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 Tell Me
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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Don't tell me it's all been a lie
I should have known by your unchanging ways
That you would be leaving someday
Don't tell me you're leaving me now
When our friends all know of your vow
It's easy for you to say that we're through
Don't think that you're life will be happy
Don't think that you're life will be gay
Don't think that you're closing the door to the past
And someone will treat you this way
You're leaving me now and it's over
And my heart just won't say goodbye
Love will forsake you and heartache will take you
And you'll be the one left to cry
Heartache will take you and love will forsake you
And you'll be the one left to cry
In these lyrics, Nancy Wilson is expressing her disbelief and pain as her partner tells her they are leaving. She pleads with them not to say goodbye and not to suggest that their entire relationship has been a lie. She reflects on how their unchanging ways should have been a sign that this day would come eventually, but it still hits her hard.
Nancy Wilson also addresses the fact that their friends are aware of their vow to stay together, making the breakup even more difficult for her to accept. She accuses her partner of finding it easy to declare that they are through, but warns them not to rush into loving someone else too quickly. This implies a sense of betrayal and hurt that her partner would move on so swiftly.
The next set of lyrics carries a somewhat bitter tone as Nancy Wilson advises her partner not to expect happiness or joy in their future life without her. She dismisses the idea that they can simply close the door on their past and someone else will treat them well. It suggests that she believes her partner will face the same heartache and mistreatment they're inflicting on her.
The final lines highlight Nancy Wilson's lingering attachment to her partner, despite the pain they have caused her. She expresses that her heart refuses to let go and say goodbye. She predicts that love will abandon her partner, leaving them alone with heartache and the tears she has shed. These lyrics convey a sense of sadness and resignation, as Nancy Wilson seems to accept that her partner's departure will cause them suffering as well.
Line by Line Meaning
Don't tell me you're saying goodbye
Do not inform me that you are bidding farewell
Don't tell me it's all been a lie
Please refrain from stating that everything has been deceitful
I should have known by your unchanging ways
I ought to have realized from your consistent behavior
That you would be leaving someday
That you would eventually depart
Don't tell me you're leaving me now
Please do not disclose that you are departing at this very moment
When our friends all know of your vow
Considering our acquaintances are aware of your promise
It's easy for you to say that we're through
It is simple for you to proclaim that our relationship has concluded
But don't love another too soon
However, avoid falling in love with someone else quickly
Don't think that you're life will be happy
Do not believe that your existence will be filled with joy
Don't think that you're life will be gay
Do not assume that your life will be cheerful
Don't think that you're closing the door to the past
Do not believe that you are shutting the door on the past
And someone will treat you this way
And someone will mistreat you in this manner
You're leaving me now and it's over
You are currently departing from me, and it is the end
And my heart just won't say goodbye
Yet, my heart just cannot bid farewell
Love will forsake you and heartache will take you
Love will abandon you, and anguish will seize you
And you'll be the one left to cry
Eventually, you will be the lone individual left to weep
Heartache will take you and love will forsake you
Agony will seize you, and love will abandon you
And you'll be the one left to cry
And you will be the sole person left to shed tears
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: BRYANT, Sweeney, Steven Flight
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