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
Sunny
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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Sunny, you smiled at me and
Really eased the pain
Oh, the dark days are done
And the bright days are here
My sunny one shines so sincere
Oh, Sunny one so true, I love you
Sunny, thank you for the sunshine bouquet
Sunny, thank you for the love
You've brought my way
You gave to me your all and all
Now I feel ten feet tall
Oh, Sunny one so true, I love you
Sunny, thank you for the truth
You've let me see
Sunny, thank you for the facts from A to Z
My life was torn like wind blown sand
Then a rock was formed when we held hands
Sunny one so true, I love you
Sunny, thank you for that
Smile upon your face
Sunny, thank you for that gleam
That flows with grace
You're my spark of nature's fire
You're my sweet complete desire
Sunny one so true, I love you
The song “Sunny” by Nancy Wilson tells the story of a woman named Sunny who is experiencing heartbreak. The lyrics describe how her eyes become gray and cloudy when she is sad and how the rain begins to fall to reflect her sadness. Sunny is feeling the loss of her lover and wonders when he will call. The second verse describes how Sunny breathes a sigh of sadness when she is blue which is compared to the wind that sets leaves to swaying. The bridge explains how people used to love to hear her laugh and see her smile but since her sad affair she has changed and is not the same. The song ends with a wish for a new love to arrive and kiss away Sunny’s tears.
The imagery in the lyrics of “Sunny” is powerful and reflective of the emotion being expressed. Wilson’s voice adds depth and emotion to the lyrics through the inflection and tone expressed in the song. This combination of lyrics and performance allows the listeners to understand the emotional darkness that Sunny is experiencing.
Line by Line Meaning
When Sunny gets blue, her eyes get gray and cloudy,
When Sunny is sad, her eyes become dull and lifeless, just like the cloudy sky.
Then the rain begins to fall, pitter-patter, pitter-patter,
It starts to rain, slowly at first, with the sounds like pitter-patter.
Love is gone, so what can matter,
The deep sadness is caused by the loss of love, since without love, nothing else seems to matter.
No sweet lover man comes to call.
Sunny feels lonely because her lover is no longer with her.
When Sunny gets blue, she breaths a sigh of sadness,
Sunny becomes sad and breathes a deep sigh that shows her sadness.
Like the wind that stirs the trees,
Her sadness is like the wind that moves the branches of a tree.
Wind that sets the leaves to swaying
The wind causes the leaves to move and dance in a beautiful, yet sad way.
Like some violin is playing strange and haunting melodies.
Her sadness is so deep, it's like listening to a beautiful but melancholic violin melody.
People used to love to hear her laugh, see her smile,
Sunny used to be a happy person that people loved being around, with her infectious laughter and beautiful smile.
That's how she got her name.
Her name, Sunny, came from her bright and cheerful personality.
Since that sad affair, she lost her smile, changed her style,
After going through a tragic situation, Sunny lost her happiness and changed her personality and way of doing things.
Somehow she's not the same.
Sunny has changed from the person she once was, and it's noticeable to those who knew her well.
But memories will fade, and pretty dreams will rise up
Even though Sunny's sadness comes from a memory that may never fade, new dreams of happiness can take its place.
Where her other dreams fell through,
Even though some previous dreams may not have come true, there are new ones that could be fulfilled.
Hurry new love, hurry here, to kiss away each lonely tear,
Sunny needs someone new to love her and remove her sadness and loneliness by showing her affection.
And hold her near when Sunny gets blue.
The new love should keep her close and make her feel secure even when she's feeling sad and blue.
Hurry new love, hurry here, to kiss away each lonely tear
Sunny needs someone new to love her and remove her sadness and loneliness by showing her affection.
And hold her near when Sunny gets blue.
The new love should keep her close and make her feel secure even when she's feeling sad and blue.
Lyrics © Kanjian Music, Broma 16, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Bobby Hebb
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