Heart
Sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson are the creative spark behind Heart, a hard rock group who initially found success in the mid-'70s, only to reach greater…
Sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson are the creative spark behind Heart, a hard rock group who initially found success in the mid-'70s, only to reach greater heights after engineering a major comeback a decade later.
After selling more than 30,000 copies north of the border, Mushroom issued the LP in the U.S., where it quickly achieved platinum status on the strength of the hit singles 'Crazy on You' and 'Magic Man.' Heart issued follow-up, 'Little Queen' some time later. The single 'Barracuda' was another massive hit, and like its predecessor, 'Little Queen' sold over a million copies.
In 1980, Heart issued 'Bebe le Strange'; following a lengthy U.S. tour. In 1985, however, Heart emerged with a self-titled effort that ultimately sold more than five million copies on its way to launching four Top Ten hits: 'What About Love?,' 'Never,' the chart-topping 'These Dreams,' and 'Nothin' at All.' 1987's 'Bad Animals' continued their comeback success; 'Alone' was another number one hit, and both 'Who Will You Run To' and 'There's the Girl' achieved considerable airplay as well. 'Brigade', issued in 1990, featured the number two smash 'All I Want to Do Is Make Love to You,' as well as the Top 25 hits 'I Didn't Want to Need You' and 'Stranded.'
In the early '90s, the Wilson sisters took a brief hiatus from Heart to form the Lovemongers, an acoustic quartet fleshed out by Sue Ennis and Frank Cox; in 1992, they issued a four-song EP that included a cover of Led Zeppelin's 'The Battle of Evermore.' Heart returned in 1993 with 'Desire Walks On',. With 1995's 'The Road Hom'e, Heart enlisted onetime Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones to produce a live, acoustic set reprising hits like 'Dreamboat Annie,' 'Crazy on You,' and 'Barracuda.'
Heart went on hiatus by the late '90s, as the Wilson sisters concentrated on the Lovemongers, issuing a pair of albums: 1997's 'Whirlygig' and 1998's 'Here Is Christmas'. But Heart wasn't completely silent: their music continued to pop up in movie soundtracks (2000's The Virgin Suicides, among others). In 1999, Nancy released her first solo album, 'Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop', and a year later penned the score to her husband Cameron Crowe's hit motion picture 'Almost Famous', while Ann continued to play with others -- in the summer of 2001, she participated in the 'A Walk Down Abbey Road': A Tribute to the Beatles tour, which also featured Todd Rundgren, John Entwistle (the Who), and Alan Parsons (the Alan Parsons Project).
Heart returned to active recording for Jupiters Darling, released on Sovereign Artists in 2004, and issued 'Dreamboat Annie' Live (a live performance of tracks from the band's debut album, recorded in Los Angeles in 2007) three years later.
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