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
My Foolish Heart
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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Beware my foolish heart
How white the ever constant moon
Take care my foolish heart
There's a line between love and fascination
That's hard to see, how many names such as this
For they both have the very same sensation
Her lips are much too close to mine
Beware my foolish heart
But should our eager lips combine
Then let the fire start
For this time it isn't fascination
Or a dream that will fade and fall apart
It's love, this time it's love
My foolish heart
Nancy Wilson's song My Foolish Heart is a warning to the singer's own heart to be cautious in matters of love. The night is compared to a lovely tune and the constant moon is ever present and white. Even though the night and the moon are delightful, the singer tells her heart to beware and take care as falling in love can be dangerous. The lyrics go on to talk about the fine line between love and fascination, which is sometimes difficult to differentiate. The sensation of falling in love and feeling fascinated are quite similar, both resulting in the magic of a kiss.
The second verse talks about the singer being too close to her lover's lips and being aware not to let her heart rush into things. However, if their lips combine and a fire starts, it would not be just fascination or a dream that will fade away. This time it would be love, and not a foolish one. The song sounds melancholic, and the lyrics convey the singer's vulnerable state of mind, warning her heart not to be foolish again in love.
Line by Line Meaning
The night is like a lovely tune
The night time looks very beautiful and enchanting
Beware my foolish heart
My heart should be careful not to make any imprudent or reckless decisions
How white the ever constant moon
The moon is shining brightly and consistently
Take care my foolish heart
My heart should be cautious and attentive
There's a line between love and fascination
There's a fine distinction between being fascinated with someone and being in love with them
That's hard to see, how many names such as this
It's quite difficult to identify this difference, despite there being numerous names for it
For they both have the very same sensation
Both feelings produce a similar experience and feeling
When you're locked in the magic of a kiss
When kissing someone and feeling their utmost affection, it's hard to distinguish between infatuation and true love
Her lips are much too close to mine
The lady I adore is very close to my personal space
Beware my foolish heart
I should be cautious since I may make unintelligent or unwise decisions
But should our eager lips combine
If we were to kiss passionately
Then let the fire start
Then, our passions and feelings will ignite and become intense
For this time it isn't fascination
The current feeling is not just mere infatuation
Or a dream that will fade and fall apart
It's not a phantasm which will fade away and shatter
It's love, this time it's love
It's true love, with no doubts or indecisions in my heart
My foolish heart
Despite everything, I still feel like my heart is naïve and foolish
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Written by: Ned Washington, Victor Young
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