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
The Look Of Love
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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Is in your eyes
A look your smile can't
disguise
The look of love
Is saying so much more than
Just words could every say
Well it takes my breath away
[Chorus]
I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you
You've got the look of love
It's on your face
A look that time can't erase
Baby be mine, tonight
Let this be just the start of
So many nights like this
Let's take a lovers vow
And seal it with a kiss
[Chorus]
Don't ever go
Don't ever go
I love you so
The look of love
Let this be just the start of
So many nights like this
Let's take a lover's vow
And baby we'll seal it with a kiss
[Chorus]
Nancy Wilson's "The Look of Love" is a smooth and soulful tune that captures the essence of falling in love. The lyrics express the idea that the look of love can convey more than words ever could. The singer admires their partner's eyes and smile, which together form the look of love. The singer is overjoyed to have found their partner and can hardly wait to hold them close.
The chorus expresses the intensity of the singer's desire to be with their partner. They want to embrace them and take a lover's vow, sealing the moment with a kiss. The repetition of "don't ever go" emphasizes the singer's fear of losing their newfound love. The overall message of the song is a celebration of the joy and intensity of new love.
The song was originally written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David for the 1967 movie "Casino Royale." Wilson's version was released in 1969 as part of her album "Gentle Is My Love."
Line by Line Meaning
The look of love
The expression of love
Is in your eyes
I see it in your eyes
A look your smile can't disguise
Even if you try to hide it, your smile can't cover up that expression
The look of love
The expression of love
Is saying so much more than
It conveys more than
Just words could every say
What words cannot express
And what my heart has heard
What my heart has picked up
Well it takes my breath away
It leaves me speechless
I can hardly wait to hold you
I am eagerly anticipating the moment when I can hold you
Feel my arms around you
Embrace you
How long I have waited
I have been waiting for so long
Waited just to love you
The wait was worth it just to love you
Now that I have found you
Now that I have found love
You've got the look of love
I can see the expression of love on your face
It's on your face
I can see it on your face
A look that time can't erase
A timeless expression that will never fade away
Baby be mine, tonight
Be mine this evening, my love
Let this be just the start of
Let this be the beginning of
So many nights like this
Many nights together just like this
Let's take a lovers vow
Let's make a promise to love each other
And seal it with a kiss
A kiss to seal the vow
Don't ever go
Please never leave me
Don't ever go
Please never go away
I love you so
I love you deeply
The look of love
The expression of love
Let this be just the start of
Let this be the beginning of
So many nights like this
Many nights together just like this
Let's take a lover's vow
Let's make a promise to love each other
And baby we'll seal it with a kiss
And we'll seal the vow with a kiss
I can hardly wait to hold you
I am eagerly anticipating the moment when I can hold you
Feel my arms around you
Embrace you
How long I have waited
I have been waiting for so long
Waited just to love you
The wait was worth it just to love you
Now that I have found you
Now that I have found love
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Burt Bacharach, Hal David
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