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 Come Running Back To Me
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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Don't come running back to me
Don't come running back to me
When you're alone and blue
Don't come running back to me
Don't come running back to me
Good luck and goodbye
I won't stand in your way
I won't even try
Someday you'll miss my kiss
You'll come knocking on my door
You'll come knocking on my door
But just remember this
I won't want you anymore
I won't want you anymore
When you wake up and find
I'm in your heart and on your mind
Don't come running back to me
Don't come running back to me
Don't come running back to me
When you wake up and find
I'm in your heart and on your mind
Don't come running back to me
Don't come running back to me
Don't come running back to me
In Nancy Wilson's "Don't Come Running Back To Me", the lyrics speak of a love lost and the singer's refusal to be the backup plan. The song starts with a cautionary message: "If she walks out on you, don't come running back to me". The singer is warning an ex that they cannot take them back once their current relationship fails. The chorus reinforces the message that the singer will not accept being treated like a second choice: "Don't come running back to me, when you're alone and blue." The singer acknowledges that the ex may come back and try to rekindle what they had, but they will not be swayed: "Someday you'll miss my kiss; you'll come knocking on my door. But just remember this: I won't want you anymore."
The message throughout the song is one of empowerment and self-respect. The singer understands her own value and is unwilling to be someone's second choice. The lyrics are a reminder that once a relationship ends and someone moves on, they should not be expected to go back to an ex who may not have treated them well before.
Interestingly, "Don't Come Running Back To Me" was originally written by David Gates, the lead vocalist of the band Bread. The song was later covered by Nancy Wilson and included on her 1979 album "Life, Love, and Harmony". The song received positive reviews from music critics and is still revered as one of Wilson's best performances.
Line by Line Meaning
If she walks out on you
In the event that the person you are with chooses to leave you,
Don't come running back to me
Please do not attempt to come back to me for comfort or support.
Don't come running back to me
Once you depart from our relationship, I do not want to hear from you again.
When you're alone and blue
If you find yourself feeling sad and alone.
Don't come running back to me
I will not be a source of comfort for you during this time.
Don't come running back to me
I have no interest in being there for you after you have left me.
If she's the one you want
If the person you left me for is the one you truly desire.
Good luck and goodbye
Wishing you the best moving forward as we say goodbye.
I won't stand in your way
I will not do anything to prevent you from pursuing what you want.
I won't even try
I will not put forth any effort to stop you, as it is not worth my energy.
Someday you'll miss my kiss
At some point in the future, you will long for my affection.
You'll come knocking on my door
You will attempt to return to our relationship.
You'll come knocking on my door
You will seek to regain the love that you had previously given up.
But just remember this
However, do not forget this important fact.
I won't want you anymore
I will no longer have any desire for you or our relationship.
I won't want you anymore
After you left me, I have come to realize that being with you is not what I want anymore.
When you wake up and find
When you finally come to terms with the reality of our situation.
I'm in your heart and on your mind
The fact that I am on your mind and in your heart will become apparent to you.
Don't come running back to me
Despite this realization, please do not attempt to return to me.
Don't come running back to me
I have moved on from our relationship and do not want to rekindle it.
Don't come running back to me
I am not interested in being there for you in any way, shape or form.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: SID TEPPER, ROY C. BENNETT
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