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Nancy Lamoureux Wilson (born March 16, 1954) is an American musician. She rose to fame alongside her older sister Ann as guitarist and second vocalist in the rock band Heart. Raised in Bellevue, Washington, Wilson began playing music as a teenager. During college, she joined her sister who had recently become the singer of Heart.
The Gap Band was an American R&B and funk band that rose to fame during the 1970s and 1980s. The band consisted of three brothers: Charlie , Ronnie, and Robert Wilson, along with other members; it was named after streets (Greenwood, Archer, and Pine) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] in the historic Greenwood neighborhood in the brothers' hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma .
All the proceeds from 2001's A Nancy Wilson Christmas went to support the work of MCG Jazz. [9] Wilson was the host on NPR's Jazz Profiles, [10] from 1996 to 2005. This series profiled the legends and legacy of jazz through music, interviews and commentary. Wilson and the program were the recipients of the George Foster Peabody Award in 2001. [11]
NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...
Nancy Wilson may refer to: Nancy Wilson (jazz singer) (1937–2018), American jazz singer and actress; Nancy Wilson (religious leader) (born 1950), Moderator of the Metropolitan Community Churches; Nancy Wilson (rock musician) (born 1954), American rock singer and guitarist for the band Heart; Nancy Wilson (journalist) (born 1955), Canadian ...
Ronnie Wilson, multi-instrumentalist and founder of the popular R&B and funk group The Gap Band, has died. He was 73. His wife, Linda Boulware-Wilson, posted on Facebook that her husband died on ...
Wilson performed the song with the band on the British television chat show Wogan in August 1989. In 1998, Wilson performed on Mystikal's Ghetto Fabulous album. Michael Paran, who is CEO of P Music Group, was responsible for rebranding the Gap Band in 1997 and repositioning them as one of the top R&B touring groups.
The Gap Band, a funky group of Tulsans, backed Russell on the Stop All That Jazz album. Through the Stop All That Jazz album Russell introduced the world to The Gap Band. The Gap Band then released its debut album Magician's Holiday on Russell's Shelter Records label. Later Russell played piano on the group's 1977 The Gap Band release. [4]