Nielsen Pearson

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title: "Nielsen Pearson" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["american-soft-rock-music-groups", "musical-groups-from-los-angeles", "rock-music-groups-from-california", "musical-duos-from-california", "soft-rock-duos", "american-rock-music-duos", "epic-records-artists", "capitol-records-artists", "yacht-rock-musicians"] description: "American rock duo" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nielsen_Pearson" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Nielsen Pearson
background	group_or_band
origin	Sacramento, California, U.S.
genre	{{flatlist
years_active	1969–1983
label	{{flatlist
past_members
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• soft rock
• jazz fusion
• yacht rock | years_active = 1969–1983 | label = {{flatlist|
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• Capitol}} | past_members = | associated_acts = | website = Nielsen Pearson was an American duo consisting of Reed Nielsen and Mark Pearson. They are a one-hit wonder known for their only top 40 single, "If You Should Sail".

Discography

Albums

• The Nielsen Pearson Band (Epic, 1978)
• Nielsen/Pearson (Capitol, 1980)
• Blind Luck (Capitol, 1983)

Singles

::data[format=table] | Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | US | US AC | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1978 | "Home" | — | — | The Nielsen Pearson Band | | | 1980 | "Two Lonely Nights" | 110 | — | Nielsen/Pearson | | | "If You Should Sail" | 38 | 35 | | | | | 1981 | "Givin' Your Love to Me" | — | — | | | | "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" | 56 | 31 | Blind Luck | | | | 1983 | "Hasty Heart" | — | — | | | | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | | | | | | ::

References

References

1. "Nielsen Pearson Band".
2. "Nielsen Pearson".
3. "Nielsen Pearson".
4. ""If You Should Sail" by Nielsen/Pearson".
5. "The Nielsen-Pearson Band - Evergreen".
6. "Nielsen Pearson".

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