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
Don't Ask My Neighbors
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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Is there's some cause that I should doubt ya
Oh I can see boy that you don't know me very well
You're so unsure
And you run here and there to ask my feelings
Friends only guess, they can't really say
Don't ask the friends I hang around
Don't be afraid to come to me
Don't ask my neighbors, come to me
Don't be afraid of what ya see
You'll find I love you, come to me
Don't be afraid
You ask all my friends if I'm the same girl
You don't understand, you think I'm changing
Don't ask my neighbors
Don't ask the friends I hang around
Don't be afraid to come to me
Don't ask my neighbors, come to me
Don't be afraid of what ya see
You'll find I love you, come to me
Don't be afraid
Don't ask my neighbors, come to me
Don't be afraid of what ya see
You'll find I love you, come to me
Don't be afraid
Don't ask my neighbors, come to me
Don't be afraid what ya see
You'll find I love you, come to me
Don't be afraid
In this song, Nancy Wilson is addressing a lover who seems to have doubts about her feelings for him. She tells him that he doesn’t know her well enough to doubt her and he’s so unsure of their relationship that he has to run around asking her friends about her feelings towards him. Wilson warns him not to ask her neighbors or friends because they won’t give him a definite answer, only guesses. She then reassures him to come to her directly and not be afraid of what he sees because he will find that she loves him. She finally emphasizes that he should not be afraid to come to her, to talk to her about how he feels and to trust her love.
Line by Line Meaning
You're wondering if I care about ya
You're unsure if I have feelings for you
Is there's some cause that I should doubt ya
Are there any reasons why I shouldn't trust you?
Oh I can see boy that you don't know me very well
You have misunderstood me and do not know me very well.
You're so unsure
You are very uncertain about everything.
And you run here and there to ask my feelings
You go to my friends to ask about my feelings towards you.
Friends only guess, they can't really say
My friends can only speculate, they don't truly know my feelings.
Don't ask my neighbors
Do not ask my neighbors about my feelings towards you.
Don't ask the friends I hang around
Do not ask my close friends for answers about my feelings.
Don't be afraid to come to me
Don't be afraid to talk to me about your feelings.
Don't ask my neighbors, come to me
Don't ask others about my feelings, ask me directly.
Don't be afraid of what ya see
Don't be afraid of the truth, whatever it may be.
You'll find I love you, come to me
You will discover that I have feelings for you if you ask me directly.
Don't ask my neighbors, come to me
Don't go to someone else for answers, come to me instead.
Don't be afraid of what ya see
Don't be afraid to learn the truth about my feelings for you.
You'll find I love you, come to me
If you come to me directly, you'll learn that I love you.
Don't be afraid
Don't worry or be scared about the situation.
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: SKIP SCARBOROUGH
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@rena764
My Goodness I thought the Emotions "Don't Ask My Neighbors" could ever be touched. Never, Never, Never imagined anyone singing this song better than the Emotions. I was wrong, 100% wrong. Miss Nancy, The Baby, The Lady sung the hell out of it.
This woman was everything to me. Class, Style and Beauty. No one was like heror is like her. There will never, ever be another Nancy Wilson. R.I.P. Ms. Nancy you are truly missed, at least by me.
@marvinking9848
The Emotions are singing the background on this recording. This was their original hit and they were more than delighted to sing with The Legendary Nancy Wilson.
@darrylmccants7280
When I first saw this video I nearly cried because The Emotions were the perfect surprise as they came down the stairs. I still get chills.
@bigcountryvma1
R.I.P. Nancy....You Know You Are A Legend When You Have The Original Singers (The Emotions & Phillip Bailey) singing background vocals for you!
@jaimerichardson66
Bought tickets to see Ms. Nancy Wilson in Emeryville, CA a few years ago....bought an airline ticket & flew to The Bay Area....called in sick from work & saw an amazing show that evening!!!! This woman did what she had to do.
@shetrieseverything2206
So jealous!!! Wish I would have done that!
@TenderhornH
I love and miss you, Nancy Wilson - I think you so much for this song! May you rest in peace!
@vicrollerson
RIH Ms. Nancy Wilson the epitome of elegant and beauty with a smooth soulful voice. Definitely one of my all-time favorites.
@jeshun7071
Happy heavenly 83rd birthday to Nancy Wilson, with a career that spanned over 5 decades, she will always be known as one of the greats
@greeneyes0078
When I think of Nancy Wilson - I also think of Diahann Carroll - "CLASS ALL THE WAY"!!! Both are gone and they are truly missed!!!!