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Clip: Season 45 Episode 2 | 2m 19s Video has closed captioning.
Past GRAMMY nominee Andra Day performs "Mississippi Goddam" in a tribute to Lifetime Achievement Award honoree Nina Simone at the “GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends 2017™” and discusses Simone’s impact.
Aired: 10/13/17
Andra Day performs "Mississippi Goddam"
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GREAT PERFORMANCES is made possible by The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the Irene Diamond Fund, Rosalind P. Walter, the LuEsther T. ...
GREAT PERFORMANCES is made possible by The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the Irene Diamond Fund, Rosalind P. Walter, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Seton J. Melvin, the Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, The Starr Foundation, the Thea Petschek Iervolino Foundation, Jody and John Arnhold, Ellen and James S. Marcus, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, The Agnes Varis Trust, the Lenore Hecht Foundation, The Abra Prentice Foundation, The Lewis “Sonny” Turner Fund for Dance, public television viewers, and PBS.
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