The
discography of American singer,
Nancy Wilson, contains 52
studio album
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s, 27
compilation album
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s, three
live album
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s, one
box set, 57
singles, nine
promotional singles and one other charting song. Wilson's debut studio album was issued by
Capitol Records
Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007), and simply known as Capitol, is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-base ...
in April 1960 called ''
Like in Love''. Her first single to chart was 1961's "Save Your Love for Me", a duet with
The Cannoball Adderley Quartet that reached number 11 on the US
R&B songs chart. Wilson's first album to make the US
''Billboard'' 200 chart was 1962's ''
Hello Young Lovers'', peaking at number 49. The 1963 studio LP, ''
Yesterday's Love Songs/Today's Blues'', was her highest-charting album up to that point, reaching number four in the US. In 1964, "
(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am", became Wilson's highest-peaking single, reaching number 11 on the US
Hot 100, number two on the US
adult contemporary chart and number six in Canada. Its corresponding LP, ''
How Glad I Am'', reached number four in the US.
Capitol issued several albums per-year by Wilson during the 1960s, all of which reached positions on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and the US ''Billboard''
R&B albums surveys. Studio LP's that reached the top ten on the R&B chart included ''
Today My Way'' (1965), ''
Gentle Is My Love'' (1965), ''
A Touch of Today'' (1966), ''
Tender Loving Care'' (1966), ''
Nancy – Naturally'' (1966), ''
Just for Now'' (1967), ''
Lush Life'' (1967), ''
Easy'' (1968), and ''
Now I'm a Woman'' (1970). Ten singles spawned from the LP's made positions on the US Hot 100, Adult Contemporary and R&B charts. Among them was the top ten adult contemporary song "
Uptight (Everything's Alright)" (1966), the top 20 R&B song "Face It Girl It's Over" (1968) and her last-charting Hot 100 song "Now I'm a Woman" (1970). Wilson's first live album was also issued during this period called ''
The Nancy Wilson Show!'' (1965), which made positions on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and R&B charts.
Capitol released 11 more studio albums by Wilson through the 1970s, six of which made the ''Billboard'' 200. Despite making chart appearances, Wilson's LP's made progressively-lower peaking positions here, such as the number 185 ''
But Beautiful'' (1971) or the number 193 ''
I've Never Been to Me'' (1977). Four of them made the R&B chart, including the top 20 LP's ''
All in Love Is Fair'' (1974) and ''
Come Get to This'' (1975). Nine singles made the US R&B chart through 1979, including the top ten "You're as Right as Rain" (1974). Wilson released eight studio albums with
between 1984 and 1997. This included the
Ramsey Lewis
Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis Jr. (May 27, 1935 – September 12, 2022) was an American jazz piano, jazz pianist, composer, and radio personality. Lewis recorded over 80 albums and received five RIAA certification, gold records and three Grammy Awards ...
collaboration, ''
The Two of Us'' (1984) and ''
Love, Nancy'' (1994). The latter was Wilson's first to reach the top ten of the US
Jazz Albums chart. The
MCG Jazz and Narada Jazz labels issued Wilson's final studio albums, concluding with the top ten album, ''Turned to Blue'' (2007).
Albums
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Live albums
Box sets
Singles
As lead artist
Promotional singles
Other charted songs
References
Notes
External links
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