stevie nicks
Stevie Nicks began performing at an early age, and in the late 1960s and early ’70s she and her partner, Lindsey Buckingham, were fixtures in the local music scene in California. [1]
Nicks’s December 12 and December 13, 1981 performances at the Fox Wilshire Theatre in Beverly Hills, California were filmed for a one-hour video and laserdisc entitled Stevie Nicks In Concert, or White Winged Dove in Australia and other markets. [2]
Buckingham and Nicks joined the band in 1974, and a year later Fleetwood Mac’s self-titled album was a success. [1]
Fleetwood Mac (with Stevie Nicks) will be embarking on their first concert tour in five years on March 1st at Pittsburgh’s Mellon Arena. [3]
Stephanie Lynn “Stevie” Nicks (born on May 26, 1948 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and an extensive solo career, which collectively have produced over forty Top 50 hits. [...] Their first album after the addition of Nicks and Buckingham produced four Top 40 singles and hit #1 on the album charts. [2]
From then on, she performed with Fleetwood Mac and also released solo albums, recording hits such as “Gypsy,” “Stand Back” and “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” (with Tom Petty). [1]
Nicks was invited to join Fleetwood Mac in 1975 after Mick Fleetwood heard “Frozen Love”, a song she wrote and recorded with then-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham. [2]
The calendar contains 15 previously-unreleased 12″ x 12″ photos and it runs from January 1 to December 31 2009. [...] Stevie sings on the song titled “The One” on Vanessa Carlton’s new album Heroes & Theives. [...] Country singer Patty Loveless recorded Nicks’ Fleetwood Mac song “Silver Springs” for a new CD to raise money for the Imus Ranch, a working New Mexico cattle ranch founded by radio personality Don Imus and his wife, Deirdre, to help ill children. [3]
During the ensuing tour, the members of the band began relationships outside the group, including Nicks, who had a relationship with singer/songwriter Don Henley of the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac concert promoter David Pesnell, which would influence her next batch of songs. [2]
Fleetwood Mac Tour Starts March 1st!! [3]
Major hit singles like “Dreams” and “Rhiannon” made Nicks a focal point of Fleetwood Mac, and in 1981 she took time off from the group to record her solo debut, Bella Donna, which hit Number One on the strength of the Top 20 hits “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” (a duet with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), “Leather and Lace” (a duet with Don Henley) and “Edge of Seventeen (Just Like the White Winged Dove).” [1]
The earliest band sessions Nicks’s solo debut album began in April 1980 with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Tom Moncrieff, tracking songs including an early version of “Gypsy”. [2]
Sources:
[1] Stevie Nicks: Biography from Answers.com
[2] Stevie Nicks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[3] The Nicks Fix - The Official Stevie Nicks Website