Mississippi Goddam – Nina Simone
Released 1964
Recorded New York City, live at Carnegie Hall
Label Philips Records
Nina was underrated and spend most of her career recording songs to thrust the civil rigths to the forefront. Unfortunately, this cost her a lot of commercial success. This song was rejected by radio and she repored that many of the stations sent the record back to the label broken in peices.
Severely abused by her ex-cop husband (surprised?) who later became her manager Simone suffered from mental illness until her death in 2003. Goddam is absolutely blunt about the racism going on in Mississippi at the time and was one of her most-requested signature songs when she performed.
