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  • Category: Recording
  • Unveiled: 01 Oct 1990
  • Star rank: 810
  • Address:
    6557 Hollywood Blvd
  • Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing east
  • GPS location:
    34.101708, -118.332598

Nancy Wilson

Next star: Mickey Rooney
Previous star: Bob Hope

Biography

Nancy Lamoureux Wilson (born March 16, 1954) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer who, with her older sister Ann and lead guitarist Roger Fisher, became the core of the Seattle/Vancouver rock band Heart.

Fact file

  • Birth name: Nancy Lamoureux Wilson
  • Born: March 16, 1954 (age 58) San Francisco, California, U.S.
  • Genres: Rock, hard rock, folk rock, pop rock
  • Occupations: Musician, songwriter, singer, producer
  • Instruments: Vocals, guitar, 12-string guitar, mandolin, mandola, mandocello, bouzouki, harmonica, piano, keyboards, organ, synthesizer, mellotron, autoharp, bass, pedal steel guitar, dobro, dulcimer, violin, stroh violin, viola, cello, accordion
  • Years active: 1974–present
  • Associated acts: Heart, The Lovemongers

Read more about Nancy Wilson at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

In the news

Athol Fugard, James Earl Jones, Peter Martins, Nancy Wilson Will Receive Honorary Doctorates from Juilliard
Playbill Combined , 2012-03-22 14:56:00
Tony Award-winning playwright Athol Fugard, Tony Award-winning actor James Earl Jones, Tony Award-nominated choreographer Peter Martins and Grammy-winning singer Nancy Wilson will receive honorary doctoral degrees at the Juilliard School's 107th commencement ceremony May 25.

Groundbreaking jazz manager John Levy dies at 99 (AP)
Yahoo Entertainment, 2012-01-24 02:25:06
AP - John Levy, the first prominent African-American personal manager in the jazz or pop music field, whose clients included Nancy Wilson and Ramsey Lewis, has died at age 99.

Guns N' Roses, Eric B. & Rakim Nab Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Nods
MTV News, 2011-09-27 05:25:38
Joan Jett, Heart, the Cure and the Spinners also among nominees.By Gil Kaufman Guns N' Roses' Axl Rose performs at KROQ's Inland Invasion 5 in Devore, CA Photo: Jeff Kravitz/ FilmMagic.com One defined rock in the 1980s and early 1990s, and the other's biggest hit name-calls the genre. Those might ...

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