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
What Now My Love
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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How can I live through another day?
Watching my dreams turning to ashes
And my hopes into bit's of clay
Once I could see, once I could feel
Now I am numb, I've become unreal
I walk the night, without a goal
What now, my love? Now that it's over
I feel the world closing in on me
What now, my love? Now there is nothing
Only my last goodbye
What now, my love?
No one would cry, if I should live or die
What now, my love? Now that's it's over
I feel the world closing in on me
What now, my love? Now there is nothing
Only my last goodbye
The lyrics of "What Now My Love" by Nancy Wilson depict the overwhelming sense of emptiness and despair that follows the end of a significant relationship. The singer is grappling with the aftermath of being abandoned by a loved one and contemplates how to continue living in the absence of their presence. The opening line, "What now, my love? Now that you've left me," conveys a deep sense of confusion and loss, highlighting the profound impact the departure has had on the singer's life.
The lyrics further illustrate the devastation by describing the deterioration of the singer's dreams and hopes. The line "Watching my dreams turning to ashes and my hopes into bits of clay" symbolizes the collapse of the singer's aspirations and the erosion of their once vibrant optimism. The subsequent lines express a transformation from a person who was once able to see and feel to someone who has become numb and detached, lost in a purposeless existence. The reference to walking the night without a goal and being stripped of heart and soul paints a bleak picture of a broken individual trying to navigate through life without direction or emotion.
The chorus continues to emphasize the overwhelming sense of isolation and despair. The repeated question "What now, my love?" highlights the singer's desperation, as they try to make sense of their new reality. The line "No one would cry if I should live or die" hints at the singer's deep loneliness and the feeling that their existence has become insignificant.
Overall, "What Now My Love" delves into the aftermath of heartbreak, portraying a deep emotional struggle and the desperate search for meaning in the wake of a shattered relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
What now, my love? Now that you've left me
What do I do now, my love? Now that you have abandoned me
How can I live through another day?
How can I survive for another day?
Watching my dreams turning to ashes
Observing my aspirations crumble to nothingness
And my hopes into bits of clay
And my expectations into fragments of insignificance
Once I could see, once I could feel
There was a time when I had vision, when I had emotions
Now I am numb, I've become unreal
Now I am devoid of feeling, I have become unreal
I walk the night, without a goal
I wander through the darkness, without purpose
Stripped of my heart, my soul
Deprived of my heart, my essence
What now, my love? Now that it's over
What do I do now, my love? Now that it is finished
I feel the world closing in on me
I sense the world enclosing around me
What now, my love? Now there is nothing
What do I do now, my love? Now that there is nothing
Only my last goodbye
Only my final farewell
No one would cry, if I should live or die
No one would shed tears, whether I continue living or cease to exist
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