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
Blue Prelude
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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Let me go 'way from this lonely town
Won't be long till my song will be trough
'Cause I know I'm on my last go round
All the love I could steal, beg, or borrow
Wouldn't heal all this pain in my soul
What is love but a prelude to sorrow?
Here I go now you know why I'm leaving
I got the blues, what can I lose? Goodbye
I got the blues, what can I lose? Goodbye
The lyrics to Nancy Wilson's song "Blue Prelude" convey a deep sense of sadness and resignation. The singer longs to escape from a lonely town and expresses her desire to sigh and cry when she's feeling blue. She anticipates that her song will soon come to an end, indicating that she is aware of the limitations and finality of her current situation.
The lyrics suggest that the singer has experienced a great deal of pain and heartache. She acknowledges that all the love she has tried to obtain, whether by stealing, begging, or borrowing, has not been able to heal the pain in her soul. The line "What is love but a prelude to sorrow?" poignantly reflects her belief that love ultimately leads to heartbreak and sadness. She knows that her journey ahead will be filled with heartbreak, which explains why she has made the decision to leave the town.
The repetition of "I got the blues, what can I lose? Goodbye" emphasizes the sense of resignation and acceptance in the singer's voice. She acknowledges the inevitability of her current emotional state and bids farewell to whatever she may have left behind.
Overall, the lyrics of "Blue Prelude" express a profound sense of resignation and sadness, painting a picture of someone who has experienced heartbreak and is now choosing to move on, despite the pain and sorrow that awaits them.
Line by Line Meaning
Let me sigh, let me cry when I'm blue
Allow me to express my sadness and shed tears when I am feeling down
Let me go 'way from this lonely town
Allow me to leave this isolated and desolate town
Won't be long till my song will be trough
It won't be much longer until my song of pain and sorrow comes to an end
'Cause I know I'm on my last go round
Because I am aware that I am approaching the final stage or chance in this situation
All the love I could steal, beg, or borrow
Regardless of the amount of love I gathered through desperate means, it wouldn't alleviate the pain in my soul
Wouldn't heal all this pain in my soul
It would not be sufficient to heal or relieve the agony I feel within my soul
What is love but a prelude to sorrow?
Love, ultimately, seems to serve as an introduction or beginning that leads to inevitable sadness
With a heartbreak ahead for your goal
When you pursue love, heartbreak is an imminent outcome to anticipate
Here I go now you know why I'm leaving
Now I am departing, and you have an understanding of the reasons behind my departure
I got the blues, what can I lose? Goodbye
I am engulfed in sadness, and as I bid farewell, there seems to be nothing left for me to lose
I got the blues, what can I lose? Goodbye
I am overcome with melancholy, and with nothing more to give or risk, I bid my farewell
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