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
I'll Know
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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I won't need a second glance his way
I'll know when my love comes along
I'll know then and there
I'll know at the sight of his face
How I care, how I care, how I care
And I'll know long before we can speak
I'll know in my heart, I'll know and I won't ever ask
Am I right, am I wise, am I smart?
But I but I'll stop, and I'll stare
At that face in the throng
Yes, I'll know when my love comes along
I'll know when my love comes along
The song "I'll Know" by Nancy Wilson talks about the feeling of meeting the love of your life. The lyrics say that the singer will instantly recognize their soulmate when they meet them. The person is so special to them that they will not need to have any doubts or ask any questions. They will simply know in their heart that the person before them is the one. The song talks about the magical feeling love brings and the instant recognition people have when they meet their true love.
The lines "And I'll stop, and I'll stare, And I'll know long before we can speak" describe how certain the singer is about their love. They don't need to have a conversation with the person, or find out more about them to know if the person is the one. They will feel an immediate attraction and connection.
The overall message of the song is that love comes at the right time and when it does, it will bring a feeling of certainty and peace. The lines "I'll know when my love comes along, I'll know at the sight of his face, How I care, how I care, how I care" express the singer's deep affection and attachment to their future love.
Line by Line Meaning
There he'll stand before my eyes one day
I will one day see the man I will love and spend my life with
I won't need a second glance his way
I will recognize him immediately and won't have to question my feelings
I'll know when my love comes along
I will have an intuitive feeling when I meet the man I will love
I'll know then and there
I will know without a doubt as soon as I meet him
I'll know at the sight of his face
Just seeing his face will make it clear to me that I am in love
How I care, how I care, how I care
I will feel deeply for him and love him completely
And I'll stop, and I'll stare
I will be so overcome with emotion that I will need to stop and take it in
And I'll know long before we can speak
I will have an immediate, strong connection that does not require words
I'll know in my heart, I'll know and I won't ever ask
My intuition and emotions will guide me and I will never have to question my love for him
Am I right, am I wise, am I smart?
I won't feel the need to justify or analyze my feelings with logical questions
But I but I'll stop, and I'll stare
I will be captivated and mesmerized by his presence
At that face in the throng
Among many people, I will only see him and no one else will stand out
Yes, I'll know when my love comes along
I will have a strong and certain feeling when I meet the one I love
Contributed by Aubrey W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.