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
By Myself
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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the dreams I dreamed went up in smoke.
They didn't pan out as I had intended;
I should know how to take a joke.
I'll go my way by myself, this is the end of romance.
I'll go my way by myself, love is only a dance.
I'll try to apply myself and teach my heart to sing.
I'll face the unknown, I'll build a world of my own;
No one knows better than I, myself, I'm by myself alone.
I'll go my way by myself, here's how the comedy ends.
I'll have to deny myself love and laughter and friends.
Grey clouds in sky above have put a blot on my fun.
I'll try to fly high above for a place in the sun.
I'll face the unknown, I'll build a world of my own;
No one knows better than I, myself, I'm by myself alone
The song "By Myself," written by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz, tells the story of a person who is dealing with the end of a romantic relationship, dreams that didn't come true, and the need to start over by herself. The singer reflects on the fact that the party is over, the game is ended, and the dreams she had have gone up in smoke. While she knows that love is only a dance, it doesn't lessen the pain of heartbreak. However, she finds solace in the fact that she can apply herself and teach her heart to sing in order to build a new world for herself.
The singer acknowledges that she must face the unknown by herself and build a world of her own. She must deny herself love, laughter, and friends in order to move forward. Although the grey clouds above have put a blot on her life, she will try to fly high above for a place in the sun. The song ends with her poignant realization that she is by herself alone, but she will face the comedy of life regardless.
The tone of the lyrics is melancholy but optimistic, highlighting the complexity of the singer's emotions. The song resonates with anyone who has faced the end of a relationship or a dream that didn't come true, and the need to start over and build a world of their own.
Line by Line Meaning
The party's over, the game is ended,
The fun times are over and the situation has come to a conclusion.
the dreams I dreamed went up in smoke.
The hopes that I had vanished in front of my eyes without materializing.
They didn't pan out as I had intended;
My aspirations didn't manifest in the way I had planned them to.
I should know how to take a joke.
I should be able to deal with the situation humorously and light-heartedly.
I'll go my way by myself, this is the end of romance.
I'll learn to live independently, this is the conclusion of my romantic relationship.
I'll go my way by myself, love is only a dance.
I'll move ahead independently, love is nothing but a mere temporary social ritual.
I'll try to apply myself and teach my heart to sing.
I'll attempt to focus on self-improvement and happiness from within.
I'll go my way by myself like a bird on the wing,
I'll continue my journey solo, like a bird that flies freely through the sky.
I'll face the unknown, I'll build a world of my own;
I'll deal with the uncertainty of life and construct my own path for myself.
No one knows better than I, myself, I'm by myself alone.
I am the one who understands myself the most because no one else is there to understand me like I do.
I'll go my way by myself, here's how the comedy ends.
I'll walk down the path by myself, this is where the comic play ends.
I'll have to deny myself love and laughter and friends.
I'll have to refuse myself of love, joy, and companionship.
Grey clouds in sky above have put a blot on my fun.
The gloomy clouds above have destroyed my pleasant times.
I'll try to fly high above for a place in the sun.
I'll aim to rise above the melancholy and attain happiness.
I'll face the unknown, I'll build a world of my own;
I'll handle any uncertainties and establish my own unique world.
No one knows better than I, myself, I'm by myself alone
I am the only expert on myself because I'm alone with my thoughts, feelings and experiences.
Lyrics © DistroKid, BMG Rights Management, Royalty Network, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
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