Barbara McNair—like Nancy Wilson, Diahann Carroll, Gail Fisher, Della Reese and Freda Payne—was an enormously talented Black pop singer, variety show guest, and theater, TV and film actress whose career began to take off in the 1960s. And while you're likely familiar with the other women I just mentioned, McNair may not be known to you at all. Today, sh…
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