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 Only Miss Him When I Think Of Him
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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And I'll think of him all the time
Likely I'll spend my days
Hearing his turn of phrase
Things I found hard to praise
Right now would seem sublime
The truth is I'll only miss him
'Cause it's still his laugh my heart hears
Maybe in time, I guess
The longing will grow, the slightest bit less
And there will be moments, yes
When it disappears
I'll bet I'll forget him completely
In about a hundred years
In Nancy Wilson's song "I'll Only Miss Him When I Think Of Him," the lyrics explore the theme of longing and reminiscing about a past love. The singer confesses that she will think about her ex-lover all the time and find it difficult to move on. She recognizes that her ex had qualities and nuances that she now sees as extraordinary, which she may have overlooked when they were together. However, she only feels the absence and longing for him when she hears someone else laughing the way he used to laugh, as it triggers memories and emotions. The song suggests that with time, the longing will gradually fade, and eventually, the memory of him will become less significant until it is eventually forgotten entirely.
The lyrics depict the complexities of love and the lingering impact it can have on a person's thoughts and emotions. They highlight the bittersweet nature of reminiscence and the gradual process of healing from a past relationship. The song captures the heartfelt sentiment of missing someone and the eventual hope of moving forward.
Line by Line Meaning
I'll only miss him when I think of him
I will solely feel his absence when I direct my thoughts towards him
And I'll think of him all the time
Incessantly, he will occupy my mind
Likely I'll spend my days
Most probably, I will devote my days
Hearing his turn of phrase
Perceiving his distinctive choice of words
Things I found hard to praise
Aspects that I struggled to appreciate
Right now would seem sublime
Presently, they would appear magnificent
The truth is I'll only miss him
In reality, my longing for him will be limited to
When some stranger laughs
When an unfamiliar individual expresses laughter
'Cause it's still his laugh my heart hears
For it is still his laughter that resonates within my heart
Maybe in time, I guess
Possibly in due course, I suppose
The longing will grow, the slightest bit less
The yearning will intensify, albeit to a slightly lesser extent
And there will be moments, yes
And there will indeed be occasions
When it disappears
When it vanishes entirely
I'll bet I'll forget him completely
I am confident that I will completely erase him from my memory
In about a hundred years
Approximately after a century
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Nancy's talent, elegance and class will never be equalled.
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