Nina Simone Siblings: Meet Sam Waymon

Simone had three brothers and a sister. There isn’t much information about her siblings on the internet but the most known brother of hers is Sam Waymon.

Sam Waymon was born on August 16, 1944, in the USA. He is a composer, and actor known for Ganja & Hess (1973), Just Crazy About Horses (1978) and Personal Problems (1980). There isn’t any further information about him on the internet.

Throughout her career, Simone assembled a collection of songs that became standard in her repertoire. Some were songs that she wrote herself, while others were new arrangements of other standards, and others had been written especially for the singer.

Simone’s first hit song in America was her rendition of George Gershwin’s “I Love You. Porgy”. It peaked at number 18 on the Billboard magazine Hot 100 chart.