Nancy Wilson

Nancy Wilson may refer to:

Nancy Wilson (jazz singer)

Nancy Wilson (born February 20, 1937) is an American singer with more than 70 albums, and three Grammy Awards. She has been labeled a singer of blues, jazz, cabaret, pop and soul; a "consummate actress"; and "the complete entertainer". The title she prefers, however, is "song stylist". She has received many nicknames including "Sweet Nancy", "The Baby", "Fancy Miss Nancy" and "The Girl With the Honey-Coated Voice".

Background

On February 20, 1937, Wilson was the first of six children born to Olden Wilson, an iron foundry worker, and Lillian Ryan, a maid in Chillicothe, Ohio. Wilson's father would buy records to listen to at home. At an early age Wilson heard recordings from Billy Eckstine, Nat Cole, and Jimmy Scott with Lionel Hampton's Big Band. Wilson says: "The juke joint down on the block had a great jukebox and there I heard Dinah Washington, Ruth Brown, LaVerne Baker, Little Esther". Wilson became aware of her talent while singing in church choirs, imitating singers as a young child, and performing in her grandmother's house during summer visits. By the age of four, she knew she would eventually become a singer.

Nancy Wilson (journalist)

Nancy Wilson is a Canadian television journalist. She was an anchor for CBC News Now before her retirement.

She joined CBC Newsworld in 1991 as the host of This Country. Prior to joining, Wilson worked on CBC Television's newsmagazine The Journal. For the CBC, she has hosted various programmes including Newsworld Today, CBC News: Morning, Politics and The Money Show.

She was also a reporter, host and anchor for CTV's Canada AM, as well as the parliamentary bureau representative for the Global Television Network. For several years in the late 1980s she co-anchored evening newscasts on CJOH-TV in Ottawa with Max Keeping.

An Ottawa native, she graduated from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.

On May 8, 2014, Wilson announced that she will be retiring from CBC.

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