Cicely Tyson

Was married to trumpeter Miles Davis (1981-1988). She was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1999. Tyson co-founded the Dance Theatre of Harlem. 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. Other acclaimed television roles included Roots, King, in which she played Coretta Scott King, The Marva Collins Story, When No One Would Listen and Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (for which she won another Emmy). She is going to be in the movie "Because of Winn-Dixie". 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label, Columbia Records, in 1984, collaborating with such artists as Ramsey Lewis and working on an album of previously-unpublished Johnny Mercer lyrics set to the music by co-producer Barry Manilow, "With My Lover Beside Me."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 1974 she won two Emmy Awards for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, and became a star. In 1983, she won the Tokyo Song Festival and went on to cut five successful albums for Japanese labels.

In 1972, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Sounder. She also performed on The Carol Burnett Show several times between 1966 and 1971. In 1967, she appeared in The Comedians, and the following year, had a featured role in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. 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. Her first film was an uncredited role in Carib Gold in 1957, but she went on to do television - the celebrated series East Side/West Side and the soap opera Guiding Light. By the mid-1960s, Wilson had become one of the label's best-selling artists, second only to the Beatles. She was discovered by a photographer for Ebony magazine, and became a popular fashion model. She scored her first big hit in 1962 with Cannonball Adderley and "Save Your Love For Me.".

Her parents came from the island of Nevis, but Cicely was born and raised in Harlem, New York City. At Capitol, Wilson' s first recording was "Like In Love". Cicely Tyson (born December 19, 1933) is an award-winning African-American actress. 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.