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Take a Picture blends Margo's infectious and highly intelligent songcraft with her absolutely unique voice - equal parts girl group innocence and seductive torch

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and his subsequent solo career spanned five decades

Nina Simone - Pastel Blues Electronica making them one of theAmerican singer, songwriter, pianist. Born: 21 February 1933 in Tryon, North Carolina, USA. Died: 21 April 2003 in Carry le Rouet, Bouches du Rhne, France (aged 70). Nina was giving piano recitals after playing at her local church at an early age. Her childhood piano lessons were funded by her mother's employer and a local fund set up by her music teacher, so impressed were they by her talent. She moved to Philadelphia aged 17, teaching piano and