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
All Through the Night
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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For I'm always so alone till the day draws to an end;
But when the sun goes down and the moon comes through,
To the monotone of the evening's drone I'm all alone with you.
All through the night,
I delight in your love,
All through the night you're sio close to me!
From a height far above,
You and your love brings me ecstasy!
When dawn comes to waken me,
You're never there at all!
I know you've forsaken me
Till the shadows fall;
But then once again I can dream, I've the right
To be close to you all through the night.
Nancy Wilson's song, All Through the Night, is a song that captures the essence of longing and loneliness. The lyrics depict the experience of feeling alone during the day and finding solace in the night's monotony, which ultimately leads to a feeling of closeness with another person. The lines The day is my enemy, the night my friend is a metaphor that describes how the persona sees the world, where during daytime, the things that surround her make her feel alienated, and her night becomes an opportunity for her to be with her lover, which completes her.
It's interesting to observe how the persona feels joyful and more alive in the night's company. The phrase "To the monotone of the evening's drone I'm all alone with you" suggests that the monotonous night is an opportunity for the persona to relate to her lover better. The chorus, All through the night, I delight in your love," reinforces the message that night represents the perfect time for emotional and physical intimacy between lovers.
The second half of the lyrics depict the persona's state during the day when things don't seem to be in her favor, and the person she depends on the most is absent. She imagines that her lover's presence would offer her a sense of reassurance in the day, indicating that her lover has probably walked out of her life. She holds on to the belief that the lover will come back, and they will be together again in the night. The last lines of the chorus "You and your love brings me ecstasy!" encapsulate the message that the famous singer is trying to convey in the song, which is the joy and completeness that being in love brings.
Line by Line Meaning
The day is my enemy, the night my friend,
During the day, I feel lonely and lost. But at night, when everything is calm and quiet, I feel like I have a friend in the night.
For I'm always so alone till the day draws to an end;
I spend most of my days feeling lonely and waiting for the night to come, so I can be with my loved one.
But when the sun goes down and the moon comes through,
When the sun sets and the moon rises in the sky, I feel the most alive and happy knowing that you'll be with me.
To the monotone of the evening's drone I'm all alone with you.
As the night settles in, the only sound is the monotone of the evening shrouding me in a peaceful silence. And in that stillness, it feels like we are the only two people in the world.
All through the night, I delight in your love,
Throughout the night, I am filled with joy and happiness because of your love.
All through the night you're so close to me!
Throughout the night, you are close to me, and I feel safe and secure in your presence.
All through the night, from a height far above,
Throughout the night, I feel like I am soaring high above the world, filled with ecstasy and happiness because of your love.
You and your love brings me ecstasy!
Your love is what fills me with joy and happiness, and I feel like I am on top of the world because of it.
When dawn comes to waken me,
When the morning arrives, and I wake up from my peaceful slumber.
You're never there at all!
You are not physically there with me, and I feel the ache of your absence.
I know you've forsaken me
I know that you have not actually left me behind, but I still feel like you have because of your physical absence.
Till the shadows fall;
Until the night falls upon us once again and brings us back together.
But then once again I can dream, I've the right
But when the night comes again, I can dream and feel hopeful knowing that we will be together soon.
To be close to you all through the night.
Once again, I will be able to feel the warmth of your presence and be with you all through the night.
Lyrics © RAOUL BRETON EDITIONS, BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Traditional, Evan Jolly
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LaDonna “ Coventina” Simmons
I love Nancy Wilson...this is very beautiful!
Jack Stevens
LaDonna Simmons I was thinking about her driving to work to day out of nowhere. I don't know why. Love the this interpretation.
Shelley Laysi P
YES IT IS CUZ
Stanley Reed
I grew up listening to the incomparable Nancy Wilson. Her musical phrasing never ceased to amaze me. I was quite fortunate to have experienced one of her last concert performances at B.B. Kings Club in NYC in 2014. She had the audience spellbound then shocked when she announced this would be her next to last performance.
Reign in Peace Miss Nancy Wilson.
Stanley Reed
Correction it was 2011.
AnyaAngie
Beautiful, thank you for sharing this.
olga b
This warm voice, could only make this song perfect... :)