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
Come Back To Me
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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Hop a freight, grab a star, come back to me.
Catch a flame, catch a breeze, on your hand, on your knees,
Swim up high, only please come on back to me.
On a mule, in a jet, with your hair in a net,
In a shower wet, I don't care.
This is where you should be, from the hills to the shore,
By the wind to my door, raise the highway dust,
Come back to me.
Blast your hide, you recall, must I fight City hall
Here and now, damn it all, come on back to me,
Where on earth must I be, still I yell till I'm blue,
In control then when you come on back to me.
Have you gone to the moon, or the corner saloon
And to crack and to croon, oh my girl, where in hell can you be?
In a crate, in a trunk, on a horse, on a junk,
In a road or a van, wrapped in mink or saran,
Anyway that you can, came back to me,
Come back to me, come back to me, come back,
Come back to me, me!
The lyrics of "Come Back to Me" by Nancy Wilson express a deep desire for the singer's lover to return to her, no matter what method he has to resort to or where he might be. The first verse contains multiple imperative statements urging the person to come back to her, whether by taking any mode of transportation available or through any means that may be unconventional or even illegal. The second verse states the singer's dissatisfaction with her current situation, and her one hope for happiness is the return of her lover. She is willing to do whatever it takes to have him back, and she is constantly wondering where he might be or what he might be doing.
The lyrics present a sense of desperation and longing, and the singer's voice is poignant and emotional, delivering each line with sincerity and conviction. It is a beautiful melody that sounds like a plea, and Wilson's performance makes the listener believe she is truly yearning for the return of her loved one.
Line by Line Meaning
Hear my voice, where you are, take a train, steal a car,
I implore you to listen to my call wherever you may be and make your way back to me, regardless of the means, be it by taking the train or by stealing a car
Hop a freight, grab a star, come back to me.
Even if it means hitching a ride on a freight train or reaching for the stars, I urge you to come back to me
Catch a flame, catch a breeze, on your hand, on your knees,
Whether it's by catching a flame or a breeze, on your feet or on your knees, please find your way back to me
Swim up high, only please come on back to me.
Even if you have to swim up high, please come back to me, as I long for your return
On a mule, in a jet, with your hair in a net,
I don't care how you get here, whether it's on a mule or in a jet, even if your hair is in a net, just come back to me
In a shower wet, I don't care.
Even if you show up soaking wet from the shower, I really don't care as long as you come back to me
This is where you should be, from the hills to the shore,
My heart tells me that this is where you should be, with me, from the hills to the shore
By the wind to my door, raise the highway dust,
Let the wind carry you to my doorstep, and raise the highway dust as you hurry to come back to me
Break the law if you must, throw the world, only just
Even if it means breaking the law or defying the whole world, I only ask that you come back to me, as that is all that really matters
Come back to me.
The message I wish to convey to you is simple: come back to me. That's all I want, and all I need
Blast your hide, you recall, must I fight City hall
I am so desperate for your return that I would do anything, even if it means going up against City Hall or blasting you, so that you recall that you are needed here with me
Here and now, damn it all, come on back to me,
I demand that you come back to me, here and now, no matter what. Damn it all, I just need you back with me
Where on earth must I be, still I yell till I'm blue,
I've been searching everywhere for you, and now I am yelling and screaming until I turn blue, just to find out where you are
In control then when you come on back to me.
I know that once you are back with me, I will finally feel in control again and the world will right itself
Have you gone to the moon, or the corner saloon
I don't know where you are, whether you've gone to the moon or just to the corner bar. All I know is that I need you back with me
And to crack and to croon, oh my girl, where in hell can you be?
I can't seem to find you anywhere, whether you are singing or cracking jokes. Oh my girl, where in the world could you be?
In a crate, in a trunk, on a horse, on a junk,
Whether you're in a crate or a trunk, on a horse or a piece of junk, I need you to find your way back to me
In a road or a van, wrapped in mink or saran,
Whether you're on the road or in a van, wrapped in mink or saran wrap, I need you to come back to me
Anyway that you can, came back to me,
Regardless of how you do it, in any way you can, please come back to me
Come back to me, come back to me, come back,
I will keep repeating my plea to you until you return: Come back to me, come back to me, come back
Come back to me, me!
I need you to come back to me, and no one else. Just you, is all I want and all I need
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Written by: WILLIS
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