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
Back In Your Own Back Yard
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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Hoping ev'ry cloud will be silver lined.
But we all return as we live wo learn,
That we left our happiness behind.
When they sing you "Look for the Silver Lining,"
It is silver dollars they're looking for.
You will find my friend that the rainbow's end,
The bird with feathers of blue, is waiting for you,
Back in your own back yard,
You'll see your castle in Spain, through your window pane,
Back in your own back yard.
Oh you can go to the East go to the West,
But someday you'll come weary at heart back where you started from,
You'll find your happiness lies, right under your eyes,
Back in your own backyard.
The lyrics to Nancy Wilson's "Back In Your Own Back Yard" convey the idea that we often leave home seeking happiness in distant places, only to realize later that true happiness was always within our reach - in our own homes, our own backyards. The song opens with the lines, "We leave home expecting to find a blue bird, hoping every cloud will be silver-lined. But we all return as we live to learn, that we left our happiness behind." At first, this might seem like a pessimistic view of the world - that we can never find true happiness outside of our own homes. However, the song is actually quite hopeful, suggesting that happiness is always within our reach if we know where to look for it.
The second verse of the song goes on to explain this concept further, stating that we often look for material wealth when we seek happiness, but true riches are found in the simple things - in the rainbows we see from our kitchens or in the birds that visit our backyards. The lines, "When they sing you 'Look for the Silver Lining,' it is silver dollars they're looking for. You will find my friend that the rainbow's end, is somewhere around your kitchen door" reinforce this idea of finding happiness in the ordinary.
The final verse of the song concludes on this theme, declaring that while we may travel the world in search of happiness, we will always return home in the end. The bird with feathers of blue is waiting for us in our own backyards, the lyrics suggest, as is our own happiness - right under our eyes.
Overall, the song conveys a positive message about the power of finding happiness in the simple things in life, and the importance of recognizing the beauty and value of what we already have.
Line by Line Meaning
We leave home expecting to find a blue bird,
When we leave home, we hope to find happiness and good fortune, like finding a rare and beautiful bird with blue feathers.
Hoping ev'ry cloud will be silver lined.
We hope that everything will turn out perfectly and that even the bad times will have some good in them.
But we all return as we live wo learn,
As we live, we come to realize that happiness is not always found elsewhere, and we often end up returning home to figure that out.
That we left our happiness behind.
We often leave behind our happiness and contentment when we go out to seek something else, and end up regretting it later on in life.
When they sing you "Look for the Silver Lining,"
When people encourage you to find the good in any situation, they often mean that you should look for money or material success.
It is silver dollars they're looking for.
People tend to be motivated by the pursuit of money and wealth rather than pure happiness or joy.
You will find my friend that the rainbow's end,
If you look for happiness and contentment, you will find it, just like how a rainbow leads to a pot of gold.
Is somewhere around your kitchen door.
Happiness is often found in simple moments and familiar places, like spending time with loved ones or doing everyday tasks in your own home.
The bird with feathers of blue, is waiting for you,
Happiness can be elusive, but it is often found in familiar places, represented by the elusive bird with blue feathers.
Back in your own back yard,
Happiness is often found in your own home and community, where you have a sense of belonging and familiarity.
You'll see your castle in Spain, through your window pane,
You don't need to travel far to find happiness and fulfillment, as the things you desire may be closer than you realize, and even visible from your own window.
Oh you can go to the East go to the West,
You can travel far and wide in search of something, but true happiness is often closer to home.
But someday you'll come weary at heart back where you started from,
After trying to find happiness in other places, you will eventually become tired and return to where you began, recognizing the familiarity and comfort of home.
You'll find your happiness lies, right under your eyes,
Happiness is often found in places you least expect it, like right under your nose, waiting to be appreciated and recognized.
Back in your own backyard.
True happiness and contentment are often found in your own home and community, where you are surrounded by the people and things you love.
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@leonoraellis
it has been said many times before the way miss nancy wilson sings well there is nothing else for me to add iis just fantasitic.hopefully there are more new cds and new song miss nancy wilson will add to our collection. thank you
@deanadiedrich9304
I like it!