Listen to reflections from Samuel Waymon, Nina Simone’s brother — about the powerful, beautiful, extraordinary song “Why? The King of Love is Dead” that Nina wrote within a day of Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination in 1968. This interview was broadcast in 2008 on NPR.
Click here to listen to the broadcast.
Simone’s brother’s comments are very moving. And the song gives you a sense of what many people were feeling when Dr. King was killed. This was a song I heard often when I was growing up. A version of the song is on the album “The Best of Nina Simone.” That’s the version I heard. What I remember.
And watch/listen here to the full song:
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