rogers continued to be successful performing for both pop and country audiences; to date he has charted more than 60 hit singles (including upwards of 20 Number One's) and no less than 40 hit albums. A 1968 Norman Jewison cinematic hit, "The Thomas Crown Affair," starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway, featured Simone's "Sinner Man" and helped bring her music to a broader audience. The group split and Rogers launched his solo career in 1976. In a single concert, she moved easily from gospel-inspired tunes, to blues and jazz and, in numbers like "For All We Know," to numbers infused with European classical stylings, and counterpoint fugues. They chalked up a string of hits on both the pop and country charts, including "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town", "Reuben James" and "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)". Nina's versatility as an artist was evident throughout her music, which often had a folk-music simplicity.

Many years of slow selling records and playing clubs followed for Rogers, until the formation of The First Edition in 1967 (Later renamed "Kenny Rogers and The First Edition). Other songs she is famous for include "I Put a Spell on You" (originally by Screamin' Jay Hawkins), The Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun," "Four Women," and "My Baby Just Cares for Me". His career began in the mid-1950's when he recorded a number with a doo-wop group. In 1961, Simone recorded a version of the traditional song "House of the Rising Sun", a song which was later recorded by Bob Dylan and was a hit for The Animals. Kenneth Donald Rogers (born August 21, 1938, in Houston, TX) is a prolific American country music singer, photographer, producer and actor. Throughout the 1960s, Simone was involved in the Civil Rights Movement and recorded a number of political songs, including "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" (later covered by Aretha Franklin), "Blacklash Blues," "Mississippi Goddam" (a response to the murder of Medgar Evers and the bombing of a church in Birmingham, Alabama killing four black children), "I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free" and Kurt Weill's "Pirate Jenny" set in a southern hotel. "Slow Dance More". This was soon followed by the single "My Baby Just Cares for Me" (this was also a hit in the 1980s in the United Kingdom when used for television advertisements for Chanel No. 5 perfume).

"Buy Me A Rose". She first came to public notice in 1959 with her wrenching rendition of George Gershwin's "I Loves You Porgy" (from Porgy and Bess), which proved to be her only Top 40 hit in the United States. "The Greatest". Simone turned instead to blues and jazz after getting her start in an Atlantic City nightclub, taking the name "Nina Simone" in 1954 - "Nina" was her boyfriend's nickname for her (from the Spanish for "girl") and "Simone" was after the French actress Simone Signoret. "If You Want To Find Love". Simone believed that she was rejected because she was black. "Some Prisons Don't Have Walls". She later had an interview to study piano at the Curtis Institute, but was rejected.

"What I Did For Love". She was able to begin studying piano at New York City's prestigious Juilliard School of Music, thanks to the sponsorship of benefactors, but lack of funds meant that she was unable to fulfill her dream of becoming America's first African-American concert pianist. "There Lies The Diffrence". At seventeen, Simone moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she taught piano and accompanied singers. "The Vows Go Unbroken (Always True To You)". This incident contributed to her later involvement in the civil rights movement. "After All This Time". When she debuted publicly at a piano recital at age ten, her parents, who had taken seats in the front row, were forced to move to make way for whites.

"I Prefer The Moonlight". Like a number of other African-American singers, she was inspired as a child by Marian Anderson and began singing at her local church, also showing prodigious talent as a pianist. "The Factory". Simone was born in Tryon, North Carolina, one of eight children. Make No Mistake (She's Mine) (with Ronnie Milsap). Her vocal style is characterized by passion, breathiness, and tremolo. "Two Hearts, One Love". She generally is classified as a jazz musician, but disliked that categorisation herself; and her work also has been described as covering the blues, rhythm and blues and soul.

"The Stranger". Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known as Nina Simone (February 21, 1933 - April 21, 2003), was a singer, songwriter and pianist. "Our Perfect Song". My music is Black classical music.". "Don't Look In My Eyes. "Jazz is a white term to define Black people. "Tomb Of The Unknown Love".

"20 Years Ago". "Crazy". "Eyes That See In The Dark". "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight" (with Dottie West).

"Love Will Turn You Around" (from the motion picture "Six Pack"). "Islands In The Stream (with Dolly Parton). "Maybe You Should Know". "I Want A Son".

"We've Got Tonight" (with Sheena Easton"). "Everytime Two Fools Collide" (with Dottie West). "Love Will Turn You Around"#. "Share Your Love With Me.

"Through The Years. "Love The World Away". "Blaze Of Glory. "The Long Arm Of The Law.

"Lady". "You Decorated My Life. "Coward Of The County". "Love Or Something Like It".

"Sail Away". "She Believes In Me. "The Gambler". "Sweet Music Man".

"Daytime Friends". "Lucille". "Puttin' in Overtime At Home". "Laura (What's He Got I Ain't Got)".

"While The Feelings Good. "Love Lifted Me". "Someone Who Cares". "Heed The Call".

"The Hoodooin' Of Miss Fanny Deberry". "Today, I Started Loving You Again. "Just Remember Your My Sunshine". "Elvira".

"Something's Burning". "Shine On Ruby Mountain". "Reuben James". "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town".

"But You Know I Love You". "Just Dropped In (Too See What Condition My Condition Was In)". Through The Years (4 CD) (1999). Greatest Hits and Finest Performances (5 L.P set) (1986).

42 Ultimate Hits (2004). Through The Years - 20 Greatest Hits (2001). Endless Love (2000). The Very Best of Kenny Rogers (1990).

20 Great Years (1990). 60's Revisited (1980s, with the 1st edition). The Kenny Rogers Story - 20 Golden Greats (U.K release, 1985). 20 Greatest Hits (1983).

Greatest Hits (1980). Shine On (European Release, 1980). The Best Of Kenny Rogers (1979). The Kenny Rogers Singles Album (U.K release, 1979).

Ten Years Of Gold (1977, features re-recordings of 1st editon hit's). Greatest Hits (1971, with the first edition). Back To The Well (2003). There You Go Again (2000).

Christmas Greetings (2000). She Rides Wild Horses (1999). The Gift (1996). Timepiece (Orchestral Sessions) (1994).

If Only My Heart Had A Voice (1993). Love Is Strange (1990). Something Inside So Strong (1989). I Prefer The Moonlight (1987).

The Heart Of The Matter (1985). Sunshine (1985). What About Me? (1984). We've Got Tonight (1983).

Eyes That See In The Dark (1983). Love Will Turn You Around (1982). Share Your Love (1981). Christmas (1981).

Gideon (1980). Kenny (1979). The Gambler] (1978). Love Or Something Like It (1978).

Daytime Friends (1977). Kenny Rogers (1976). Love Lifted Me (1976). At Their Best (1979).

Back Roads (1973). The Ballad of Calico (1972). Tell It All Brother (1970). Something's Burning (1970).

Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town (1969). The First Edition '69 (1969). The First Edition's Second (1968). The First Edition (1967).