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
Call It Stormy Monday but Tuesday Is Just as Bad
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad
Wednesday's worse, and Thursday's also sad
Yes the eagle flies on Friday, and Saturday I go out to play
Eagle flies on Friday, and Saturday I go out to play
Sunday I go to church, then I kneel down and pray
Lord have mercy, my heart's in misery
Crazy about my baby, yes, send her back to me
The lyrics to Nancy Wilson's song "Call It Stormy Monday but Tuesday Is Just as Bad" are a true display of the blues. The repetition of the title phrase highlights the slow torment and unrelenting despair present during a bad week. The lyrics acknowledge that every day brings its own unique set of problems, with Wednesday and Thursday being worse and also leading to sadness.
The chorus of the song brings a glimmer of hope for the weekend, where the eagle flies on Friday and the singer can go out to play on Saturday. Sunday is reserved for church and prayer. Despite this temporary respite, the singer still expresses a deep sense of longing and heartache, pleading for mercy and asking for their lover to be returned to them.
Overall, the song paints a vivid picture of the struggles and pain of everyday life, but also the resilience and hope that can be found in the smallest moments.
Line by Line Meaning
They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad
Monday might be considered a bad day, but Tuesday is just as difficult.
They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad
Monday might be considered a bad day, but Tuesday is just as difficult.
Wednesday's worse, and Thursday's also sad
Not only Monday and Tuesday are challenging, Wednesday is even more difficult, and Thursday is saddening.
Yes the eagle flies on Friday, and Saturday I go out to play
Friday is a good day because the eagle, which symbolizes freedom, flies on that day. On Saturday, I have fun and engage in leisure activities.
Eagle flies on Friday, and Saturday I go out to play
Friday is a good day because the eagle, which symbolizes freedom, flies on that day. On Saturday, I have fun and engage in leisure activities.
Sunday I go to church, then I kneel down and pray
I attend church on Sunday, and afterwards, I kneel down and pray.
Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy on me
I am pleading for God's mercy and compassion.
Lord have mercy, my heart's in misery
My heart is troubled and anguished, and I am in need of God's mercy and compassion.
Crazy about my baby, yes, send her back to me
I miss my significant other dearly, and I long for them to come back to me.
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: AARON WALKER
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@bennyjazzful
WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
From a mad keen 76yo Aussie fan.
@cthopkins
Nancy Wilson's voice is something wonderful. I am playing her blues on my clarinet. Wow, she is lovely!
@marcafi3909
They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad
They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad
Wednesday's worse, and Thursday's also sad
The eagle flies on Friday, and Saturday I go out to play
Eagle flies on Friday, and Saturday I go out to play
Sunday I go to church, then I kneel down and pray
Lord have mercy, have mercy on me
Lord have mercy, my heart's in misery
Crazy about my baby, please, send her back to me
@yvanesquerresilvestre27
:)