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Nancy Wilson (singer)

Nancy Wilson (born February 20, 1937) is an African-American singer whose sixty-plus albums have blended jazz and pop music.

Wilson was born in Chillicothe, Ohio. At age 15, she won a local talent contest, the prize for which was her own television series, "Skyline Melodies," on a local station.

In 1956, she joined Rusty Bryant's Carolyn Club Band and made her first recording for Dot Records.

While performing in Columbus, Wilson had an opportunity to sit in with Cannonball Adderley, who sensed her potential and helped her to get her a manager, John Levy. This lead to the recording contract at Capitol Records.

At Capitol, Wilson' s first recording was "Like In Love". She scored her first big hit in 1962 with Cannonball Adderley and "Save Your Love For Me."

By the mid-1960s, Wilson had become one of the label's best-selling artists, second only to the Beatles. In 1964, she won a Grammy Award for "How Glad I Am" and an Emmy Award for her 1967-68 NBC series, The Nancy Wilson Show. She also performed on The Carol Burnett Show several times between 1966 and 1971.

In 1983, she won the Tokyo Song Festival and went on to cut five successful albums for Japanese labels.

Back in the US, she began her association with her current label, Columbia Records, in 1984, collaborating with such artists as Ramsey Lewis and working on an album of previously-unpublished Johnny Mercer lyrics set to the music by co-producer Barry Manilow, "With My Lover Beside Me." (1991).

In the 1990s, Wilson began acting on a regular basis, appearing on "The Sinbad Show" and "The Bill Cosby Special" on television and in such films as Robert Townsend's Meteor Man.

She was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1999.


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She was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1999. On August 28, 2004, he married his third wife, producer Tracey Turner. In the 1990s, Wilson began acting on a regular basis, appearing on "The Sinbad Show" and "The Bill Cosby Special" on television and in such films as Robert Townsend's Meteor Man. He has 2 children by his first wife, model Ann Pennington, and 1 child by his second wife, actress Susan Diol. Back in the US, she began her association with her current label, Columbia Records, in 1984, collaborating with such artists as Ramsey Lewis and working on an album of previously-unpublished Johnny Mercer lyrics set to the music by co-producer Barry Manilow, "With My Lover Beside Me." (1991). Among his credits are the hit CBS shows Cold Case and The Agency. In 1983, she won the Tokyo Song Festival and went on to cut five successful albums for Japanese labels. Cassidy has ventured into writing and producing.

She also performed on The Carol Burnett Show several times between 1966 and 1971. He starred in the popular Hardy Boys television series from 1978, and made his Broadway debut in 1993 in a production of Blood Brothers. In 1964, she won a Grammy Award for "How Glad I Am" and an Emmy Award for her 1967-68 NBC series, The Nancy Wilson Show. He achieved two further top ten singles with cover versions of Eric Carmen's "That's Rock 'N' Roll" and "Hey Deanie" the same year. By the mid-1960s, Wilson had become one of the label's best-selling artists, second only to the Beatles. He released several successful singles in the late 1970s with his first single, a cover version of The Crystals "Da Do Ron Ron", hit #1 in the United States in 1977, and, like David, became a major teen idol. She scored her first big hit in 1962 with Cannonball Adderley and "Save Your Love For Me.". He went to the same High School as Angelina Jolie, Nicolas Cage, David Schwimmer and Lenny Kravitz.

At Capitol, Wilson' s first recording was "Like In Love". The eldest of Broadway entertainer Jack Cassidy's and actress Shirley Jones's three sons, Cassidy was inspired by the success of his half-brother David Cassidy of the Partridge Family. This lead to the recording contract at Capitol Records. Shaun Paul Cassidy (born September 27, 1958 in Los Angeles, California) is an American singer and actor. While performing in Columbus, Wilson had an opportunity to sit in with Cannonball Adderley, who sensed her potential and helped her to get her a manager, John Levy. In 1956, she joined Rusty Bryant's Carolyn Club Band and made her first recording for Dot Records.

At age 15, she won a local talent contest, the prize for which was her own television series, "Skyline Melodies," on a local station. Wilson was born in Chillicothe, Ohio. Nancy Wilson (born February 20, 1937) is an African-American singer whose sixty-plus albums have blended jazz and pop music.