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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label, Columbia Records, in 1984, collaborating with such artists as Ramsey Lewis and working on an album of previously-unpublished Johnny Mercer lyrics set to the music by co-producer Barry Manilow, "With My Lover Beside Me."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. Craig was the voice-over man for the Japanese hit TV-show Takeshi's Castle, shown on Challenge. 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. At their trial the following year, they were exonerated. 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label, Columbia Records, in 1984, collaborating with such artists as Ramsey Lewis and working on an album of previously-unpublished Johnny Mercer lyrics set to the music by co-producer Barry Manilow, "With My Lover Beside Me."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 1994, Charles and a friend were arrested and remanded in custody for several months on a rape charge. In 1983, she won the Tokyo Song Festival and went on to cut five successful albums for Japanese labels. He is also a DJ on the radio station BBC 6 Music.

She also performed on The Carol Burnett Show several times between 1966 and 1971. As of 2002, he has been presenting the BBC2 game show Robot Wars. 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. Craig Charles finally acquired cult status as the Liverpudlian slob, Dave Lister, in the series Red Dwarf. By the mid-1960s, Wilson had become one of the label's best-selling artists, second only to the Beatles. He was married to Cathy Tyson from 1984 to 1989 and married his second wife, Jackie, on August 9, 1999. She scored her first big hit in 1962 with Cannonball Adderley and "Save Your Love For Me.". He started his career as a performance poet on the British cabaret circuit, appearing on the late-night comedy programme, Saturday Live, and later as a presenter of children's television programmes.

At Capitol, Wilson' s first recording was "Like In Love". Before turning to entertainment, Charles played football (most notably for Tranmere Rovers). This lead to the recording contract at Capitol Records. He was born in Liverpool, and is best known for playing Dave Lister in Red Dwarf. 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. Craig Charles (born July 11, 1964) is a British actor, poet and television presenter. 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.