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How Glad I Am is a 1964 studio album by Nancy Wilson. It was one of her most successful albums, reaching #4 on the Billboard 200 and remaining on the chart for 31 weeks. [ 4 ] The title track became her highest-charting single, peaking at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 , [ 5 ] and earned her a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance .
Wilson, who had been recording since 1960, was afforded her first pop Top 40 hit with ... "How Glad I Am": (Nancy Wilson quote:)"I went into the studio with the idea of recording a Top 40 kind of hit [with '... How Glad I Am']. Actually though I didn't sing any differently..... It's the material itself that did it [along with] the arrangement." [2]
In 1964, "(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am", became Wilson's highest-peaking single, reaching number 11 on the US Hot 100, number two on the US adult contemporary chart and number six in Canada. Its corresponding LP, How Glad I Am , reached number four in the US.
Nancy Wilson, who rose to fame in the mid-1960s as a young jazz singer, enjoyed an incredible decades-long career. Nancy Wilson, Grammy winning ‘How Glad I Am’ singer, dies at 81 Skip to main ...
Wilson moved to New York and released her first album, "Like in Love," in 1960. She recorded 70 albums, won three Grammys and was revered as a civil rights hero during her life and career .
Heart — the pioneering band that melds Nancy Wilson’s shredding guitar with her sister Ann’s powerhouse vocals — is hitting the road this spring and fall for a world tour that Nancy Wilson ...
[4] In 1964 Wilson released what became her most successful hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with "(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am", which peaked at No. 11. From 1963 to 1971 Wilson logged 11 songs on the Hot 100, including two Christmas singles.
Nancy Wilson’s moment as a cute blond in a convertible wearing a mohair pink and lavender sweater and a sweet smile in the 1982 classic, Fast Times at Ridgemont High was brief but memorable.