- Born
- Birth nameCynthia Leigh Wilson
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Cynthia Leigh Wilson is a vocalist, songwriter, instrumentalist, and founding member of the dance-rock new wave band the B-52s. The band formed in 1976 in Athens, GA, and released their first single "Rock Lobster". The song featured on their self-titled album in 1979. The song became one of their signature tracks and the album received positive reviews.
In 1985, Wilson married Keith Bennett, a successful advertiser and designer of the B-52s official band logo. That year Cindy's brother-Ricky devastatingly succumbed to complications related to AIDS. The B-52s took hiatus for a few years but reunited for the recording and release of the successfully received, 'Cosmic Thing' (1989), which featured the singles "Love Shack" and "Roam".
In 1990, Cindy took sabbatical from the B-52s but rejoined the band in 1994, and has remained intact with the band ever since. In 2016, Wilson self-released an EP of new material, and a second in early 2017. Later that year, she released her debut solo record titled 'Change'.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tony Vario
- SpouseKeith Bennet(April 21, 1985 - present) (3 children)
- Performed with the legendary June Carter Cash at the 9th Annual Music Midtown Festival in Atlanta, GA. In a 2017 interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Wilson revealed that Cash gave her some unforgettable beauty advice.
- Youngest member of The B-52's.
- During her hiatus from the B-52's, Julee Cruise took over for Wilson on the road, and Kim Basinger took over Wilson's vocal spot for one show in 1992, a fund-raising concert for Democratic presidential candidate Jerry Brown.
- 'Tin roof rusted' one of the most famous lyrics from the B-52's 1989 song, "Love Shack" apparently came about by accident. While recording the vocals, the track stopped, but singer Wilson continued singing, which gave the band the idea to have a break in the song where Wilson says 'Tin roof rusted': "You're what? / Tin roof / Rusted!".
- At one point in her career, before releasing official solo material, she wrote songs and performed them live as "the Cindy Wilson Band".
- Ricky didn't tell me what was going on. I can't tell you what was in his mind. I was shocked and a lot of things I had to deal with because Ricky didn't confide in me. It kind of threw me for a loop when all of a sudden I got a phone call from the hospital saying 'your brother's dying'. And then I never did get to say goodbye to him. So it really screwed me up. [Interview with The Age, 2009].
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