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Who was Nancy Whisky

What group did she sing with & waht was hetr one & only hit?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Nancy Whiskey (b Anne Alexandra Young Wilson, Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland, 4 March 1935 – d 1 February 2003) was a Scottish folk singer, best known for the 1957 hit song "Freight Train".

    While attending art school in Glasgow, Anne Wilson 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 folk song which had a chorus of "Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy, whiskey".

    She was signed to Topic Records and moved to London in 1955. Although reluctant to surrender her reputation as a solo performer, she was persuaded to join the Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group to record Elizabeth Cotten’s song "Freight Train". The record made the UK top five in 1957, and she also toured the USA with McDevitt’s group.

    After a second, smaller hit, "Greenback Dollar", Whiskey left the group to resume a solo career and marry musician Bob Kelly, who became a member of her backing group, the Teetotallers. By the 1970s, she had largely retired from music

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    She was a singer in the 60s and sang with Thes Chas McDevitt skiffle group, her only hit was Freight Train.

  • 1 decade ago

    Hey, Old Chap, I was a little slow answering this one, I guess I can't do any better than your first answerer!

  • 1 decade ago

    A skiffle singer!

    I found this:

    http://www.45-rpm.org.uk/dirc/chasm.htm

    "Freight Train" and "Greenback Dollar" are the only tracks I found for ya

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  • 1 decade ago

    singer

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