Carnie Wilson

Carnie Wilson (born April 29, 1968) is an American singer and television personality. She is the daughter of Brian Wilson and in 1989 co-founded the pop music trio Wilson Phillips with her younger sister Wendy. From 1995 onwards, she has also been a host or guest star on a variety of television shows.

Carnie Wilson was born in Los Angeles on April 29, 1968, the daughter of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys and of his first wife, former singer Marilyn Rovell of the Honeys. Her mother is of Jewish heritage, while her father was of Dutch, Scottish, English, German, Irish, and Swedish ancestry.

She co-founded Wilson Phillips with her younger sister Wendy and childhood friend Chynna Phillips in 1989. They released two albums, Wilson Phillips and Shadows and Light, which between them sold 12 million copies. The group also charted three number-one singles, including "Hold On", and six top-20 hits in the United States before disbanding in 1993.

Carnie and Wendy Wilson continued to record together, releasing the Christmas album Hey Santa! in 1993. They joined with their father for the 1997 album The Wilsons. Carnie also sang "Our Time Has Come" with James Ingram for the 1997 animated film Cats Don't Dance.

In 2003, Carnie attempted to launch a solo music career with the album For the First Time. The record featured a remake of the Olivia DiNucci-penned Samantha Mumba ballad "Don't Need You To (Tell Me I'm Pretty)", retitled "I Don't Need You To", as its first single. To help promote the album, she posed nude for the August 2003 issue of Playboy. However, the single failed to gain interest and the album was ultimately shelved when Carnie regrouped with Wendy and Chynna as Wilson Phillips in 2004.

Biography summary from English Wikipedia, photograph via Wikimedia Commons.