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
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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When I kiss your lips
And there's no tenderness like
Before in your fingertips
You're trying hard not to show it (baby)
But baby, baby I know it
You've lost that loving feelingWhoa, that loving feeling
You've lost that loving feeling
Now it's gone, gone, gone
Whoa-whoa-whoa
Now there's no welcome look in your
Eyes when I reach for you
And girl you're starting to
Criticise little things I do
It makes me just feel like crying (baby)
'Cause, baby, something beautiful's dying
You've lost that loving feeling
Whoa, that loving feeling
You've lost that loving feeling
Now it's gone, gone, gone
Whoa-whoa-whoa
Baby, baby, I'd get down on my knees for you
If you would only love me like
You used to do, yeah
We had a love, a love, a love
You don't find every day
So don't, don't, don't, don't let it slip away
Baby (baby), Baby (baby)
Please (wooo)
I need your love (I need your love)
I need your love (I need your love)
Now it bring it on back (bring it on back)
Bring it on back (bring it on back)
Bring back that loving feeling
Whoa, that loving feeling
Bring back that loving feeling
'Cause it's gone, gone, gone
And I can't go on
Whoa-whoa-whoa
In Nancy Wilson's song "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'", the lyrics describe the feelings of a person whose romantic partner has lost their love and affection towards them. The singer is expressing how their partner never closes their eyes when they are being kissed and they no longer have the same tenderness in their fingertips. The singer knows that their partner is trying to hide their feelings, but they can see that their partner has lost that loving feeling. The chorus of the song repeats this sentiment, emphasizing the loss that the singer feels.
As the song progresses, the singer talks about how their partner has started to criticize little things the singer does, and there is no longer a welcoming look in their eyes when the singer reaches out to them. The singer is left feeling emotionally distraught because they realize that something beautiful is dying between them. The song's bridge features the singer begging their partner to love them like they used to, to bring back that loving feeling before it's too late.
Line by Line Meaning
You never close your eyes anymore
You don't feel the need to immerse yourself in our intimate moments anymore
When I kiss your lips
When we share a moment of love
And there's no tenderness like
The softness and gentleness that once existed
Before in your fingertips
Have now disappeared from your subtle touch
You're trying hard not to show it (baby)
You're making an effort to hide your lack of affection, but I can sense it anyway
But baby, baby I know it
But sweetie, honey, I am aware of your lost feelings
You've lost that loving feeling
The emotion and passion we once shared with our hearts is missing
Now there's no welcome look in your
I don't get the warm reception I used to in your
Eyes when I reach for you
When I try to get close to you, your gaze isn't there to meet mine
And girl you're starting to
You begin to nitpick and criticize me over
Criticise little things I do
Even the smallest things I do
It makes me just feel like crying (baby)
It makes me want to break down and cry when I think about it
'Cause, baby, something beautiful's dying
My darling, our love is fading and it's hard to see
Baby, baby, I'd get down on my knees for you
My darling, I would humble myself before you
If you would only love me like
If you would show me the same love and affection that you once had
You used to do, yeah
The love that was so prevalent between us in the past
We had a love, a love, a love
We shared a love, a deep and true love
You don't find every day
A love like ours is hard to come by
So don't, don't, don't, don't let it slip away
Don't let our love disappear, don't let it fade
Baby (baby), Baby (baby)
My love (my love), my love (my love)
I beg you please (wooo)
I plead with you, my love, please
Please (wooo)
I implore you
I need your love (I need your love)
I yearn for, I desire your love
Now it bring it on back (bring it on back)
Please, let's get our love back
Bring it on back (bring it on back)
Let's rekindle our love
Bring back that loving feeling
Let's reignite that adoring spirit of ours
Whoa, that loving feeling
That passionate love we once had
'Cause it's gone, gone, gone
Our love has vanished, disappeared completely
And I can't go on
I'm unable to carry on without our love
Whoa-whoa-whoa
Oh, oh, oh
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Abkco Music Inc.
Written by: Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Philip Spector
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