Childhood
Wilson was born in San Francisco, California, and she and her sisters, Ann and Lynn, grew up in Southern California and Taiwan before their Marine Corps father retired to the Seattle suburb of Bellevue.
A fire was lit on February 9, 1964 when Nancy and Ann watched the Beatles perform on the Ed Sullivan show, as millions of others did. Nancy was only 10 years old but she and her sister instantly wanted to be like the Beatles. The girls were aghast that their friends aspired to be Beatles' girlfriends while they wanted be the Beatles. Two of Nancy's friends who could sing joined Nancy and Ann to form their first "band", the Viewpoints, a four-part harmony vocal group.
Later that year, Ann bought her first guitar with money gifted from her grandmother, a Kent acoustic. Nancy's parents soon bought her a smaller guitar, but since it would not stay in tune, Ann's guitar became Nancy's as well.
In the summer of 1966 the Beatles were to play at the Seattle Center Coliseum and the Viewpoints got tickets. Nancy's mom had made matching outfits like the Beatles wore so the band would look professional, and the girls wore them to the concert. Ann describes attending the concert as 'the ultimate high and ultimate annoyance' because the screaming fans prevented the girls from being able to study every nuance of the music and pick up pointers.
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