Shannon Tweed

She occasionally acts with (and models with) her younger sister, Tracey Tweed. She was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1999. She lives with KISS member Gene Simmons (they are not married) and they have two children. 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. Since then, Shannon has primarily acted in TV series and B movies. Shannon is one of the best known actresses in mainstream erotica. 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label, Columbia Records, in 1984, collaborating with such artists as Ramsey Lewis and working on an album of previously-unpublished Johnny Mercer lyrics set to the music by co-producer Barry Manilow, "With My Lover Beside Me."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). She was briefly involved with Hugh Hefner at that time. In 1983, she won the Tokyo Song Festival and went on to cut five successful albums for Japanese labels.

After the Canadian wish-fulfillment TV series Thrill of a Lifetime arranged for her to pose for Hugh Hefner's Playboy, she gained fame as the Playmate of the Year for 1982. She also performed on The Carol Burnett Show several times between 1966 and 1971. Shannon was born in Newfoundland and became involved in beauty pageants at a young age. 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. Shannon Tweed (born March 10, 1957), is a Canadian actress and model who has acted primarily in soft core low budget films. By the mid-1960s, Wilson had become one of the label's best-selling artists, second only to the Beatles. She scored her first big hit in 1962 with Cannonball Adderley and "Save Your Love For Me.".

At Capitol, Wilson' s first recording was "Like In Love". This lead to the recording contract at Capitol 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. 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.