#21 – “Strange Fruit”…
February 1966, London With my focus very much on the exciting events of the past six months - starting the UK Nina Simone appreciation society, ...
#20 – “Meeting A Boy Wonder…”
January 1966, London Over the holiday season of December 1965, I’m busy working at Musicland, the local record store where I’m earning pocket money - ...
#19 – “That’s my wig, sugar!”
October 1965, London The Nina Simone UK fan club/appreciation society I’ve started is getting a few members and one of the early newsletters lists the ...
#18 – “Yeah!!!”
October 1965, London My quest to find as many of the Columbia albums that Aretha Franklin released between 1960-1965 begins with the rare UK release ...
#17 – ‘The Godfather Of R&B’…
August 1965, London Since I’ve now been ushered into the hallowed circle of young British R&B enthusiasts who have formed fan clubs for American artists, ...
#16 – “Ar-eth-a Franklin!”
August 1965, Littlehampton, England I’m now ‘in’ with ‘in crowd’ of young Brits whose love of American R&B artists is expressed through fan clubs created ...
#15 – “I Put A Spell On You… face to face with Nina…”
July 1965, London I'm on the set for the British television show 'Ready Steady Go!' Nina Simone is about to perform for the first time ...
#14 – “Nina At Annie’s Room…”
June 1965, London Nina Simone is performing for the first time in London at an intimate jazz club, Annie’s Room in Soho, owned by jazz ...
#13 – “At The Airport With Flowers…”
June 1965, London I’m excited and nervous! I’m taking the day off school to go to meet Nina, her husband/manager Andy Stroud and their 4 ...
#12 – “Forbidden Fruit”
May 1965, London Eagerly anticipating the arrival of Nina Simone in London in June, as the founder of her newly-created UK appreciation society, I had ...