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Nancy Wilson: Grammy Award
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Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Wilson earned a reputation as an acclaimed entertainer through her live performances and television appearances, including a stint with her own Emmy Award-winning music variety program The Nancy Wilson Show. She ... appeared on other variety shows, including The Flip Wilson Show, The Carol Burnett Show, and The Andy Williams Show. Wilson also had recurring roles on The Cosby Show and Sinbad, and has been a guest on The Tonight Show, The Lou Rawls Parade of Stars, and The Arsenio Hall Show. Fans may recognize her distinctive voice on the national television commercials for Infinity cars.
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By the mid-1960s, Wilson had become one of the label's best-selling artists, second only to the Beatles. In 1964, she won a Grammy Award for "How Glad I Am" and an Emmy Award for her 1967-68 NBC series, The Nancy Wilson Show. She ... made guest appearances on variety shows hosted by Ed Sullivan, Carol Burnett and Dean Martin.
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Many pop singers have come and gone since Wilson found her first national audience in the early 1960s. The secret to her longevity-- aside from her still-glamorous good looks--lies in her flawless styling, splendid vocals, and sensitive interpretation of lyrics. Good music, she was quoted as saying in Essence, is "what people identify me with." Her talents brought her fans from all races before the term "crossover" had even been coined. Wilson told Essence: "I didn't know I was a 'black artist' until I was nominated for a Grammy in a black category."
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Still, for others, it was her work in the 1960s and '70s, appearing on her own Emmy Award-winning NBC series, "The Nancy Wilson Show," a musical variety program sponsored by Famous Amos cookies. She ... appeared on other variety shows, including the Flip Wilson, Carol Burnett and Andy Williams shows.
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