Meri Wilson

Best-known for her saucy 1977 pop smash "Telephone Man," singer Meri Wilson was born June 15, 1949, in Nagoya, Japan. The product of a military family, she attended the Indiana University of Music before earning her master's degree in music theory from Georgia State University. After an automobile accident forced her to spend several months in a body cast, Wilson spent the downtime writing songs, and after recovering began performing at the Underground Atlanta club; when the owner of the Dallas restaurant chain Daddy's Money heard her perform, he was so impressed that asked he...