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
Darn That Dream
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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I dream each night
You say you love me and hold me tight
But when I awake and you're out of sight
Oh, darn that dream
Darn your lips and darn your eyes
They lift me high above the moonlit sky
Oh, darn that dream
Darn that one track mind of mine
It can't understand that you don't care
Just to change the mood I'm in
I'd welcome a nice old nightmare
Darn that dream
And bless it too
Without that dream I never have you
But it haunts me and it won't come true
Oh, darn that dream
Nancy Wilson's "Darn That Dream" is a melancholic love song about the frustration and longing of unrequited love. Wilson laments about a dream she has every night where her lover professes his love for her and holds her tight. She awakens to the harsh reality that her lover is out of reach, despite her unwavering desire for him. She blames her "one track mind" for not understanding that he doesn't care and wishes for a nightmare instead to break the monotony of her dreams.
However, despite the pain of her unfulfilled dreams, Wilson also recognizes that without them, she would never have her lover. The dream is both a blessing and a curse, a symbol of hope and heartache. The song ends with Wilson's resignation that the dream will never come true, and a final "darn that dream" to express her exasperation and disappointment.
Overall, "Darn That Dream" is a powerful expression of the complexities of love and the emotional rollercoaster that comes with it. It highlights the pain of desire and the futility of hoping for something that may never come to fruition.
Line by Line Meaning
Darn that dream
Curse that longing
I dream each night
Every night I long for you
You say you love me and hold me tight
You make me feel cherished and safe
But when I awake and you're out of sight
But the reality of your absence hurts
Oh, darn that dream
Oh, how I wish I could make this yearning stop
Darn your lips and darn your eyes
Curse your seductive lips and mesmerizing eyes
They lift me high above the moonlit sky
You make me feel like I'm on top of the world
Then I tumble out of paradise
But then reality strikes and I lose that feeling
Oh, darn that dream
Oh, how I wish I could control my emotions
Darn that one track mind of mine
Curse my narrow-mindedness for not seeing the truth
It can't understand that you don't care
It can't fathom that you might not feel the same
Just to change the mood I'm in
I'd do anything to distract myself from this longing
I'd welcome a nice old nightmare
Even a bad dream is better than facing reality
Darn that dream
Curse this relentless desire
And bless it too
And yet, without it, I wouldn't have you in my thoughts
Without that dream I never have you
Without this dream, I wouldn't feel your love at all
But it haunts me and it won't come true
But alas, it's only a dream and it might never be reality
Lyrics © CARLIN AMERICA INC, RESERVOIR MEDIA MANAGEMENT INC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Edgar Eddie Delange, Jimmy Van Heusen
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