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Nancy Wilson

jazz/blues/soul singer

United States • 1937-02-20 – 2018-12-13

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Biography

Nancy Sue Wilson (February 20, 1937 – December 13, 2018) was an American singer whose career spanned over five decades, from the mid-1950s until her retirement in the early 2010s. She was especially notable for her single "(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am" and her version of the standard "Guess Who I Saw Today". Wilson recorded more than 70 albums and won three Grammy Awards for her work. During her performing career, Wilson was labeled a singer of blues, jazz, R&B, pop, and soul; a "consummate actress"; and "the complete entertainer". The title she preferred, however, was "song stylist". She received many nicknames including "Sweet Nancy", "The Baby", "Fancy Miss Nancy" and "The Girl With the Honey-Coated Voice".

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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Credited work

520 releases · 87 albums · active 1956–2025

  • Performance · 552
  • Other credits · 53
  • Production · 10

Studios: Capitol Studios · Sound Castle Recorders, Los Angeles · Chung King Studios · Vanguard Studios, Detroit, Michigan

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