# Nina Simone — Every Record We Rank

Nina Simone appears once in our Laurent Garnier — A Life in Twenty-One Records list. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 1
- **Appears on:** Laurent Garnier — A Life in Twenty-One Records
- **Year:** 1959
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/nina-simone/

## Appears on

### [Love Me or Leave Me](https://waxonia.com/track/nina-simone--love-me-or-leave-me/)

*1959 · Bethlehem · Picked by [Laurent Garnier — A Life in Twenty-One Records](https://waxonia.com/selection/laurent-garnier-a-life-in-records/)*

Her story is the thing. A Black woman in a segregated country, refused the concert-pianist career she had trained for, who took that training and put it straight into jazz and blues instead.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Nina%20Simone%20Love%20Me%20or%20Leave%20Me) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=dAvQ-ltLGdk)

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