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Nancy Wilson Biography

Birth Name:Nancy Sue Wilson

Birth Place:Chillicothe, Ohio, United States

Profession Soundtrack, Actress, Music department

Fast Facts

  • In 1998, she was inducted into the NAACP Image Award Hall of Fame
  • In 2005, she was inducted into the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame
  • In 2004, she received the National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowship Award
  • Spent one year studying at Central State College in Ohio
  • Got her big break when she won a talent contest with a local radio station at the age of 15
  • Started singing with teh Rusty Bryant Carolyn Club Big Band in 1956
  • Is best known for her accomplishments as a jazz singer
  • Once worked as a secretary with the New York Institute of Technology