There is more than one artist with this name:

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 Wanna Be Loved
Nancy Wilson Lyrics

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I wanna be loved with inspiration
I wanna be loved starting tonight
Instead of merely holding conversation
Hold me tight

I wanna be kissed until I tingle
I wanna be kissed, darling, tonight
Embrace me till our heartbeats intermingle

Wrong or right

I feel like acting my age
I'm past the stage of merely turtledoving
I'm in no mood to resist
And I insist the world owes me a loving
Darling, can't you see

I wanna be thrilled by only you, dear
I wanna be thrilled by your caress

I wanna find each dream of mine come true
Dear i wanna be loved

Overall Meaning

In the song "I Wanna Be Loved" by Nancy Wilson, the singer expresses their longing for a deep and meaningful love. They desire to be loved with inspiration, suggesting a love that goes beyond the surface and is fueled by passion and creativity. This yearning is immediate, as they declare their desire to be loved starting tonight. They no longer want to engage in idle conversation, but instead, they crave a love that is physically and emotionally intimate, asking to be held tightly.

The singer further expresses their desire to be kissed, not just casually, but in a way that sends tingles throughout their body. They long to be completely enveloped by love, desiring an embrace that causes their heartbeats to intermingle. These lines convey a desire for a profound and intense connection, even if it may be considered unconventional or questionable by societal norms.

The next verse highlights the singer's dissatisfaction with their current situation. They feel that they have outgrown the phase of shallow and superficial affection, represented by the term "turtledoving." They are impatient and refuse to resist their longing for love any longer, firmly believing that they are deserving of the affection the world owes them. There is an element of entitlement to their plea, as they expect and demand to be loved.

The final verse indicates that the singer longs for a love that is exclusive and unique. They want to be thrilled by no one else but their beloved, cherishing their caress. Each dream they possess, no matter how big or small, they hope will come true through the love they seek. This reiteration further emphasizes their yearning for a love that is all-encompassing and capable of fulfilling every aspect of their life.

Overall, "I Wanna Be Loved" delves into the depths of a yearning heart, seeking a love that is passionate, intimate, fulfilling, and exclusive. The singer's desire for inspiration, physical and emotional intimacy, and the fulfillment of their dreams conveys a deep yearning for a love that goes beyond the ordinary and mundane.

I Wanna Be LovedNancy Wilson Lyrics

I Wanna Be Loved
Nancy Wilson Lyrics