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'm In A Sentimental Mood
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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I can see the stars come thru my room
While your loving attitude
Is like a flame that lights the gloom
On the wings of ev'ry kiss
Drift a melody so strange and sweet
In this sentimental bliss you make my
Paradise complete
It's all like a dream to call you mine
My heart's lighter thing
Since you made me this night a thing divine
In A Sentimental Mood
I'm within a world so heavenly
For I never dreamt
That you'd be loving sentimental me
In A Sentimental Mood
I can see the stars come thru my room
While your loving attitude
Is like a flame that lights the gloom
On the wings of ev'ry kiss
Drift a melody so strange and sweet
In this sentimental bliss you make my
Paradise complete
Rose pearls seem to fall
It's all like a dream to call you mine
My heart's lighter thing
Since you made me this night a thing divine
In A Sentimental Mood
I'm within a world so heavenly
For I never dreamt
That you'd be loving sentimental me
Nancy Wilson's song, "I'm In A Sentimental Mood" is a romantic ballad that speaks about a love that fills the singer's heart with happiness and emotion. The song starts with the singer admiring the stars in the sky from their room, and feeling overwhelmed by the love of their partner who is like a flame that brightens up their life. Every kiss is like a melody that is both strange and sweet.
The singer is completely consumed by the love their partner gives, and every moment feels like a paradise. The song then speaks of the surprise of finding such intense love from someone whom they never expected to be sentimental. The lyrics convey the joy and the sense of being overwhelmed by the intensity of love, which fills the singer's heart with lightness and happiness, making everything appear like a dream come true.
The song has a timeless quality that speaks to people of all generations who believe in the power of love. It is an excellent example of an old school rhythm and blues love song that appeals to lovers of all ages. This song has a soothing quality and a romantic charm that makes it an ideal choice for an intimate evening or a date.
Line by Line Meaning
In A Sentimental Mood
The singer is currently feeling a deep sense of emotion.
I can see the stars come thru my room
The singer is overwhelmed by the beauty of the stars shining through their window.
While your loving attitude
Is like a flame that lights the gloom
The love of the singer's partner brings warmth and happiness to their life.
On the wings of ev'ry kiss
Drift a melody so strange and sweet
Every kiss shared between the artist and their partner carries a beautiful and unique emotional tune.
In this sentimental bliss you make my
Paradise complete
The artist's partner completes and enhances their idea of paradise with their love.
Rose pearls seem to fall
It's all like a dream to call you mine
The singer feels like everything around them is beautiful and surreal with their partner by their side, and they are grateful to call them theirs.
My heart's lighter thing
Since you made me this night a thing divine
The singer's heart feels lighter and more joyful since their partner made this night (and their relationship) feel more divine and special.
I'm within a world so heavenly
For I never dreamt
That you'd be loving sentimental me
The artist is in a world that feels like heaven thanks to their partner's love, and they never believed they could be deserving of such loving emotions.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Tratore
Written by: Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Manny Kurtz
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
snowstorm1956
I'm sorry, it was which version.That was my first time hearing Nancy, sing it.I had Sarah's version, oh it doesn't matter.Love them both.Just asking your opinion on styles. How would you descibe one and the other.Oh don't mind me.It sounds rather silly now.:-D.Thanks, Stephan..Going to buy me some grapes,lol
snowstorm1956
Exact album.Ms Vaughan, singing.God you know your stuff.I'll just listen, whatever you send.It's all good, could never learn what you hear, it's a given.Leaving you to your weekend, before you block me :-D.Enjoy. Thanks ♡
snowstorm1956
:-).Now I'm confused, Nancy or Sarah?(Sentimental Mood).I want to hear what you hear.Don't want to be pain in ass,but I know there's more to it, with you.(especially after Jimmy)
Still reeling, there's so much.Gosh! Always,lyrical,and sound.You know layman's ear.haha.You've got my respect..Don't expect Music genre 101.(no pressuring) Really just enjoy your taste, just wondering. ;-).
TheReturnofStephan1
I don't understand. Are you asking which version I like better? Is this Sarah or Nancy singing? Help. please.
Here's Sarah's version, just in case: Sarah Vaughan - In A Sentimental Mood