Cheryl Wilson

{{short description|American singer}}

Cheryl Wilson is a session singer who has had multiple No. 1 dance songs on the UK Billboard chart{{cite web | url=http://www.roosevelt.edu/ccpa/musicconservatory/faculty/jazzandcontemporarymusic.aspx | title=Jazz & Contemporary Music Studies Faculty | publisher=Roosevelt University | accessdate=July 15, 2012 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523170508/http://www.roosevelt.edu/CCPA/MusicConservatory/Faculty/JazzandContemporaryMusic.aspx | archivedate=May 23, 2012 }} and has performed with many notable artists including Celine Dion, R. Kelly, Alice Peacock, Mavis Staples, The Smashing Pumpkins, Bertie Higgins,{{cite web | url=http://www.raroyalties.com/albumtitles.html?partic=3201 | title=Album Titles | publisher=The American Federation of Musicians and The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists | accessdate=July 14, 2012 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130201143845/http://www.raroyalties.com/albumtitles.html?partic=3201 | archivedate=February 1, 2013 }} Michael Bolton, Bill Withers, Peabo Bryson, David Foster, Josh Grobin, Enrique Iglesias, Nick Carter, KMFDM, Cameo, Rod Stewart, Ray Charles, Natalie Cole, Mel Torme, Spike Lee, Tony Bennett, Peter Cetera, and Martha Wash.{{cite web | url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/cheryl-wilson-p138795/credits | title=Cheryl Wilson Credits | publisher=Allmusic. Rovi Corporation | accessdate=July 16, 2012}} She has also sung in commercials for companies such as McDonald's{{cite news | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2009/10/02/tributosaurus-future-of-rock/ | author=Borrelli, Christopher | title=Tributosaurus: The future of rock 'n' roll? | work=Chicago Tribune | date=October 2, 2009 | access-date=July 14, 2012}} and is a member of the Jazz & Contemporary Studies Faculty at Roosevelt University in Chicago. She contributes vocals to Jim Warner's Chicago musical project, Akalibrio.{{cite web | url=http://www.akalibrio.com/ | title=Akalibrio: About | accessdate=November 2, 2014}} Her performance on the KMFDM song "Power" was described as "soul-mama vamping".{{cite news | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pw0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA84 | title=Reviews and Previews: Singles | author=Flick, Larry | page=84 | work=Billboard Magazine | publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. | date=May 25, 1996 | accessdate=July 17, 2012}} She toured with Jim Gailloreto's Jazz String Quintent in 2016 to perform his modern jazz work, The Pythiad.{{cite news | url=https://www.dailynews.com/2016/05/16/getty-villa-brings-back-al-fresco-concerts-with-the-pythiad-on-may-21/ | first=Sandra | last=Barberra | title=Getty Villa brings back al fresco concerts with "The Pythiad" on May 21 | work=Los Angeles Daily News | date=May 16, 2016 | access-date=March 27, 2023}}