The Best of Nancy Wilson is the first compilation album by American singer Nancy Wilson. All of the selections were previously released as album tracks or singles between 1960 and 1968. The only track to appear for the first time on an album was the single version of "Face it Girl, it's Over," which is a longer edit than the version found on the LP Easy.[3]

The Best of Nancy Wilson
Compilation album by Nancy Wilson
Released	1968
Recorded	1960–68
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	30:12
Label	Capitol
Producer	David Cavanaugh
Nancy Wilson chronology
Easy (1968) The Best of Nancy Wilson (1968) The Sound of Nancy Wilson (1968)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz	[2]

Ron Wynn at AllMusic calls the album "a reasonable sampler." He notes that while "it's impossible to fully convey the depth of her career from one album, this set at least didn't skimp on the jazz and blues numbers that earned her her reputation."[1]

The album spent 14 weeks on the Billboard charts, reaching No. 23 on the Hot R&B LPs[4] and No. 145 on the Billboard 200.[5]

Track listing

Personnel

• Nancy Wilson – vocals
• Oliver Nelson – arranger, conductor (1–2,4,8)
• Jimmy Jones – arranger, conductor (3,9–10)
• Billy May – arranger, conductor (5)
• H. B. Barnum – arranger, conductor (6)
• Sid Feller – arranger, conductor (7)
• David Cavanaugh – producer

References