Nina Simone Ex-Husband: Who Is Donald Ross?

Nina Simone was previously married to Donald Ross. There isn’t much information about him on the internet. The couple officially divorced in the early 1960.

Simone started playing piano at a nightclub in Atlantic City to make a living. She changed her name to Nina Simone to disguise herself from family members, having chosen to play the devil music or so-called cocktail piano. She was told in the nightclub that she would have to sing her own accompaniment, effectively launching her jazz vocalist career.

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.

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