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 on my mind
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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That I'd be playing solitaire
Uneasy in my easy chair
It never entered my mind
And once you told me I was mistaken
That I'd awaken with the sun
And ordered orange juice for one
You had what I lack, myself
Now I even have to scratch my back myself
Once you warned me that if you scorned me
I'd say a lonely prayer again
And wish that you were there again
To get into my hair again
It never entered my mind
Once you warned me that if you scorned me
I'd say a lonely prayer again
And wish that you were there again
To get into my hair again
It never entered my mind
In Nancy Wilson's rendition of "Gentle on my mind," the lyrics are an introspective narrative about a lover who once laughed at the idea of being alone, but now finds themselves without their partner. The song opens with the singer admitting that they never thought they would be in the position they currently find themselves in, which is wallowing in solitude as they play solitaire. The next stanza continues with the theme of denial and disbelief, as they recall how their partner told them they would eventually awaken alone, but they refused to believe it, instead ordering orange juice for one. The singer's tone then shifts to one of resentment as they acknowledge that their partner had what they lacked, and they are now forced to do even menial tasks such as scratch their own back.
The penultimate stanza is particularly poignant, as the singer recalls their former partner warning them that if they were ever scorned, they would pray for their presence once again, even if it meant enduring the same frustrations as before. The last stanza repeats this warning, emphasizing the pain and longing that the singer feels for their partner. The line "to get into my hair again" is an interesting turn of phrase, as it suggests that the singer longs to argue and bicker with their partner again, which would be better than the isolation they currently face.
Overall, "Gentle on my mind" is a song that captures the melancholy and nostalgia of lost love, with a deep emphasis on the ways in which we take our relationships for granted and fail to appreciate their importance until it is too late.
Line by Line Meaning
Once I laughed when I heard you saying
I used to laugh when you'd mention that I might end up alone someday.
That I'd be playing solitaire
That I'd be sitting by myself, playing cards.
Uneasy in my easy chair
Feeling restless and uncomfortable in my own home.
It never entered my mind
I never even considered that as a possibility.
And once you told me I was mistaken
You once corrected me when I was wrong about something.
That I'd awaken with the sun
That I'd be up early in the morning.
And ordered orange juice for one
And ordered a drink for myself, instead of for both of us.
It never entered my mind
I never considered that things would change so much between us.
You had what I lack, myself
You were already self-sufficient and I had to learn to be as well.
Now I even have to scratch my back myself
I have to take care of myself completely, even small things like scratching my back.
Once you warned me that if you scorned me
You once cautioned me that if you ever left me alone, I would feel lonely again.
I'd say a lonely prayer again
I'd pray to have you back again.
And wish that you were there again
And long for your company.
To get into my hair again
To annoy me and get on my nerves again.
It never entered my mind
I never imagined that I would miss you like this.
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Royalty Network, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: LORENZ HART, RICHARD RODGERS
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