GeneralLast Updated on 2 months by General
Wendy Wilson Biography
Wendy Wilson is an American singer and television personality and member of the pop singing trio Wilson Phillips. She co-founded Wilson Phillips with Carnie Wilson and childhood friend Chynna Phillips when they were in their teens.
Wendy Wilson Age
Wendy was born on October 16, 1969 in Los Angeles. She is 49 years old as of 2018.
Wendy Wilson Height
Wendy stands at a height of 5’10″/178 cm.
Wendy Wilson Family
Wendy was born in Los Angeles. She is the daughter of Brian Wilson Beach Boys founder and his first wife Marilyn, who was a member of girl group The Honeys, and she is the younger sister of Carnie Wilson.
Carnie And Wendy Wilson
Wendy and Carnie in 1993 released a Christmas album together and an album called The Wilsons in 1997, with their formerly estranged father, Brian.
Wendy reunited with Carnie and Phillips in 2004 for a third Wilson Phillips album entitled California. The reunited Wilson Phillips released the album, Dedicated, which comprised covers of songs by The Beach Boys and The Mamas & the Papas.
Wendy joined her sister Carnie and other members of The Beach Boys’ families in June 2012, to form the vocal group, California Saga , which performed at the intermission during the homecoming Hollywood Bowl show of The Beach Boys’ 50th anniversary tour.
Wendy Wilson Net Worth
Wendy Wilson is an American singer who has a net worth of $15 million dollars
Carnie & Wendy Wilson Hey Santa |Wilson Phillips Wendy Wilson
Carnie & Wendy Wilson recorded a Christmass album record know as Hey Santa!. In October 1993 that when it was released, and entered the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart on Christmas Day, 1993. This was the first which was recorded by the Wilson sisters after the group Wilson Phillips went on hiatus.
This album was not a commercial success, peaking at #116 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, and reaching #25 on the Top Holiday Albums chart. The track listing for the album consists of eleven Christmas standards, plus the original title track, “Hey Santa!”, written by the Wilson sisters and Jack Kugell.
The title track is about a man returning home to his love on Christmas, after his love wished that Santa would “bring [her] baby home tonight.” SBK Records released one single to radio and retail. “Hey Santa!”, backed with their cover version of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, was issued on cassette single and on a green vinyl 45 rpm, SBK S7-17648-A, and reached #22 on the Billboard Top Adult Contemporary chart. It also reached #1 on the Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart, often shown as #101 on the Hot 100 in Billboard reference books. Despite being a commercial failure, the single still receives recurrent airplay during the Christmas holiday season. Carl Wilson, Carnie and Wendy’s uncle and a Beach Boys founding member, features prominently in the backing vocal.
The album also features a Wilson family recording from 1976 of “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” that features the Beach Boys on backing vocals and a wide range of Beach Boys band members’ children, including Matthew and Adam Jardine, Hailey and Christian Love, and Jonah and Justyn Wilson.
Hey Santa! was later reissued with the same content and a two-page booklet without lyrics in 1999 with the catalog number 98289 by EMI/Capitol Special Markets on both CD and cassette. As of November 2007, this version of Hey Santa! is still available.
As of June 27, 2012, Hey Santa! has sold 138,747 copies in the U.S., according to SoundScan.
Other Christmas albums have followed a decade later. Carnie Wilson released a solo Christmas album, Christmas with Carnie, that features new versions of many of the same songs in 2007 . Then, Wilson Phillips, back together in the music business as a group in 2010, released Christmas in Harmony, which also features new versions of a few songs used before.
Wendy Wilson Husband |Daniel Knutson Wendy Wilson
Wendy married Daniel Knutson record producer/sound engineer on May 24, 2002, in the rose garden of The Ritz-Carlton in Marina Del Rey. The couple has four sons: Leo Evan Knutson born on September 14, 2003, Beau Alexander Knutson born on September 23, 2004 , and twins, Will Hunter and Jesse Miles Knutson born on August 17, 2007.
Wendy Wilson Supernanny |Wendy Wilson Actress
Wilson appeared in an episode of the American reality television program, Supernanny in February 2008. Carnie her sister and her niece Lola Bonfiglio also made an appearance in the episode. Wilson appeared in an episode of the Tyra Banks show, Amazing Moms in April 2008.
Wilson appeared with her sister, their mother Marilyn, and their husbands on a special edition of The Newlywed Game on January 7, 2010.
Wilson Phillips created a reality television show called: Wilson Phillips; Still Holding On in 2012. The show premièred on TV Guide.
Wilson Phillips reunited in July 2016 and performed on ABC’s Greatest Hits.
year |
Song |
|
2012
|
Dedicated
|
|
2010
|
Christmas in Harmony
|
|
2007
|
Wendy & Carnie Wilson VA A Song for My Father : song “Warmth of the Sun”
|
|
2005
|
The Best of Wilson Phillips (same as 1998 release)
|
|
2004
|
California
|
|
2002
|
Wendy & Carnie Wilson in Al Jardine Family and Friends – Live in Las Vegas
|
|
2000
|
Greatest Hits (Capitol Records)
|
|
1998
|
Wendy & Carnie Wilson in Various Artists Love Shouldn’t Hurt
|
|
1998
|
The Best of Wilson Phillips
|
|
1997
|
The Wilsons
|
|
1993
|
her song “Jennifer”
|
|
1993
|
Hey Santa!
|
|
1992
|
Shadows and Light
|
|
1991
|
Two Rooms (Elton John tribute album): song “Daniel”
|
|
1992
|
Wilson Phillips
|