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 β 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
He Called Me Baby
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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(Baby)
He called me baby, baby all night long
Used to hold me, kiss me 'til the dawn
Then one day I awoke, he was gone
No more baby, baby all night long
Kissed my tears away when things went wrong
What I'd give if he'd just come back home
Call me baby, baby, baby all night long
He called me baby, baby all night long
Held me up so high, made me strong
Now each night, each night in dreams
Just like a song
I still hear baby, baby, baby
Baby all night long
He calls me baby, baby all night long
Still hear baby, baby, baby, baby
Baby all night long
He calls me baby, baby all night long
I need you hΠ΅re, baby, baby, baby
Baby all night long
Baby, baby all night long
I still baby, baby, baby, baby all night long
Baby, baby, baby
Nancy Wilson's He Called Me Baby is a song about a woman who misses her lover. She fondly remembers the times when he would call her "baby" and hold her all night long. The woman reminisces the happy moments they shared together, like when he would kiss her tears away when things went wrong. But one day, she awoke to find him gone. She longs for his return, wishing he would just come back home and call her "baby" all night long. The woman still hears her lover's voice calling her "baby" in her dreams, just like a song, and she wishes he were still there with her.
The lyrics of He Called Me Baby are imbued with longing and nostalgia. The woman's memories are bittersweet - on one hand, she remembers the happy moments they had together, but on the other hand, she is reminded of the emptiness she feels now that he is gone. The use of repetition in the lyrics (such as the repeated refrain of "baby, baby, baby") emphasizes the woman's yearning for her lover. The song also features a simple, catchy melody that adds to its emotional impact.
Line by Line Meaning
He called me baby, baby all night long
He used to call me 'baby' lovingly and repeatedly throughout the night.
Used to hold me, kiss me 'til the dawn
He used to hold me closely and kiss me passionately until daybreak.
Then one day I awoke, he was gone
One day, I woke up to find that he had left without explanation or warning.
No more baby, baby all night long
Since he left, I haven't heard his endearing voice calling me 'baby' anymore.
Kissed my tears away when things went wrong
In times of distress, he would lend me a shoulder to cry on and kiss away my tears.
What I'd give if he'd just come back home
I would be willing to give anything if only he would return to me.
Call me baby, baby, baby all night long
I wish he would come back and call me 'baby' every night like he used to.
Held me up so high, made me strong
He lifted me up emotionally and made me feel stronger than ever before.
Now each night, each night in dreams
Now, I only experience his loving presence in my dreams each night.
Just like a song
In my dreams, his voice calling me 'baby' sounds like a sweet, melodic song.
Still hear baby, baby, baby
I can still hear his voice calling me 'baby' in my mind, even when he's not around.
I need you here, baby, baby, baby
I desperately long for him to return and call me 'baby' once again.
I still baby, baby, baby, baby all night long
Even though he's not here, I still imagine him calling me 'baby' every night.
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