There is more than one artist with this name:

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

China
Nancy Wilson Lyrics

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In my ocean liner, nothing could be finer
Seeing what I can see on my way to China
In my raincoat liner
Didn't think I'd find her
The woman I used to be back in Carolina

I'm on my way to China
I'm on my way to China i'm on my way

Ooh, the waves roll through the moonlit beams
(Moonlit beams)
And your shadow dances through my dreams
Are you, were you there?

Taking float tomorrow, time I would borrow
Memories I hold of you, bathing in your aura

I'm on my way to China
I'm on my way to China i'm on my way

Ooh, the waves roll through the moonlit beams
(Moonlit beams)
And your shadow dances through my dreams
Are you, were you there?

Ooh, the waves roll through the moonlit beams
And your shadow dances through my dreams
Are you, were you there?

Oh, are you there? Are you near me?
Therе in China
Are you there? Arе you near me?
There in China
Are you there? Are you near me?
There in China
Are you there? Are you near me?

There in China china, China, China
China, China, China china, China, China

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Nancy Wilson's song "China" depict a sense of longing and nostalgia for a lost version of oneself. The singer is on a journey, symbolized by being on an ocean liner, and she expresses the excitement of seeing new things and experiencing new adventures on her way to China. However, she also reflects on her past, specifically the woman she used to be back in Carolina. The raincoat liner mentioned could represent a protective layer or shield she wore to hide her true self, which she didn't expect to rediscover while on this journey.

The chorus, repeated throughout the song, emphasizes her anticipation and determination to reach China. The mention of waves rolling through moonlit beams and the shadow dancing through her dreams indicates a sense of mystery and enchantment. The waves symbolize the ups and downs of life, while the moonlit beams and shadow represent the presence of someone or something significant that has left a lasting impact. The singer questions if this presence, whether it be a person or an abstract concept, was truly there or if it was just a figment of her imagination.

Overall, the lyrics of "China" convey a sense of longing for self-discovery and the search for lost aspects of oneself while embarking on a new journey.

ChinaNancy Wilson Lyrics

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Nancy Wilson Lyrics