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
In Your Eyes
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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I get so lost, sometimes
Days pass and this emptiness fills my heart
When I want to run away I drive off in my car
But, whichever way I choose I come back to the place you are
But, all my instincts, they return
The grand facade so soon will burn
I reach out from the inside
In your eyes, the light, the heat
I am complete in your eyes
See the doorways of a thousand churches in your eyes
The resolution of all the fruitless searching
Oh, I see the light and the heat
Oh, I want to be there, complete
I want to touch the light, the heat I see in your eyes
Love
I don't like to see so much pain
So much wasted, and this moment keeps slipping away
I get so tired working so hard for our survival
I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive
But, all my instincts, they return
The grand facade so soon will burn
Without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside
In your eyes, the light, the heat in your eyes
I am complete in your eyes
See the doorways of a thousand churches in your eyes
The resolution of all the fruitless searching
Oh, I see the light and the heat
Oh, I want to be there, complete
I want to touch the light, the heat I see in your eyes
In your eyes
, Nancy Wilson is describing the feeling of being lost and empty, and the longing to find a sense of completeness and purpose. She expresses the desire to escape from this emptiness by driving away, but ultimately finds herself being drawn back to the place where her heart feels at home--in the presence of her loved one. The facade of being strong and self-sufficient is revealed to be a defense mechanism that only drives her further into loneliness and isolation. Instead, true inner strength comes from reaching out and connecting with others, even in vulnerability.
The repeated refrain "In your eyes, the light, the heat" emphasizes the transformative power of love and the way it illuminates and energizes our lives. The image of "the doorways of a thousand churches" suggests that this love can be found in many different forms and places, not just within organized religion. Finally, the final plea "I want to touch the light, the heat I see in your eyes" expresses a yearning to fully experience the power and depth of this love.
Line by Line Meaning
Love
This song is about love.
I get so lost, sometimes
I feel lost sometimes.
Days pass and this emptiness fills my heart
I feel empty even though time is passing by.
When I want to run away I drive off in my car
When I feel overwhelmed, I try to escape by driving away in my car.
But, whichever way I choose I come back to the place you are
No matter where I go, I always end up coming back to you.
But, all my instincts, they return
My instincts always lead me back to you.
The grand facade so soon will burn
The false pretense will soon disappear.
Without a noise, without my pride
I will humbly and quietly reach out for you.
I reach out from the inside
I search for you from within myself.
In your eyes, the light, the heat
I see love and passion in your eyes.
I am complete in your eyes
I feel whole when I look at you.
See the doorways of a thousand churches in your eyes
I see spirituality and hope in your eyes.
The resolution of all the fruitless searching
All my pointless searching ends when I look into your eyes.
Oh, I want to be there, complete
I want to be with you and feel whole.
I want to touch the light, the heat I see in your eyes
I want to experience the passion and love I see in your eyes.
Love
This song is about love.
I don't like to see so much pain
I don't want to see people hurting.
So much wasted, and this moment keeps slipping away
I don't want this moment to go to waste.
I get so tired working so hard for our survival
I get exhausted trying to survive and provide for us.
I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive
Spending time with you keeps me energized and alive.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Peter Gabriel
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