This is a biographical book. Nancy Wilson was born in Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland, and learned guitar as a child. While attending art school in Glasgow, she performed on the local folk club circuit where she met fellow singer and guitarist Jimmie MacGregor who introduced her to blues and hillbilly music. She took her stage name from a Scottish folk song, 'The Calton Weaver', which has a chorus of: 'Whisky, whisky, Nancy whisky, Whisky, whisky, Nancy-O'. She formed a relationship with jazz pianist Bob Kelly, and they moved to London in 1955. [3] On MacGregor's recommendation, she was signed by Topic Records and, although reluctant to surrender her reputation as a solo performer, was persuaded to join the Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group to record Elizabeth Cotten's song 'Freight Train'. The group had already recorded the song, with McDevitt singing, but re-recorded it with Nancy Whiskey's vocals. The record made the top five in the UK Singles Chart in 1957, and she also toured the United States with McDevitt’s group and appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. 'Freight Train' sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. A dispute over the rights to the song, which had been introduced to Britain by Peggy Seeger, was eventually settled out of court.
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