nancy wilson
b. 20th February 1937, Chillicothe, Ohio, U.S.A.
Nancy Wilson was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1940, and was only 15 when she hosted her own TV show, 'Skyline Melody', in Columbus, Ohio.
Nancy first attracted notice performing the club circuit in nearby Columbus.
Nancy' reputation grew and she was recording regularly by the late 1950's.
She signed to Capitol Records and issued albums including 1959's 'Like in Love' and 'Nancy Wilson with Billy May's Orchestra'.
Nancy then moved to New York in 1960.
Nancy's musical stylings changed and she toured with everyone from Nat King Cole and Sarah Vaughn to Ruth Brown and LaVern Baker.
Of her many recordings 'Tell Me The Truth' with Cannonball Adderley (1963), 'Face It Girl It's Over' (1968), 'I Know I Love Him' (1973), 'All In Love Is Fair' (1974), written by Stevie Wonder and produced by the late Gene Page, and 'You're As Right As Rain' (1974) all showed a growing maturity.
In 1982 she signed with CBS, her albums here including 'The Two Of Us' (1984), duets with Ramsey Lewis produced by Stanley Clarke; 'Forbidden Lover' (1987), including the title track duet with Carl Anderson; and 'A Lady With A Song', which became her 52nd album release in 1989.
In 1986 she sang 'The Way It Goes' with The Crusaders.
By the 1990's, her musical stylings had moved her into the Adult Contemporary Market.
Nancy also hosted the Jazz Profiles series on National Public Radio.
UK soul fans took to her 1979 album 'Life, Love & Harmony' for the 'rare groove' tune 'Sunshine' and also the highly collectable Northern track 'The End Of Our Love' for Capitol Records.
Albums:
Like in Love (Capitol 1959)
Swingin's Mutual (Capitol 1960)
Something Wonderful Happens (Capitol 1960)
Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley (Capitol 1962)
Hello Young Lovers (Capitol 1962)
Hollywood: My Way (Capitol 1963)
Yesterday's Love Songs / Today's Blues (Blue Note 1963)
How Glad I Am (Capitol 1964)
Broadway: My Way (Capitol 1964)
Today, Tomorrow, Forever (Capitol 1964)
Gentle Is My Love (Capitol 1965)
The Nancy Wilson Show! (Capitol 1965)
Today: My Way (Capitol 1965)
From Broadway with Love (Capitol 1966)
A Touch of Today (Capitol 1966)
Lush Life (Blue Note 1967)
Just for Now (Capitol 1967)
Nancy: Naturally (Capitol 1967)
The Right to Love (Capitol 1967)
Easy (Capitol 1968)
Welcome to My Love (Capitol 1968)
The Sound of Nancy Wilson (Capitol 1969)
Nancy (Capitol 1969)
Son of a Preacher Man (Capitol 1969)
Hurt So Bad (Capitol 1969)
But Beautiful (Blue Note 1969)
Can't Take My Eyes off You (Capitol 1970)
Now I'm a Woman (Capitol 1970)
Kaleidoscope (Capitol 1971)
All In Love Is Fair (Capitol 1973)
I Know I Love Him (Capitol 1973)
Come Get to This (Capitol 1975)
This Mother's Daughter (Capitol 1976)
I've Never Been to Me (Capitol 1977)
Life, Love and Harmony (Capitol 1979)
Take My Love (Capitol 1980)
Tender Loving Care (Capitol 1984)
The Two of Us (Columbia 1984)
Godsend (Nippon Columbia 1984)
Keep You Satisfied (Columbia 1985)
Forbidden Lover (Columbia 1987)
Nancy Now! (Columbia 1989)
A Lady with a Song (CBS Columbia 1989)
With My Lover Beside (Columbia 1991)
Live in Europe (ITM 1994)
Love, Nancy (Columbia 1994)
Spotlight On Nancy Wilson [Great Ladies of... (Capitol 1995)
If I Had My Way (Sony 1997)
A Nancy Wilson Christmas (Telarc 2001)
R.S.V.P. Rare Songs, Very Personal (2004)
