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Nancy Lamoureux Wilson (born March 16, 1954) is an American musician. She rose to fame alongside her older sister Ann as guitarist and second vocalist in the rock band Heart. Raised in Bellevue, Washington, Wilson began playing music as a teenager.
Wilson's younger sister, Nancy, joined Heart, and the band moved to Canada. Heart recorded their first album Dreamboat Annie in Vancouver in 1975. It was released in the United States in 1976, with "Magic Man" becoming Heart's first Top 10 hit in the United States, peaking at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Crazy on You" hitting number 35.
May 14, 2024 · By 2022, Nancy was on the road with an Ann-free incarnation of the group she dubbed Nancy Wilson ’s Heart, Ann was playing solo dates, and the future of Heart was once again in question....
- “Magic Man” (1975) Ann Wilson: I was living at home, going to art college and existing in this very staid, suburban state of being. Then I met a guy [Mike Fisher, early Heart band member and later their soundman and manager] and love just took over.
- “Crazy on You” (1975) Ann: This was written during the Nixon years, when we couldn't imagine things could get any worse. I mean, there was still the war, I was up in Canada with a draft evader who couldn't come down across the border to visit his family or else he'd be arrested. …
- “Heartless” (1977) Nancy: "Heartless" is something Ann and I wrote together. We were pretty naïve in the early days – we grew up in a really loving family, with a mom and dad who were in love with each other and respectful of each other.
- “Barracuda” (1977) Ann: We were in Detroit opening up for the Kinks. Our dressing room at that time was always full of people from the industry. We used to call them "rack jobbers" – people whose job was to get the word out about the band and get your records out to the points of purchase and that kind of stuff.
May 4, 2021 · Nancy Wilson, of the famed rock band Heart, walked us through the best and worst of the band. She also discussed her sister, Ann Wilson.
Sep 11, 2012 · September 11, 2012. Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson of Heart Amanda Edwards/Getty Images. After four decades and 30 million albums sold, Ann and Nancy Wilson have decided to tell their...
Nancy Wilson, born March 16, 1954, shared her thoughts with Best Classic Bands on a range of topics—including the path that Heart blazed for women in rock, the impact the Beatles had on her and Ann, and the ingredients that have elevated a trove of Heart songs to classic status.
