William Brangham:

Finally tonight, we close with a remembrance of the great singer Nancy Wilson, who died yesterday.

Wilson was a legend who crossed so many different styles and won over a generation of fans.

Wilson released more than 60 albums in a career spanning five decades. She won three Grammys, and had many hits. She was a civil rights activist who marched in Selma. She hosted her own TV variety show in the 1970s.

But it was her ability to dazzle audiences across so many musical genres, jazz, pop, Broadway standards and ballads, that really set her apart.

In fact, she called herself a song stylist. In 2004, when Jeffrey Brown interviewed her, he asked what she meant by that.