Nancy Wilson is tagged as: jazz, female vocalists, soul, vocal jazz, jazz vocal There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Nancy Sue Wilson - jazz diva best known for her 60s standards recordings.|2) Nancy Lamoureux Wilson - singer, songwriter, and guitarist, and member of the group Heart. 1) Nancy Sue Wilson (born February 20, 1937, in Chillicothe, OH, United States) is a jazz diva famous for recording American standards in the 60s. She was among contemporary music’s most stylish and sultry vocalists; while often crossing over into the pop and R&B markets — and even hosting her own television variety program — she remained best known as a jazz performer, renowned for her work alongside figures including Cannonball Adderley and George Shearing. Wilson first attracted notice performing the club circuit in nearby Columbus; she quickly earned a growing reputation among jazz players and fans, and she was recording regularly by the late ’50s, eventually signing to Capitol and issuing LPs including 1959’s Like in Love and Nancy Wilson with Billy May’s Orchestra. Her dates with Shearing, including 1960’s The Swingin’s Mutual, solidified her standing as a talent on the rise, and her subsequent work with Adderley — arguably her finest recordings — further cemented her growing fame and rep... Read More About Nancy Wilson Biography...  Send Nancy Wilson ringtones to your cell
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