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
If I Ever Lose This Heaven
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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All I ask is why
(What you're saying, baby?)
If you're playin'
(baby) , all I'm sayin' (ooh)
Even you can liе
If you're lying, keep on lying
Don't tell the truth, don't you darе
You can drop me, but you still got me
After taking me way up there
Oh, oh, oh, oh if I ever lose this heaven
If I ever, ever ever lose this heaven
Oh, I'll never be the same
Oh oh oh, if I ever lose this heaven
If I ever, ever ever lose this heaven
Oh, I'll never be the same
When you're kind, extra kind
And suddenly you're close
(Girl, I never meant it)
You're so moody, but you get to me
(hey mama) still can turn me on
You're fascinating, more fascinating
Than the dark side of the moon
So exciting, I'm here writing:
The Book of Love called you
Oh, oh, oh, oh if I ever lose this heaven
If I ever, ever ever lose this heaven
Oh, I'll never be the same
Oh oh oh, if I ever lose this heaven
If I ever, ever ever lose this heaven
Oh, I'll never be the same
Oh oh oh, if I ever lose this heaven
If I ever, ever ever lose this heaven
In "If I Ever Lose This Heaven," Nancy Wilson expresses her fear of losing the love of her life. She uses contrasting language to show her vulnerability and frustration towards her lover's behavior. Wilson urges her lover to be truthful with her, even if the truth is hard to swallow. She is willing to accept the truth and continue loving him, but she can't stand being fooled or lied to. Wilson reveals her emotional attachment to her lover, saying that she will never be the same without him or their heaven-like relationship. She finds him fascinating, whether he is in a good or bad mood, and says that he can still turn her on. Wilson expresses her deep affection for her lover through lyrics that convey her fears and vulnerabilities in a relationship, using language that is both direct and ambiguous.
Line by Line Meaning
If you're foolin', only foolin'
If you're not serious and only joking
All I ask is why
I just want to know the reason
(What you're saying, baby?)
(What are you trying to communicate, my love?)
If you're playin',
If you're messing around,
(baby) , all I'm sayin' (ooh)
(my darling), I just want to express that (ooh)
Even you can lie
Even you have the ability to deceive
If you're lying, keep on lying
If you're not truthful, just continue lying
Don't tell the truth, don't you dare
Don't you dare be honest
(don't you dare)
(don't you dare)
You can drop me, but you still got me
You can leave me, but I'm still yours
After taking me way up there
After giving me the highest level of pleasure and joy
When you're kind, extra kind
When you're especially nice and caring
And suddenly you're close
And suddenly, we become closer
(Girl, I never meant it)
(Sweetheart, I didn't mean to hurt you)
You're so moody, but you get to me (hey mama)
You have unpredictable emotions, but you still affect me emotionally (hey mama)
Still can turn me on
I'm still attracted to you
You're fascinating, more fascinating
You're incredibly interesting, even more so than things that are unknown
Than the dark side of the moon
More interesting than something that's usually seen as fascinating or mysterious
So exciting, I'm here writing:
You're so thrilling, that I'm inspired to write
The Book of Love called you
I believe that love is the most fascinating concept, and that's what I think of when I think of you
Oh, oh, oh, oh if I ever lose this heaven
If I lose this perfect place we've created together
If I ever, ever ever lose this heaven
If I ever lose this, even once
Oh, I'll never be the same
Life won't be like it is now
Oh oh oh, if I ever lose this heaven
Oh, if I lose this place we've made, even once
If I ever, ever ever lose this heaven
If our perfect state of being is disrupted, even one time
Oh, I'll never be the same
Life won't feel like this again
Oh oh oh, if I ever lose this heaven
Oh, if we ever lose this amazing feeling we have
If I ever, ever ever lose this heaven
If we ever lose this paradise we've created
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: PAM SAWYER, LEON WARE
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