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
Gentlemen Friend
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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Look what I've found me,
I've got myself a gentleman friend.
The sun is kind, seems like it never will end
When he's around me,
I'm referring to my gentleman friend.
His kind of kissin'
What I was missin'
In the used-to-be
I'm getting frequently!
And so goodbye to cares that hound me,
Is it any wonder that I wanna laugh and sing and cry?
Gonna love him till I die,
My gentleman friend.
His kind of kissin'
Suits me to a tee,
What I was missin'
In the used-to-be
I'm getting frequently!
And so goodbye to cares that hound me,
Is it any wonder that I wanna laugh and sing and cry?
Gonna love him till I die,
My gentleman friend.
And so goodbye to cares that hound me,
Is it any wonder that I wanna laugh and sing and cry?
Gonna love him till I die,
My gentleman friend,
My gentleman friend,
My gentleman friend.
The lyrics to Nancy Wilson's song "Gentlemen Friend" speak of a woman who is riding high and happy with her new love interest. She refers to him as her gentleman friend and notes that everything seems brighter and better when he is around. The sun seems like it will never end, and she is getting the kind of kissing that she enjoys. She is saying goodbye to the cares that used to hound her, and is grateful that she has found someone to love her till the end of her days.
The song speaks to the joy that comes with finding someone who is a good fit, someone who makes everything better. The woman in the song is content, happy, and in love. The use of the term "gentleman friend" is interesting, as it connotes a certain level of decorum and class, suggesting that the man she is involved with is a cut above the average romantic partner. The song is a celebration of love and happiness, and speaks to the universal desire to find someone who makes life worth living.
Line by Line Meaning
I'm riding high and I approve of the trend,
I'm feeling ecstatic and satisfied with my life right now.
Look what I've found me,
I'm excited to have found something special.
I've got myself a gentleman friend.
I've found a special man to share my life with.
The sun is kind, seems like it never will end
Everything seems perfect and everlasting when he's with me.
When he's around me,
I'm referring to my gentleman friend.
His kind of kissin'
I really enjoy the way he kisses me.
Suits me to a tee,
It's a perfect match for me.
What I was missin'
He has fulfilled a void in my life.
In the used-to-be
In my past relationships.
I'm getting frequently!
I'm getting the closeness I crave on a regular basis.
And so goodbye to cares that hound me,
I'm letting go of all the worries that used to bother me.
Is it any wonder that I wanna laugh and sing and cry?
I'm just so happy that I'm overcome with emotions.
Gonna love him till I die,
I'm going to love him forever.
My gentleman friend.
The man who has captured my heart.
My gentleman friend,
The man who has captured my heart.
My gentleman friend.
The man who has captured my heart.
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ARNOLD B. HORWITT, RICHARD LEWINE
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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Just wonderful