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
Gentle Is My Love
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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No matter what I do
He will always see me through
He makes it easy to surrender
So gentle is my love
He's understanding not the way you are
If I desired a star
And not consider me demanding
So gentle is my love
You made me feel that I was owned by you
While you could do what you wanted to
Now I have someone who belongs to me
And I can be what I want to be
Hе loves me only not at all like you
Hе'd never be untrue
Never cheat the way you do
So gentle is my love
I'm lonely because he's not like you
The lyrics to Nancy Wilson's song "Gentle Is My Love" tell the story of a woman who has found a new love, contrasting him with her previous relationship. The song emphasizes the stark differences between the two men and the impact it has on her. The first verse describes the new love as sweet, tender, and unwavering in his support. He provides comfort and makes it easy for her to let go and surrender herself to the relationship. In contrast, she describes her previous partner as lacking understanding and being selfish, emphasizing that he never fulfilled her needs and desires.
The second verse goes on to illustrate the contrast between the two men further. The singer expresses how the previous partner made her feel like she belonged to him, with little regard for her own wants and needs. However, with her new love, she has someone who truly belongs to her and allows her to be herself. The lyrics highlight the sense of liberation and freedom she experiences in the new relationship.
The chorus repeats the phrase "So gentle is my love," emphasizing the tenderness, loyalty, and faithfulness of her current partner. She is grateful for his love and devotion, which contrasts sharply with the loneliness she feels due to the absence of these qualities in her previous relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
He's sweet and tender not at all like you
He is kind and affectionate, completely different from your behavior
No matter what I do
Regardless of my actions
He will always see me through
He will always support and help me overcome difficulties
He makes it easy to surrender
He creates an environment where I feel comfortable letting go and being vulnerable
So gentle is my love
The love I have for him is characterized by tenderness and kindness
He's understanding not the way you are
He is compassionate, unlike your lack of understanding
If I desired a star
If I wanted something extraordinary
He would even go that far
He would go to great lengths to fulfill my desires
And not consider me demanding
He does not see me as asking for too much
So gentle is my love
The love I have for him is characterized by tenderness and kindness
You made me feel that I was owned by you
You made me feel like I belonged to you, without any freedom or autonomy
While you could do what you wanted to
While you had the freedom to do as you pleased
Now I have someone who belongs to me
Now I have someone who is committed and dedicated to me
And I can be what I want to be
And I can freely express and pursue my own desires and aspirations
He loves me only not at all like you
He loves me unconditionally, unlike your lack of genuine love
He'd never be untrue
He would never deceive or betray me
Never cheat the way you do
He would never be unfaithful like you
So gentle is my love
The love I have for him is characterized by tenderness and kindness
I'm lonely because he's not like you
I feel lonely because he is different from you
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