Rock On The Net: Stevie Nicks (original) (raw)

Stevie Nicks was born Stephanie Lynn Nicks in Arizona on May 26, 1948. Stevie has made her mark as a member of a superstar group of the 70s, Fleetwood Mac, and as a superstar solo artists of 80s. Stevie is known for her poetic lyrics, raspy yet tender vocals, and mystical demeanor while singing. Stevie's musical desire began while singing and writing her own songs while still a teenager in California. Her first musical collaboration was a group called the Changing Times. While attending Menlo-Atherton High School, Stevie met Lindsey Buckingham and together with a friends, they formed a group called Fritz.

Stevie quit college and toured with Fritz around the West Coast and opened for artists including Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix. Fritz lasted for 3 years, at which point they broke up leaving Stevie and Lindsey to make personal and professional music together as a duo.

Stevie worked did various jobs including a waitress and a dental assistant, and Stevie and Lindsey released an LP together - Buckingham-Nicks. Although the LP didn't do well, it helped get the duo noticed by Fleetwood Mac, who were looking to expand their appeal to the U.S. and needed a "West Coast touch." In 1974, the duo joined the group and Nicks helped Fleetwood Mac become one of the most successful bands in history.

Stevie appeared on the soundtrack for Heavy Metal with "Blue Lamp."

# 36 Singles Artist of the Year

August 6: Stevie released her first solo LP, Bella Donna. A majority of the songs on Bella Donnawere compositions she wrote in the 70s. Stevie later said of her solo outing: "When you're in Fleetwood Mac, you don't have much of a life... you don't have much of a personal life anyway... you're a member of a band, part of the team... my solo work is a whole other thing... everything that happens is my decision, which makes it a lot more special."

Stevie hit the Top 40 with "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.

Bella Donna was certified platinum.

Stevie hit the Top 40 with help from Don Henley with "Leather And Lace."

Stevie hit the Top 10 with "Leather And Lace."

# 31 Singles Artist of the Year

Stevie was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Vocal Performance - Female ("Edge Of Seventeen") and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal ("Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers).
Stevie hit the Top 40 with "Edge Of Seventeen."

Stevie hit the Top 10 with "Edge Of Seventeen."

Stevie hit the Top 40 with "After The Glitter Fades."

Stevie appeared on the soundtrack for Fast Times At Ridgemont High with "Sleeping Angel."

# 25Singles Artist of the Year

McCartney was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist.

Stevie released her 2nd LP,The Wild Heart.
Stevie hit the Top 40 with "Stand Back."

Stevie hit the Top 10 with "Stand Back."

The Wild Heart was certified platinum.
Stevie hit the Top 40 with "If Anyone Falls."

Stevie hit the Top 10 with "If Anyone Falls."

December 31: Stevie topped the Billboard 1983 Year-End Chart Toppers as the Top Pop Album Artist - Female.

Stevie was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist.
Stevie hit the Top 40 with "Nightbird."

Stevie was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance - Female ("Stand Back").

Stevie appeared on the soundtracks for Against All Odds with "Violet & Blue."

Bella Donna was certified 3x platinum.

# 113 Singles Artist of the Year

Stevie released Rock A Little.

# 22 Singles Artist of the Year

Rock A Little was certified platinum.

Stevie hit the Top 10 with "Talk To Me." Rock A Littlealso contained the hits "I Can't Wait" and "Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You."
Stevie also appeared on the soundtrack for American Anthem and spent a month at the Betty Ford Center to help kick a cocaine habit.
Stevie also hit the Top 40 with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers with a live remake of "Needles And Pins."

Stevie was nominated for a Grammy Awardfor Best Rock Vocal Performance - Female ("Talk To Me").

# 114Singles Artist of the Year

Stevie released The Other Side Of The Mirror.
Stevie hit the Top 40 with "Rooms On Fire."

The Other Side Of The Mirror was certified gold.

Bella Donna was certified 4x platinum.

Stevie was nominated for a Grammy Awardfor Best Rock Vocal Performance - Female ("Whole Lotta Trouble").

Stevie officially left Fleetwood Mac after a track that Stevie wrote during her Fleetwood Mac years, "Silver Springs," was not allowed (by Mick Fleetwood) to be included on a greatest hits collection.

The hits collection, Timespace: The Best Of Stevie Nicks, was released. Stevie had a moderate hit with "Sometimes It's A Bitch" - 1 of 3 new tracks in the hits collection. Timespace: The Best Of Stevie Nicks was certified gold by the end of the month.

Stevie went into detox for a dependence on Klonopin.

The Wild Heart was certified 2x platinum.

# 172Singles Artist of the Year

Stevie released Street Angel with the hit "Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind." Entertainment Weekly called the LP "...a solid pop-rock collection."

Stevie hit the Top 40 with "Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind."

Stevie appeared on the Boys On The Side soundtrack with "Somebody Stand By Me."

Stevie appeared on the soundtrack for Twister with "Twisted" (helped out by Lindsey Buckingham) and Party Of Five compilation with her version ofTom Petty's "Free Fallin'."

Street Angel was certified gold and The Other Side Of The Mirrorwas certified platinum.

Timespace: The Best Of Stevie Nicks was certified platinum.

# 118 Singles Artist of the Year

At the beginning of the year, Stevie was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame along with Fleetwood Mac.

Stevie also released a 3-CD box set, Enchanted: The Works Of Stevie Nicks in May. The set contains many of Stevie's classics in addition to unreleased tracks, live performances, soundtrack contributions, and studio demos.

Stevie received a restraining order against a schizophrenic fan who believed Nicks was a witch who could heal him and "...enable him to get along with others and find a woman to marry" and who showed up at her Denver concert. The "fan" allegedly had stated that he wanted to kidnap Nicks, use her witchcraft to cure his schizophrenia, and then "make babies" with her. He was banned from all future Nicks concerts and from hanging around her Los Angeles home.

A a man hung himself after a Stevie Nicks concert in California in front of hundreds of existing concert goers. The man reportedly was arguing with his wife (who had a restraining order against him) at the concert. After climbing a utility pole near the entrance with jumper cables, the man hung himself either by accident or deliberately.

Stevie could be heard on the soundtrack for Practical Magic with an updated version of "Crystal" and the Top 40 hit "If Ever You Did Believe."

Enchanted: The Works Of Stevie Nicks was certified gold.

Ranked # 14 on VH1: 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll.

Stevie will be heading a benefit concert in Arizona for the Arizona Heart Institute Foundation and will be joined by Don Henley, Lindsey Buckingham,Sheryl Crow, and possibly Chris Isaak and Lenny Kravitz.

# 167 Singles Artist of the Year

Stevie released Trouble In Shangri-La and hit the Top 40 with "Every Day." The LP topped the Billboard Internet Sales chart for a week.

Trouble In Shangri-La was certified gold.

Stevie had to cancel 2 concerts in Virginia and North Carolina due to illness.

Stevie topped the Billboard Dance Club Play chart for a week with "Planets Of The Universe."

Stevie was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance - Female ("Planets Of The Universe").

Stevie ranked # 52 on VH1: 100 Sexiest Artists.

# 99 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart.

The CD/DVD Crystal Visions - The Very Best Of Stevie Nickswas released.

Rolling Stone: 'The Greatest Singers' includes Stevie at # 98.

The Soundstage Sessions was released.

Stevie will released In Your Dreams.

• Stevie released 24 Karat Gold - Songs From The Vault.

• November 4: Stevie released Bella Donna (Deluxed Edition)andThe Wild Heart (Deluxed Edition).

• May 29: Stevie was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist.
• May 29: The compilation Stand Back: 1981-2017 was released.
• August 30: Stevie could be heard on the Sheryl Crow LP Threads on the track "Prove You Wrong."

• October 30: Live In Concert: The 24 Karat Gold Tour was released.

• October 22: Stevie could be heard on the Elton John LP The Lockdown Sessions on the track "Stolen Car."

• July 28: The box set Complete Studio Albums & Rarities was released,

	Bella DonnaBella Donna (Deluxed Edition)Released: August 6, 1981 US: 4x Platinum Billboard peak: # 1 (for 1 week) Rolling Stone review: Tracks: "Bella Donna" - "Kind Of Woman" - "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" - "Think About It" - "After The Glitter Fades" - "Edge Of Seventeen" - "How Still My Love" - "Leather And Lace" - "Outside The Rain" - "Highwayman"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	The Wild HeartThe Wild Heart (Deluxed Edition)Released: June, 1983 US: 2x Platinum Billboard peak: # 5 Rolling Stone review: Tracks: "Wild Heart" - "If Anyone Falls" - "Gate And Garden" - "Enchanted" - "Nightbird" - "Stand Back" - "I Will Run To You" - "Nothing Ever Changes" - "Sable On Blond" - "Beauty And The Beast"
	Rock A LittleReleased: November, 1985 US: Platinum Billboard peak: # 12 Tracks: "Talk To Me" - "Nightmare" - "If I Were You" - "No Spoken Word" - "Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You" - "I Can't Wait" - "Rock A Little (Go Ahead Lily)" - "Sister Honey" - "I Sing For The Things" - "Some Become Strangers" - "Imperial Hotel" - "Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You"
	The Other Side Of The MirrorReleased: May, 1989 US: Platinum Billboard peak: # 10 Rolling Stone review: Tracks: "Rooms On Fire" - "Long Way To Go" - "Two Kinds Of Love" - "Ooh My Love" - "Ghosts" - "Whole Lotta Trouble" - "Fire Burning" - "Cry Wolf" - "Alice" - "Juliet" - "Doing The Best I Can (Escape From Berlin)" - "I Still Miss Someone (Blue Eyes)"
	Timespace: The Best Of Stevie NicksReleased: September, 1991 US: Platinum Billboard peak: # 30 Rolling Stone review: Tracks: "Sometimes It's A Bitch" - "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" - "Talk To Me" - "Stand Back" - "Beauty And The Beast" - "If Anyone Falls" - "Rooms On Fire" - "Love's A Hard Game To Play" - "Edge Of Seventeen" - "Leather And Lace" - "I Can't Wait" - "Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You" - "Desert Angel"
	Street AngelReleased: May, 1994 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 45 Rolling Stone review: Tracks: "Blue Denim" - "Greta" - "Street Angel" - "Docklands" - "Listen To The Rain" - "Destiny" - "Unconditional Love" - "Love Is Like A River" - "Rose Garden" - "Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind" - "Just Like A Woman" - "Kick It" - "Jane"
	Enchanted: The Works Of Stevie NicksReleased: May, 1998 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 85 Rolling Stone review: Tracks: "Enchanted" - "Outside The Rain" - "After The Glitter Fades" - "Wild Heart" - "Leather And Lace" - "Garbo" - "Stand Back" - "Nightbird" - "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" - "Beauty And The Beast" - "Kind Of Woman" - "If Anyone Falls" - "One More Big Time Rock & Roll Star" - "Blue Denim" - "Bella Donna" - "Edge Of Seventeen" (live) - "Street Angel" - "Rock A Little (Go Ahead Lily)" - "I Sing For The Things" - "Rooms On Fire" - "I Can't Wait" (Extended Rock Mix) - "Two Kinds Of Love" - "Highwayman" - "Rose Garden" - "Talk To Me" - "Destiny" - "Ooh My Love" - "Desert Angel" - "Whole Lotta Trouble" - "Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You" - "Twisted" (Demo Version) - "Long Distance Winner" - "Battle Of The Dragon" - "Gold" - "Free Fallin'" - "It's Late" (Demo Version) - "Violet And Blue" - "Whenever I Call You 'Friend'" - "Sweet Girl" (Demo Version) - "Blue Lamp" - "Gold And Braid" (live) - "Reconsider Me" - "Somebody Stand By Me" - "Sleeping Angel" - "Rhiannon" (Piano Version)
	Trouble In Shangri-LaReleased: May, 2001 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 5 Rolling Stone review: Tracks: "Trouble In Shangra-La" - "Candlebright" - "Sorcerer" - "Planets Of The Universe" - "Every Day" - "Too Far From Texas" - "That Made Me Stronger" - "It's Only Love" - "Love Changes" - "I Miss You" - "Bombay Sapphire" - "Fall From Grace" - "Love Is"
	Crystal Visions - The Very Best Of Stevie Nicks(CD/DVD)Released: May, 2007 Billboard peak: # 21 Tracks: "Edge Of Seventeen" - "I Can't Wait" - "Sorcerer" - "If Anyone Falls" - "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" (with Tom Petty) - "Siver Springs" (with Fleetwood Mac) - "Dreams" (with Deep Dish) - "Rhiannon" (live) - "Rooms On Fire" - "Talk To Me" - "Landslide" (with The Melbourne Symphony) - "Stand Back" - "Planets Of The Universe" - "Rock And Roll" (live) - "Leather And Lace" (with Don Henley) - "Edge Of Seventeen" (with The Melbourne Symphony)
	The Soundstage SessionsReleased: March, 2009 Billboard peak: # 47 Live Tracks: "Stand Back" - "Crash Into Me" - "Sara" - "If Anyone Falls" - "Landslide" - "How Still My Love" - "Circle Dance" - "Fall From Grace" - "Sorcerer" - "Beauty And The Beast"
	In Your DreamsReleased: May, 2011 Tracks: "Secret Love" - "For What It's Worth" - "In Your Dreams" - "Wide Sargasso Sea" - "New Orleans" - "Moonlight (A Vampire's Dream)" - "Annabel Lee" - "Solder's Angel" (with Lindsey Buckingham) - "Everybody Loves You" - "Ghosts Are Gone" - "You May Be The One" - "Italian Summer" - "Cheaper Than Free" (with Dave Stewart)
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	24 Karat Gold - Songs From The VaultReleased: October 7, 2014 Billboard peak: # 7 Tracks: "Starshine" - "The Dealer" - "Mabel Normand" - "Blue Water" - "Cathouse Blues" - "24 Karat Gold" - "Hard Advice" - "Lady" - "I Don't Care" - "All The Beautiful Worlds" - "Belle Fleur" - "If You Were My Love" - "Carousel" - "She Loves Him Still"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Stand Back: 1981-2017Released: March 29, 2019 Tracks: "Edge Of Seventeen" - "Rooms On Fire" - "Stand Back" - "After The Glitter Fades" - "If Anyone Falls" - "Talk To Me" - "I Can't Wait" - "Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You" - "Long Way To Go" - "Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind" - "Blue Denim" - "Every Day" - "Planets Of The Universe" - "Secret Love" - "For What It's Worth" - "THe Dealer" - "Lady" - "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" (with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) - "Leather And Lace" (with Don Henley) - "Nightbird" - "I Will Run To You" (with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) - "Two Kinds Of Love" - "Whenever I Call You 'Friend'" (with Kenny Loggins) - "Magnet & Steel" (Walter Egan) - "Gold" (John Stewart) - "Too Far From Texas" (with Natalie Maines) - "Sorcerer" - "You're Not The One" (Sheryl Crow) - "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" (Chris Isaak) - "Cheaper THan Free" (with Dave Stewart) - "You Can't Fix This" (with Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins & Rami Jaffee) - "Golden" (with Lady Antebellum) - "Blue Water" (with Lady ANtebellum) - "Borrowed" (LeAnn Rimes) - "Beautiful People Beautiful People" (with Lana Del Rey) - "Gold Dust Woman" (live) - "Dreams" (live) - "Angel" (live) - "Rhiannon" (live) - "Landslide" (live) - "Sara" (live) - "Crash Into Me" (live) - "Circle Dance" (live) - "Needles & Pins" (live with Tom Petty) - "Rock & Roll" (live) - "Blue Lamp" - "Sleeping Angel" - "If You Ever Did Believe" - "Crystal" - "Your Hand I Will Never Let It Go"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Live In Concert: The 24 Karat Gold TourReleased: October 30, 2020 Live Tracks: "Gold And Braid" - "If Anyone Falls" - "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" - "Belle Fleur" - "Gypsy" - "Wild Heart / Bella Donna" - "Enchanted" - "New Orleans" - "Starshine" - "Moonlight (A Vampire's Dream)" - "Stand Back" - "Crying In The Night" - "If You Were My Love" - "Gold Dust Woman" - "Edge Of Seventeen" - "Rhiannon" - "Landslide"
	Complete Studio Albums & Rarities (box set)Released: July 28, 2023