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 Can Have Him
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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I don't want him
He's not worth fighting for
Besides there's plenty more where he came from
I don't want him
You can have him
I'm giving him the sack
And he can go right back where he came from
He'd be better off with you
I'm afraid I never loved him
All I ever wanted to do was
Run my fingers thru his curly locks
Mend his underwear and darn his socks
Fetch his slippers and remove his shoes
Wipe his glasses when he read the news
Rub his forehead with a gentle touch
Mornings after when he's had too much
Kiss him gently when he cuddled near
Give him babies one for ev'ry year, so you see
I don't want him, you can have him
You can have him, I don't want him
For he's not the man for me
You can have him
I don't want him
He's not worth fighting for
Besides there's plenty more where he came from
I don't want him
You can have him
He isn't my concern
And he can just return where he came from
I would look a trifle silly
Taking him away from you
That was never my intention
All I ever wanted to do was
Close the window while he soundly slept
Raid the icebox where the food is kept
Cook a breakfast that would please him most
Eggs and coffee and some buttered toast
Wake him gently with a breakfast tray
After breakfast clear the things away
Bring the papers and when they've been read
Spend the balance of the day in bed, so you see
I don't want him, you can have him
You can have him, I don't want him
For he's not the man for me
In Nancy Wilson's song "You Can Have Him," the singer is expressing her feelings towards a man who she is breaking up with. She tells the listener that she doesn't want him and he's not worth fighting for. She then goes on to say that there's plenty more men out there to choose from, so she's giving him the sack and he can go right back where he came from. She states that she could never make him happy and that he would be better off with the listener. She admits that she never loved him and that all she ever wanted to do was take care of him. She describes running her fingers through his curly locks, mending his underwear and darn his socks, fetching his slippers and removing his shoes, wiping his glasses when he read the news, rubbing his forehead with a gentle touch, kissing him gently when he cuddled near, and giving him babies one for every year.
It seems that the singer is perhaps realizing that her efforts to care for this man are not reciprocated, and perhaps this is the reason for their breakup. She may feel that she was putting in more effort than he was, and it was not sustainable. She also may feel that they are not as compatible as she had once thought. Ultimately, she decides that he is not the man for her, and she is giving him up for someone else's happiness.
Line by Line Meaning
You can have him
I am willing to give him up
I don't want him
He is not the right man for me
He's not worth fighting for
I do not value him enough to put up a fight
Besides there's plenty more where he came from
He is not unique, there are other men out there
I'm giving him the sack
I am firing him from my life
And he can go right back where he came from
He can return to his previous state of existence
I could never make him happy
I am unable to satisfy his needs
He'd be better off with you
He would be happier with someone else
I'm afraid I never loved him
I do not have romantic feelings for him
All I ever wanted to do was
My intentions were
Run my fingers thru his curly locks
To play with his hair
Mend his underwear and darn his socks
To do his household chores
Fetch his slippers and remove his shoes
To attend to his needs
Wipe his glasses when he read the news
To clean his glasses for him
Rub his forehead with a gentle touch
To massage his head
Mornings after when he's had too much
After he has had too much to drink
Kiss him gently when he cuddled near
To express affection
Give him babies one for ev'ry year, so you see
To have children with him
He isn't my concern
I am not invested in him
And he can just return where he came from
He can go back to the way things were
I would look a trifle silly
I would appear foolish
Taking him away from you
If I were to be with him instead of you
That was never my intention
I did not plan on doing that
Close the window while he soundly slept
To make sure he sleeps well
Raid the icebox where the food is kept
To get food for him
Cook a breakfast that would please him most
To prepare his favorite breakfast
Eggs and coffee and some buttered toast
His preferred breakfast items
Wake him gently with a breakfast tray
To be attentive to his needs
After breakfast clear the things away
To clean up after him
Bring the papers and when they've been read
To bring him entertainment
Spend the balance of the day in bed, so you see
To spend time being intimate
For he's not the man for me
He is not my suitable partner
You can have him
I am willingly giving him to you
You can have him
I am letting him go
I don't want him
He is not the man I desire
He's not worth fighting for
I do not value him enough to fight for him
Besides there's plenty more where he came from
There are other men who are just like him
I don't want him
I am choosing to let him go
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Irving Berlin
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