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
People
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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Are the luckiest people in the world
We're children, needing other children
And yet letting our grown-up pride
Hide all the need inside
Acting more like children than children
Lovers are very special people
With one person, one very special person
A feeling deep in your soul
Says you were half, now you're whole
No more hunger and thirst
But first be a person who needs people
People who need people
Are the luckiest people in the world
The lyrics to Nancy Wilson’s song People address the fundamental need for human connection and the role of love in our lives. The first verse suggests that people who need people are the luckiest in the world. The concept of needing others and accepting our own vulnerability is a challenging one, but according to the lyrics, it is essential for human happiness. In the same vein, the second verse highlights that lovers are the luckiest people in the world. It suggests that when we find that special person who completes us, we experience a deep feeling in our soul that fills a void previously left by a hunger and thirst for loving connection.
The lyrics are pleading with individuals to embrace their need for others, emphasizing that being self-sufficient is unnatural and ultimately unfulfilling. It encourages us to reject our (supposedly) grown-up pride and embrace our childlike nature to truly connect with others. Being vulnerable and admitting our need for others can, in turn, lead to greater strength, resilience, and happiness. The lyrics of People will likely resonate with anyone who has ever felt alone, bereft of community, and disconnected from the love they feel they deserve.
Line by Line Meaning
People, people who need people
Those who require the presence of other individuals
Are the luckiest people in the world
Are privileged in this life
We're children, needing other children
We are all dependent on each other's support and companionship, like young ones in need of friends
And yet letting our grown-up pride
Despite this, we often allow our ego and sense of superiority to overtake us
Hide all the need inside
And conceal our vulnerability and longing for human connection
Acting more like children than children
Ironically, our supposed maturity manifest as immaturity in how we undermine our personal need for relationships and closeness
Lovers are very special people
People in love form a uniquely important and wonderful bond
They're the luckiest people in the world
They are extra fortunate in their lives
With one person, one very special person
A singular individual, a true love
A feeling deep in your soul
A profound sensation at your core
Says you were half, now you're whole
Declares that before, you were incomplete, but being together makes you whole and complete
No more hunger and thirst
All needs are fulfilled
But first be a person who needs people
However, it's important to recognize and embrace the fact that humans need each other and be open to that fact
People who need people
Those who have a necessity for other individuals
Are the luckiest people in the world
Are privileged in this life
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