2007-04-01 03:47:19 · 10 answers · asked by muppetjanewaybigera 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Meri Wilson (15 June 1949 — 28 December 2002) was an American popular music singer, specializing in double entendre novelty songs.
She was born in Nagoya, Japan, at a U.S. military base, but raised in Marietta, Georgia. Wilson later gained a Masters Degree in Musical Education at Georgia State University.
In the Summer of 1977, she achieved fame after she recorded a song titled "Telephone Man", which was filled with suggestive lyrics and her breathy squealing voice. The song became a surprise hit single, having climbed the UK singles chart to Number 6, spending fully ten weeks in the listings; as well as making it to #18 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. In addition, the song would become a favorite of Dr. Demento's radio show many years later.
According to the liner notes in Rhino Records' collection of 1970s hit singles, Have A Nice Day, Wilson later recorded additional novelty songs, including "Dick The D.J." and "Peter, The Meter Reader".
She died in 2002, at the age of 53, after she lost control of her car on Highway 377 in Americus, Georgia, during an ice storm
2007-04-01 04:08:07 · answer #1 · answered by takeemout01 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Meri Wilson
2007-04-01 03:52:56 · answer #2 · answered by ILoveMyFireChief 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Meri Wilson
2007-04-01 03:49:38 · answer #3 · answered by Your Uncle Dodge! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
MERI WILSON.
In August 1977 its highest position was number 6 in the charts and spent 10 weeks in the charts.
2007-04-01 03:55:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Meri Wilson - Me & my friends used to just GIGGLE to this 45...LOL!
I'm also glad Electric Light Orchestra (my fave band) is getting mentioned on Yahoo but they did 'TELEPHONE LINE' in 1976. :-)
2007-04-01 04:11:31 · answer #5 · answered by Army Of Machines (Wi-Semper-Fi)! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i like Prince. he's from Minneapolis, comparable as me. he's no longer completely white, nevertheless. Hell, for all all of us comprehend, Prince will possibly no longer additionally be a guy. yet damn-- purple Rain is a large music.
2016-11-25 19:09:18 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Electric Light Orchestra.
2007-04-01 03:55:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Electric Light Orchestra?
2007-04-01 03:50:51 · answer #8 · answered by ask away 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Yes.
It was Mari Wilson, famous for her 'beehive' hair.
2007-04-01 03:50:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qO18k215gpk
mari wilson
2007-04-01 03:52:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋