Meri Wilson
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| Meri Wilson | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 15, 1949 Nagoya, Japan |
| Origin | American |
| Died | December 28, 2002 (aged 53) Americus, Georgia, USA |
| Genre(s) | Novelty songs |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar |
| Years active | 1977-2002 |
| Label(s) | BNA, Pye |
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 1970s she moved to Dallas, Texas and worked as a singer and model. She achieved sudden fame in the summer of 1977 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, climbing the UK Singles Chart to Number 6, spending 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.
Wilson later recorded other novelty songs, including "Dick The D.J." and "Peter The Meter Reader".[1]
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.
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- ^ Liner notes in Rhino Records' collection of 1970s hit singles, Have A Nice Day
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