Singer Nancy Wilson, whose torch song stylings made her a pop and jazz favorite for more than five decades, has died at age 81. She passed on Thursday after a long illness at her Pioneertown home near Joshua Tree in California, according to her publicist.
Wilson retired from touring in 2011, but her long time on the road as a jazz festival favorite and impact via recordings that were major pop landmarks kept her presence alive. Wilson released eight albums that reached the top 20 on Billboard’s pop charts in the 1960s alone, powered by such songs as “Guess Who I Saw Today” and the 1964 hit “(You Don’t Know) How Glad I Am,” which drew upon Broadway, pop and jazz.
Although many regarded her as a jazz singer, Wilson herself said she was a “song stylist.”
Wilson collaborated with many artists, none more prominent than Cannonball Adderley, with whom she recorded...
Wilson retired from touring in 2011, but her long time on the road as a jazz festival favorite and impact via recordings that were major pop landmarks kept her presence alive. Wilson released eight albums that reached the top 20 on Billboard’s pop charts in the 1960s alone, powered by such songs as “Guess Who I Saw Today” and the 1964 hit “(You Don’t Know) How Glad I Am,” which drew upon Broadway, pop and jazz.
Although many regarded her as a jazz singer, Wilson herself said she was a “song stylist.”
Wilson collaborated with many artists, none more prominent than Cannonball Adderley, with whom she recorded...
- 12/14/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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