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
How Insensitive
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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When she told me that she loved me
How unmoved an' cold, I must have seemed
When she told me so sincerely
Why, she must have asked
Do I just turn an' stare in icy silence?
What was I to say
Now, she's gone away
And I'm alone with a memory of her last look
Vague an' drawn an' sad, I see it still
All her heartbreak in that last look
How, she must have asked
Could I just turn an' stare in icy silence?
What was I to do
What can one do when a love affair is over?
What can you do
When a love affair is over?
It's over
Nancy Wilson's "How Insensitive" is a song that speaks to the aftermath of a failed love affair. It follows the perspective of a protagonist who didn't respond appropriately to his partner's confession of love, and it cost him the relationship. The lyrics depict the singer's regret over his actions and his realization of how insensitive and cold he must have seemed in that moment. He goes on to describe the emotions that his partner displayed during their last interaction, with a "vague and drawn and sad" expression that still haunts him.
The song asks rhetorical questions throughout, such as "Why did I just turn and stare in icy silence?" and "What can one do when a love affair is over?" These questions are never answered, leaving the listener to imagine the many things that one could have done differently in a failed relationship, but ultimately accepting that it is over.
The melancholic tone, sorrowful lyrics, and Wilson's stirring, evocative voice add to the poignant mood of the song. It is a reminder that sometimes, just being there and listening to someone you love is the most important thing you can do.
Line by Line Meaning
How insensitive, I must have seemed
I showed no empathy or care towards her when she confessed her love.
When she told me that she loved me
During a moment when she shared her love with me.
How unmoved an' cold, I must have seemed
I appeared emotionless and unfeeling when she expressed her love.
When she told me so sincerely
When she told me with true and genuine feelings.
Why, she must have asked
It's likely she wondered or questioned why I didn't respond with warmth or words.
Do I just turn an' stare in icy silence?
Did I simply turn and look at her with a cold and silent expression?
What was I to say
I didn't have any appropriate words to respond to her after the love affair ended.
What can you say when a love affair is over?
Nothing can be said or done to change the situation after a love affair has ended.
Now, she's gone away
After the love affair ended, she left and is no longer present in my life.
And I'm alone with a memory of her last look
I am currently by myself with only the memory of the last expression she gave me.
Vague an' drawn an' sad, I see it still
The expression was unclear and filled with melancholic sadness, but I still visualize it.
All her heartbreak in that last look
Her heartbreak at the end of our relationship was evident in her expression.
How, she must have asked
She was probably curious or questioning my response in some way.
Could I just turn an' stare in icy silence?
Did I simply look back at her with an unfeeling and cold expression?
What was I to do
I didn't know how to respond to the end of our relationship.
What can one do when a love affair is over?
There isn't anything that can be done when a love affair ends.
What can you do
There is nothing that can be done when a love affair is over.
When a love affair is over?
After a romance has ended.
It's over
The romance has ended with no hope of rekindling or continuing.
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Written by: Antonio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel, Vinicius De Moraes
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