== Pronunciation of name == 

 I do not know Nina Simone very well at all, but I find it extremely difficult to believe that her name is pronounced  (approximately 'neenuh summuhnaw') in any language, let alone in English. I am curious to find out what pronunciation  was intended to represent, since I know of no language which distinguishes , ,  and , four vowels in relative proximity of each other. The pronunciation was added by , who was later banned as a sockpuppet, so I can only conclude that it was a bit of pointless vandalism. But it has stood unchallenged for almost a year. I'm not sure what that says about the credibility of pronunciation guides on Wikipedia. 

 I am changing the pronunciation to  ('NEE-nuh si-MOAN'), which I believe is the correct pronunciation and is the combination of the usual pronunciations for the names 'Nina' and 'Simone' in English.