Wilson Phillips
Wilson Phillips is an American music group. It consists of the two sisters Carnie Wilson and Wendy Wilson and Chynna Phillips. The group was represented between spring 1990 and late 1992 with great success and with several titles in the world charts.
Especially in the USA, there was at this time a veritable Fanhysterie how they otherwise knew only of boy bands. Their notoriety stems also from the prominent parents, because the Wilson sisters are the daughters of Brian Wilson ( The Beach Boys), Chynna Phillips, the daughter of John and Michelle Phillips ( The Mamas and the Papas ).
Career
All three members of the group grew up in Southern California and had been friends since childhood. Your first record deal they got in the summer of 1989. They worked with producer Glen Ballard (SBK Records), who also served for Michael Jackson and Alanis Morissette as a producer.
Your published in May 1990 debut album Wilson Phillips was a huge success, over twelve million copies have been sold. Five singles were released, all of which were represented in the Billboard charts, three of them even landed at No. 1 It brought the group five Grammy nominations and two nominations for the American Music Award.
The second, published in June 1992 album Shadows and Light was with two million records sold, also successful, but was viewed in direct comparison with the debut of a disappointment.
Chynna Phillips published in mid-1995 the solo album, Naked and Sacred and married actor William Baldwin. Carnie and Wendy Wilson worked on and released their two albums Hey Santa ( 1993) and The Wilsons (1997 ), in which her father Brian Wilson participated. Carnie Wilson also worked as host of a talk show. From Carnie Wilson appeared in late 1997 as the first solo record the Christmas album Christmas with Carnie.
Mid-2000 was released a greatest hits album by Wilson Phillips. In addition, the sisters went from 1999 to 2001 along with Beach Boy Alan Jardine under the name Beach Boys Family & Friends on tour. The first joint appearance since her separation, she completed in 2001 as part of the All Star Tribute to Brian Wilson, where they so Good to Me singing the song You're. After that was talked about other projects.
The official reunion of the group was held with the release of the album California in the spring of 2004. Then they sing among other songs of the Beach Boys and the Mamas and the Papas.
Mid-2006 came from Carnie Wilson the next album A Mother 's Gift: Lullabies from the Heart out, which also consisted of cover versions. Underneath is the song You Are so beautiful, she sang together with her father.
In autumn 2007, the Wilson sisters released called The Warmth of the Sun on the compilation A Song for my Father.
End of 2009, Chynna Phillips published together with the singer and songwriter Vaughan Penn Christian pop album One Reason. Both artists appear as Chynna & Vaughan.
In the fall of 2010 followed with Christmas in Harmony, another Christmas album that combines all three members of Wilson Phillips. 2011 the trio had a guest appearance in the highly successful film comedy Bridesmaids.
In April 2012, the album Dedicated was released. It includes cover versions of songs by the Beach Boys and the Mamas and the Papas, which were composed by Brian Wilson and John Phillips.