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 Me Irresponsible
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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Throw in undependable too
Do my foolish alibis bore you
Well I'm not too clever - I just adore you
Call me unpredictable - tell me I'm impractical
Rainbows I'm inclined to pursue
Call me irresponsible - yes I'm unreliable
The song "Call Me Irresponsible" by Nancy Wilson is a love song that confesses a person's love to someone dear to them. The singer of the song admits to being irresponsible, unreliable, and undependable but asserts that these qualities do not change the fact that they are madly in love with the person they are addressing. In the chorus, the singer entreats the listener to call them unpredictable, impractical and to encourage their pursuit of love like rainbows. The singer acknowledges that their alibis may sound foolish and they may not be too clever, but these do not diminish the depth of their love.
The lyrics of the song offer a glimpse into the insecurities that people feel when admitting their love to someone. The singer recognizes their flaws and frailties and yet is unafraid to express the love they feel. While many songs of this kind are full of romanticized love stories and declarations of undying love, "Call Me Irresponsible" takes a different approach, acknowledging the messiness, unpredictability, and unreliability of human emotions. It is a song that advocates for embracing the messiness of love and human life, rather than trying to sanitize emotions and people.
Line by Line Meaning
Call me irresponsible - call me unreliable
Refer to me as someone who cannot be trusted or relied upon in terms of their actions, choices, or decisions.
Throw in undependable too
Include in that list the fact that I cannot be counted on or trusted to follow through on anything.
Do my foolish alibis bore you
Are my excuses and justifications for my behavior and choices of no interest or significance to you?
Well I'm not too clever - I just adore you
I may not be knowledgeable or intelligent, but I have deep and warm feelings for you.
Call me unpredictable - tell me I'm impractical
Label me as someone whose motives or actions cannot be anticipated or expected, and criticize me for not being logical or sensible in my decisions.
Rainbows I'm inclined to pursue
My strong inclination or preference is to chase after things that are visually beautiful or fanciful, even if they are impractical or unrealistic.
Call me irresponsible - yes I'm unreliable
Acknowledge and accept that I am indeed someone who is not dependable or trustworthy.
But it's undeniably true - I'm irresponsibly mad for you
Despite my lack of responsibility or reliability, it cannot be denied that my feelings for you are intense, passionate, and uncontrolled.
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JAMES VAN HEUSEN, SAMMY CAHN
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