by Nomad
This week marked the passing of legendary jazz vocalist Nancy Wilson. She was 81.
With a career that spanned over a half century, Wilson recorded more than seventy albums and won three Grammy Awards for her recordings.
According to her biography:
She was second only to the Beatles in sales, and her albums outsold those of Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee and the Beach Boys.What a lot of people don't know is that Wilson was also an activist for civil rights in the 1960s. At a time when activism could mean the end of a promising career, Wilson participated in the 1965 Selma march.
She received an award from the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in 1993.
Wilson received the 2005 United Negro College Fund Trumpet Award, a NAACP Lifetime Achievement Award and, the Oprah Winfrey Legends Award.
In September 2005, Wilson was inducted into the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site. In her acceptance speech, she said:
"This award means more to me than anything else I have ever received."I have made a playlist of some of her hits in her memory.
The playlist consists of:
- You Can Have Him
- The Very Thought Of You
- Happy Talk
- How Glad I Am
- When I Look in Your Eyes
- Face It Girl, It's Over
- Just To Keep You Satisfied
- Guess Who I Saw Today?
- Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
- Time After Time
- Someone To Watch Over Me
- There Will Never Be Another You
- Essential Jazz Legends (Full Album)
Have a wonderful Sunday, my friends.