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Nancy Whiskey (Anne Alexandra Young Wilson, Bridgeton
Bridgeton

Bridgeton may refer to the following places:In Scotland:*Bridgeton, GlasgowIn the United States:*Bridgeton, Indiana*Bridgeton Township, Michigan...
, Glasgow
Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and List of largest United Kingdom settlements by population in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's Scottish Lowlands....
, Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
, 4 March 1935 – 1 February 2003) was a Scottish
Scottish people

The Scots people are a nation and an ethnic group indigenous to Scotland.Historically, as an ethnic group, they emerged from an amalgamation of Celts, Picts, Gaels and Brythons....
 folk
Folk music

Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including:* Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous with the term "Traditional music", also often including World Music and Roots music; the term "Traditional music" was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the other definition...
 singer, best known for the 1957 hit
Hit record

A Hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a Single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay , Nightclub, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings....
  song, "Freight Train
Freight train

Freight train or goods train is a series of railroad car#Freight cars hauled by a locomotive on a railway, ultimately transporting cargo between two points as part of the logistics....
".

While attending art school in Glasgow, Wilson performed on the local folk club circuit where she met fellow singer and guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
 Jimmie MacGregor
Jimmie MacGregor

Jimmie MacGregor is a Scotland Folk music and broadcaster.He was born in Glasgow and studied at Glasgow School of Art, becoming a potter and teacher....
 who introduced her to blues
Blues

Blues is a music genre based on the use of the blues chord progressions and the blue notes. Though several blues musical form s exist, the 12-bar blues chord progressions are the most frequently encountered....
 and hillbilly music. She took her stage name
Stage name

A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, comedians, musician, and professional wrestling....
 from a Scottish
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 folk song, 'Nancy Whiskey' which has a chorus of: "Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy whiskey, Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy-O."

She was signed to Topic Records
Topic Records

Topic Records is a British folk music label, which began as an offshoot of the Workers Music Association in 1939 in music. They claim to be the oldest independent record label in the world....
 and moved to London
London

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 in 1955.






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Nancy Whiskey (Anne Alexandra Young Wilson, Bridgeton
Bridgeton

Bridgeton may refer to the following places:In Scotland:*Bridgeton, GlasgowIn the United States:*Bridgeton, Indiana*Bridgeton Township, Michigan...
, Glasgow
Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and List of largest United Kingdom settlements by population in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's Scottish Lowlands....
, Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
, 4 March 1935 – 1 February 2003) was a Scottish
Scottish people

The Scots people are a nation and an ethnic group indigenous to Scotland.Historically, as an ethnic group, they emerged from an amalgamation of Celts, Picts, Gaels and Brythons....
 folk
Folk music

Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including:* Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous with the term "Traditional music", also often including World Music and Roots music; the term "Traditional music" was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the other definition...
 singer, best known for the 1957 hit
Hit record

A Hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a Single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay , Nightclub, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings....
  song, "Freight Train
Freight train

Freight train or goods train is a series of railroad car#Freight cars hauled by a locomotive on a railway, ultimately transporting cargo between two points as part of the logistics....
".

While attending art school in Glasgow, Wilson performed on the local folk club circuit where she met fellow singer and guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
 Jimmie MacGregor
Jimmie MacGregor

Jimmie MacGregor is a Scotland Folk music and broadcaster.He was born in Glasgow and studied at Glasgow School of Art, becoming a potter and teacher....
 who introduced her to blues
Blues

Blues is a music genre based on the use of the blues chord progressions and the blue notes. Though several blues musical form s exist, the 12-bar blues chord progressions are the most frequently encountered....
 and hillbilly music. She took her stage name
Stage name

A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, comedians, musician, and professional wrestling....
 from a Scottish
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 folk song, 'Nancy Whiskey' which has a chorus of: "Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy whiskey, Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy-O."

She was signed to Topic Records
Topic Records

Topic Records is a British folk music label, which began as an offshoot of the Workers Music Association in 1939 in music. They claim to be the oldest independent record label in the world....
 and moved to London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 in 1955. Although reluctant to surrender her reputation as a solo
Solo (music)

In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer. In practice this means a number of different things, depending on the type of music and the context....
 performer, she was persuaded to join the Chas McDevitt
Chas McDevitt

Chas McDevitt is a United Kingdom musician, one of the leading lights of the skiffle genre which was highly influential and popular in the United Kingdom in the mid-to-late 1950s....
 Skiffle Group to record Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth Cotten

Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten was an United States blues and folk musician.Self-taught and having no knowledge of conventional guitar tunings , Cotten developed her own original style....
's song
Song

A song is a musical musical composition which contains vocal parts that are performed, 'sung,' and feature words , commonly accompanied by musical instruments ....
 "Freight Train". The record
Gramophone record

A gramophone record is an analog signal sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove usually starting near the periphery and ending near the centre of the disc....
 made the top five in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart

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 in 1957, and she also toured the United States
United States

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 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 the music industry.

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