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.
--==--
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 Know
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
No front no back, my love won't bend
I'm in the middle, lost in a spin
Loving you
And you don't know, you don't know, you don't know, you don't know
How glad I am
My love has no bottom, my love has no top
I'm in the middle and I can't stop
Loving you
And you don't know, you don't know, you don't know, you don't know
How glad I am
I wish I were a poet so that I could express
What I, what I like to say
I wish I were an artist, so that I could paint a picture
Of how I feel, how I feel today
My love has no walls on either side,
That makes my love wider than wide,
I'm in the middle and no and I can't hide
Loving you
And you don't know, you don't know, you don't know, you don't know
How glad I am
And you don't know, you don't know, you don't know, you don't know
How glad I am
How glad I am
How glad I am
How glad I am
How glad I am
The lyrics to Nancy Wilson's "How Glad I Am" express a love that is limitless - it has no beginning or end, no front or back, bottom or top, and no walls on either side. The singer is lost in a spin and unable to stop loving the subject. However, despite the depth of their emotions, the subject of the love is unaware of how glad the singer is to be in love with them.
The lyrics also touch on the frustration the singer feels when it comes to expressing their feelings. They wish they could be a poet or an artist to fully convey how they feel, but they struggle to find the words or images that do it justice. Ultimately, the singer is left with a love that defies definition or limitation, in the middle of an emotion that cannot be contained.
Line by Line Meaning
My love has no beginning, my love has no end
My love is infinite, it has no defined starting point or endpoint.
No front no back, my love won't bend
My love is uncompromising, it doesn't change or bend under any circumstances.
I'm in the middle, lost in a spin
Loving you
And you don't know, you don't know, you don't know, you don't know
How glad I am
I'm completely in love with you, but you have no idea how happy you make me.
My love has no bottom, my love has no top
My love won't rise, my love won't drop
My love is constant, it won't fluctuate in any way.
I'm in the middle and I can't stop
Loving you
And you don't know, you don't know, you don't know, you don't know
How glad I am
I'm completely swept up in my love for you and I can't control it, but you have no idea how happy you make me.
I wish I were a poet so that I could express
What I, what I like to say
I wish I had the talent to express myself through poetry so I could better communicate my feelings to you.
I wish I were an artist, so that I could paint a picture
Of how I feel, how I feel today
I wish I had artistic ability so I could visually convey my emotions to you.
My love has no walls on either side,
That makes my love wider than wide,
I'm in the middle and no and I can't hide
Loving you
And you don't know, you don't know, you don't know, you don't know
How glad I am
My love is all-encompassing, it knows no bounds or limitations. I can't hide my feelings, but you still don't know how happy you make me.
And you don't know, you don't know, you don't know, you don't know
How glad I am
How glad I am
How glad I am
How glad I am
How glad I am
You really have no idea how happy you make me and I can't stop expressing it.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Jimmy Williams, Larry Harrison
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@MegaWillyxxx
I can't believe it ...I heard this song ONCE in the early 70's on a radio station but got no name or details about it - er, ah.. I was slightly drunk ..but never forgot it. Looked for it a zillion times over the years without success but now 45+ years later...here it is! My life is fulfilled.
@lornajones6119
(
@Nicole-kx9vg
FULL-Circle. 🎶🎶🎶🎶
@marcelapontes7033
Yeahh, felt hapiness for you here!!! I can imagine the feeling
@saryratha
Willy Smith - never know..... what life has in front of us all... as fuckup as it’s been, good song inspired and help to go on maybe even just another day..... lord, give me a rewind button, pls.....
@amandamilo3454
Wow!
@cloudydays6277
Found this gem from Harry & Megan documentary. Thanks guys cos never heard of this gorgeous song or woman before
@gingermongreig2931
Just heard this at the end of lessons in chemistry and I knew it was her right away !and had to look her up and hear it just one more time. Love y’a Nancy
@IThinkICare
I lived in this part of the world for 3 decades but it took Lessons in Chemistry to lead to this gem. There were more good music in the show but this really got my attention. I don't mind she slowing it down but I do prefer the record version. The show is good too.
@robinfarina2966
Me too!