| Joyce Vincent Wilson | |
| Background: | solo_singer |
| Birth Date: | 1946 12, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Detroit, Michigan, United States |
| Instrument: | Vocals |
| Genre: | R&B, soul, jazz |
| Occupation: | Singer |
| Years Active: | 1960s–present |
Joyce Vincent Wilson (born December 14, 1946) is an American singer, best known as part of the group Tony Orlando and Dawn.[1]
Wilson began her career in Detroit providing background vocals on Motown and Golden World recordings. She met Telma Hopkins during this time and the two provided background vocals at Holland–Dozier–Holland's Invictus/Hot Wax Records.
Orlando released the singles "Candida" and "Knock Three Times", recorded with session vocalists such as Linda November and Toni Wine backing him, under the name Dawn; when the singles charted, Orlando needed an backing group to tour and record with. Wilson and Telma Hopkins joined Orlando perform as Dawn. The group later had their own successful television program (Tony Orlando and Dawn), and Wilson was featured on hit singles including "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)", "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" and "Mornin' Beautiful".
Wilson had once been considered as a replacement in an official grouping of the Supremes following former member Mary Wilson's departure. It was decided by Motown that the group should not continue without an original member, and the Supremes disbanded in 1977.[2]
Wilson sang as a backing vocalist on Scherrie Payne and Susaye Greene's duet album Partners in 1979.[3]
A friend of Payne, Wilson has also provided backing vocals during her solo concerts. In 2006, Wilson and her sister Pamela Vincent provided backing vocals at a twentieth anniversary concert celebrated by the Former Ladies of the Supremes (FLOS). In January 2007, both Wilson and Vincent provided backing vocals for Payne at a performance in Los Angeles. In that same year, Vincent filled in for Freddi Poole in the FLOS for a tour with Payne and Lynda Laurence, when Poole was suffering from the death of her mother.[4] Wilson and Vincent also perform with the "Inspirational Voices of Free" choir, and were also members of the short-lived supergroup Tour de 4Force. The quintet also included Jim Gilstrap, Theresa Davis (of the Emotions) and Payne.[5]
In 2009, Wilson replaced Poole in the FLOS, and was welcomed on September 28th on Lynda Laurence and Payne's website, and made her performance debut on October 3, 2009.[6]