There is more than one artist with this name:

1) Nancy Sue Wilson - … Read Full Bio ↴There is more than one artist with this name:

1) Nancy Sue Wilson - jazz diva best known for her 60s standards recordings.

2) Nancy Lamoureaux Wilson - singer, songwriter, and guitarist, and member of the group Heart.

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1) Nancy Sue Wilson (born February 20, 1937, in Chillicothe, OH, United States – December 13, 2018, in Pioneertown, CA, United States) was a jazz diva famous for recording American standards in the 60s.

She was among contemporary music's most stylish and sultry vocalists; while often crossing over into the pop and R&B markets -- and even hosting her own television variety program -- she remained best known as a jazz performer, renowned for her work alongside figures including Cannonball Adderley and George Shearing. Wilson first attracted notice performing the club circuit in nearby Columbus; she quickly earned a growing reputation among jazz players and fans, and she was recording regularly by the late '50s, eventually signing to Capitol and issuing LPs including 1959's Like in Love and Nancy Wilson with Billy May's Orchestra. Her dates with Shearing, including 1960's The Swingin's Mutual, solidified her standing as a talent on the rise, and her subsequent work with Adderley -- arguably her finest recordings -- further cemented her growing fame and reputation.

In the years to follow, however, Wilson often moved away from jazz, much to the chagrin of purists; she made numerous albums, many of them properly categorized as pop and R&B outings, and toured extensively, appearing with everyone from Nat King Cole and Sarah Vaughan to Ruth Brown and LaVern Baker. She even hosted her own Emmy-winning variety series for NBC, The Nancy Wilson Show, and was a frequent guest performer on other programs; hits of the period included "Tell Me the Truth," "How Glad I Am," "Peace of Mind," and "Now, I'm a Woman." Regardless of how far afield she traveled, Wilson always maintained her connections to the jazz world, and in the 1980s, she returned to the music with a vengeance, working closely with performers including Hank Jones, Art Farmer, Ramsey Lewis, and Benny Golson. By the 1990s, she was a favorite among the "new adult contemporary" market, her style ideally suited to the format's penchant for lush, romantic ballads; she also hosted the Jazz Profiles series on National Public Radio.

In the early 2000s, Wilson recorded two albums with Ramsey Lewis for Narada (2002's Meant to Be and 2003's Simple Pleasures). Her 2004 album R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal) was a blend of straight-ahead jazz and ballads, similar to her next record, 2006's Turned to Blue, which, like R.S.V.P., used a different instrumentalist for each track. In 2005, Capitol released a three-part series to pay tribute to Wilson's contributions to music in the '50s and '60s: Guess Who I Saw Today: Nancy Wilson Sings Songs of Lost Love, Save Your Love for Me: Nancy Wilson Sings the Great Blues Ballads, and The Great American Songbook.

Wilson died from a long-illness on December 13, 2018 at her home in Pioneertown, California at the age of 81.

2) Nancy Lamoureux Wilson (born March 16, 1954, San Francisco, CA, United States), more popularly known as Nancy Wilson, is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter. Along with her older sister Ann Wilson, she is part of the Seattle/Vancouver rock band Heart. She is married to film director and screenwriter Cameron Crowe and has composed and performed music for most of Crowe's movies, including Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous, Vanilla Sky, and Elizabethtown.

While Ann is the lead singer on most of the Heart recordings, Nancy is the lead vocalist on Treat Me Well, These Dreams, Stranded, There's the Girl and Will You Be There (In The Morning), and frequently performs background vocals. She is also the band's rhythm and lead guitarist. In 1999, she released a live solo album, Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop.

Solo albums
1999 - Live At McCabes Guitar Shop
2005 - Elizabethtown
2009 - Baby Guitars
2016 - Undercover Guitar (with Julie Bergman)
2021 - You and Me

The Power of Love
Nancy Wilson Lyrics

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Whoa-yeah, baby, sugar
Honey, sweet darlin', I'm yours
Oh, yes I am

Every since that day we met
My whole life been full of joy and happiness
Oh when you kiss me it burns to my soul
Seven days later, my body I can't control

You got (power in your kiss)
You got (power in your twist)
You got power, power, power
Oh!

Oh I love ya
I tell you I just can't help myself
Oh when I hear you talk and I see you walk
That make me know I don't want nobody else
You got (power in your walk) oh yeah
You got (power in your talk) uh-huh
You got power, power, power
Oh baby, power over me

I love it when you love me
(Love the way you love me)
I love the way you call my name

All my life I wanted someone
To love an understand
Now we're together, listen to me honey
My loneliness has gone away
I swear I think I'm
Think I'm able to carry on, yeah

You got honey in your kiss
And I'm glad of that
You got honey in your twist
And I'm glad about it

Sometime, baby
I wanna scream about your love
Sometimes, baby
I just a-wanna say oh, I'm glad
I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad

You got power in your kiss
(Power in your kiss)
You got power in your twist
(Power in your twist)
You got power in your walk
(Power in your walk)
You got power in your talk
(Power in your talk)
Power with your best
You got it, you got it

You got it baby
Sometime I wanna squeeze you

Overall Meaning

The song "The Power of Love" by Nancy Wilson, released in 1966, is a powerful declaration of love and the profound impact it can have on someone's life. The opening lines of the song, "Whoa-yeah, baby, sugar, Honey, sweet darlin', I'm yours" set the tone for the passionate and soulful lyrics that follow. The singer confesses that since the day she met her lover, her life has been full of joy and happiness, and that their physical connection is intense and overwhelming. She believes that he has power in his kiss, his twist, his walk, and his talk, and that he has power over her.

The song is an example of the soulful R&B sound that was popular in the 1960s, and Nancy Wilson's powerful, emotive voice adds an extra layer of depth and intensity to the lyrics. The repeated refrain of "you got power" emphasizes the idea that love can be all-consuming and transformative. The line "My loneliness has gone away" suggests that the singer has found her soulmate and that their love has helped fill a void in her life. The song ends with her saying that she wants to squeeze him, echoing the physical passion that has been a constant theme throughout the song.

The Power of LoveNancy Wilson Lyrics

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The Power of Love
Nancy Wilson Lyrics