Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac avoided black clothing to distance herself from the dark arts associations surrounding her as a result of which of the band's hit song?
"""Fleetwood Mac"". Nicks's ""Rhiannon"", which appeared on the album, was eventually voted as one of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time by ""Rolling Stone"". Her live performances of the song throughout the decade began to take on a theatrical intensity not present on the album's single. The song built to a climax in which Nicks's vocals were so impassioned that Mick Fleetwood declared, ""her 'Rhiannon' in those days was like an exorcism."" Also included on the album was ""Landslide"", which achieved over three million airplays and spawned multiple cover versions. Also in 1975, Nicks worked with clothing designer Margi"
"store where her iconic style all started in the song ""Gypsy"" on Fleetwood Mac's 13th studio album ""Mirage"", released in 1982. In the song, Stevie sings of a store called the Velvet Underground, a boutique in San Francisco, California where famous rockers like Janis Joplin and Grace Slick were known to shop. It is here at the Velvet Underground where Stevie's unique and easily recognizable style most notably began. Many artists have cited Nicks as a source of influence and musical inspiration. These have included Beyoncé and Destiny's Child, Echosmith, Courtney Love, Michelle Branch, Belinda Carlisle, the Dixie Chicks, Mary"
"down with them ... but then another part of me thought, I would be very sad if some 25-year-old lady rock and roll singer ten years from now said, 'I wish Stevie Nicks would have thought about it a little more.' That's kind of what stopped me and made me really look at the world through clear eyes."" Later that year, on the advice of friends concerned that she might relapse, she visited a psychiatrist who prescribed the sedative Klonopin to help her remain free from cocaine. In late 1985, Fleetwood Mac began work on ""Tango in the Night"", but"
"the band's first and only U.S. number-one hit. In 1981, while remaining a member of Fleetwood Mac, Nicks began her solo career, releasing the album ""Bella Donna"", which topped the ""Billboard"" album charts and has reached multiplatinum status. She has released a total of eight solo studio albums to date, with her most recent, titled """", released in October 2014. Stephanie ""Stevie"" Nicks was born at Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, to Jess Nicks (July 2, 1925 – August 10, 2005), former president of Greyhound's Armour-Dial, and Barbara Nicks (November 12, 1927 – December 29, 2011), a homemaker. Nicks's"
"Seven Wonders (song) ""Seven Wonders"" is a song by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac. It was released as the second single from the band's 1987 album ""Tango in the Night"". Stevie Nicks performed the lead vocals on the song, written by Sandy Stewart, with contributed lyrics by Nicks. In the song, Nicks remembers in her past, meeting someone very impressive and beautiful. Even if she should live to see the Seven Wonders of the World, she says it would not compare to having met that unnamed person. The song was also released as a 12-inch single, which included an extended"
"never made it to a record album"". The song was, however, released in late 1976 as the B-side of the ""Go Your Own Way"" single, the Buckingham-written song to which it is regarded as being a response. Years later, the band went on a world tour to promote the Fleetwood Mac album ""Behind the Mask"". After the tour concluded, Nicks left the group over a dispute with Mick Fleetwood, who would not allow her to release ""Silver Springs"" on her album ""Timespace – The Best of Stevie Nicks"" because of his plans to release it on a forthcoming Fleetwood Mac"
"In 1989, Nicks set to work with Fleetwood Mac on a new album, ""Behind the Mask"", which was released in 1990 to moderate commercial success in the US. In the UK, however, the album entered the chart at number one and was certified platinum. The band went on a world tour to promote the album, on the last night of which Buckingham and Nicks reunited on stage to perform ""Landslide"". After the tour concluded, Nicks left the group over a dispute with Mick Fleetwood, who would not allow her to release the 1977 track ""Silver Springs"" on her album """","
"Tango in the Night (song) ""Tango in the Night"" is a song by British-American band Fleetwood Mac from their album of the same name. Although ""Tango in the Night"" was never released as a single, it still reached #28 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart. However, the title track was heavily overshadowed by ""Tango in the Night's"" hit singles, including ""Seven Wonders"" and ""Little Lies. ""Tango in the Night"", ""Big Love"" and ""Caroline"" were initially slated to appear on Buckingham's third solo album. He instead opted to use these songs for Fleetwood Mac's next album. The absence of Stevie Nicks"
"Stevie Nicks Stephanie Lynn Nicks (born May 26, 1948) is an American singer and songwriter. Nicks is best known for her work as a songwriter and vocalist with Fleetwood Mac, and also for her chart-topping solo career. She is known for her distinctive voice, mystical stage persona, and poetic, symbolic lyrics. Collectively, her work both as a member of Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist has produced over 40 top-50 hits and sold over 140 million records, making her one of the best-selling music acts of all time with Fleetwood Mac. Nicks has been named one of the 100"
"master recording. Street Angel (album) Street Angel is the fifth studio album by the American singer-songwriter and Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie Nicks. Released in 1994, the album peaked at #45 on the ""Billboard"" 200 Albums chart and has been certified Gold by the RIAA for shipments of over 500,000 copies. The album was released in 1994, during a particularly unhappy time in Nicks' life and career. It was the first album she released after her much publicized departure from Fleetwood Mac, and during the tail end of her 7-year-long dependency on the prescription medication Klonopin. It is the least successful"
"Kent to develop Nicks's unique onstage look, with costumes that featured flowing skirts, shawls, and platform boots. Following the success of ""Fleetwood Mac"", increasing tension between Nicks and Buckingham began to take its toll on their creativity, and Nicks ended the relationship. Fleetwood Mac began recording their follow-up album, ""Rumours"", in early 1976 and continued until late in the year. Also, Nicks and Buckingham sang back-up on Warren Zevon's self-titled second album. Among Nicks's contributions to ""Rumours"" was ""Dreams"", which became the band's only ""Billboard"" Hot 100 number-one hit single to date. Nicks had also written and recorded the song"
"Silver Springs (song) ""Silver Springs"" is a song written by Stevie Nicks and performed by Fleetwood Mac. It was originally intended for the band's 1977 album ""Rumours"", but became a B-side to the song ""Go Your Own Way"". A live version was released as a single from the 1997 album ""The Dance""; this version of the song received a Grammy Award nomination. Written by Stevie Nicks, ""Silver Springs"" was originally intended for the album ""Rumours"". Years after the fact, Nicks commented that the song's exclusion from the album marked a growing tension in the band. The track describes Nicks's perspective"
"Street Angel (album) Street Angel is the fifth studio album by the American singer-songwriter and Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie Nicks. Released in 1994, the album peaked at #45 on the ""Billboard"" 200 Albums chart and has been certified Gold by the RIAA for shipments of over 500,000 copies. The album was released in 1994, during a particularly unhappy time in Nicks' life and career. It was the first album she released after her much publicized departure from Fleetwood Mac, and during the tail end of her 7-year-long dependency on the prescription medication Klonopin. It is the least successful record of"
"to lend her voice more control and protect it from the stress of lengthy touring schedules. She also went on a diet and started jogging to lose weight. The live CD release, ""The Dance"", was released to commercial and critical acclaim, earning the group several Grammy nominations, including their live performance of Nicks' ""Silver Springs"". In 1998, she joined the group for its induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. That same year, Fleetwood Mac was awarded the Outstanding Contribution at the BRIT Awards. She put work on a new solo album on hold when she was approached"
"the song was intended as a gift for her mother, who now refers to it as her ""rainy day song"", and that the exclusion of the song from ""Rumours"" was a source of anger for many years. Silver Springs (song) ""Silver Springs"" is a song written by Stevie Nicks and performed by Fleetwood Mac. It was originally intended for the band's 1977 album ""Rumours"", but became a B-side to the song ""Go Your Own Way"". A live version was released as a single from the 1997 album ""The Dance""; this version of the song received a Grammy Award nomination. Written"
"version of the Stevie Nicks track ""Gold Dust Woman"", as featured on the 1977 album ""Rumours"". The cover sleeve is identical to its parent album, Greatest Hits. As Long as You Follow ""As Long as You Follow"" is a song by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac. Written and sung by band member Christine McVie, and her then-husband Eddy Quintela, the song was one of two new tracks on the band's 1988 greatest hits album. Released as a single on 28 November 1988, the song reached number 66 on the UK Singles Chart late in the year. It narrowly missed"
"single, ""Rhiannon"", gave the band extensive radio exposure. At the time, Fleetwood Mac's line-up consisted of guitarist and vocalist Lindsey Buckingham, drummer Mick Fleetwood, keyboard player and vocalist Christine McVie, bass guitarist John McVie, and vocalist Stevie Nicks. After six months of non-stop touring, the McVies divorced, ending eight years of marriage. The couple stopped talking to each other socially and discussed only musical matters. Buckingham and Nicks—who had joined the band before 1975's ""Fleetwood Mac"", after guitarist Bob Welch had left—were having an on/off relationship that led them to fight often. The duo's arguments stopped only when they worked"
"psychotherapy. This phobia was the reason she decided not to continue with Fleetwood Mac after 1998. In 2006 ""Paste"" magazine named McVie, together with bandmates Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, as the 83rd greatest living songwriter or songwriting team. After ""The Dance"", McVie returned to England to be near her family and stayed out of public view until 2000 when she appeared to accept an Honorary Doctorate in music from the University of Greenwich. Sometime after leaving Fleetwood Mac, she and Quintela divorced. In a 2004 interview, McVie admitted to not listening much to pop music anymore and stated instead"
"the track because of his plans to release it on a forthcoming Fleetwood Mac box set. This led to a dispute, resulting in Nicks leaving Fleetwood Mac for several years. Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks is a 1991 compilation album featuring songs from the solo career of American singer/songwriter and Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie Nicks. The album features many of her hit singles, along with three new songs: ""Sometimes It's a Bitch"", ""Love's a Hard Game to Play"", and ""Desert Angel"" (which Nicks wrote for the men and women serving in the 1991"
"The Dance (Fleetwood Mac album) The Dance is a live album by Anglo/American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released in 1997. It hailed the return of the band's most successful line-up of Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie and Stevie Nicks, who had not released an album together since 1987's ""Tango in the Night"" a decade earlier. It was the first Fleetwood Mac release to top the U.S. album charts since 1982's ""Mirage"". This was the last Fleetwood Mac album to date that featured Christine McVie, who left the group a year after the album's release; although she returned"
"Blue Letter ""Blue Letter"" is a song written by brothers Michael and Richard Curtis that was first released by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac on their eponymous 1975 album ""Fleetwood Mac"". It was the only song on the album not written by a band member. Brothers Michael and Richard Curtis met the young couple Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, then known as rock duo Buckingham Nicks and unaffiliated with Fleetwood Mac, through Polydor Records. The group of four became fast friends and worked together on two demos. The first was “Blue Letter”, which, like many of the songs on the"
"Fleetwood Mac"" 2-CD Set in 2002. Additional personnel Skies the Limit ""Skies the Limit"" is a single released in 1990 by British-American band Fleetwood Mac, from their album ""Behind the Mask"". The single achieved modest success; while it did not chart on the US Hot 100, it did reach number 10 on the ""Billboard"" Adult Contemporary chart and number 40 on the Mainstream Rock chart. The moderate success of ""Skies the Limit"" and ""Save Me"" helped to push their parent album into the US and Canadian Top 20, albeit only briefly. ""Skies the Limit"" was the only track from ""Behind"
"his own relationship with Nicks. Fleetwood and Nicks had been involved in a romantic relationship for some time. Although the relationship was not exclusive on either side, Fleetwood states that Nicks became upset when Fleetwood began a relationship with her best friend, Sara. This relationship effectively ended the romance between Nicks and Fleetwood. The lyrics, ""and he was just like a great dark wing/within the wings of a storm"" refer to Fleetwood being an emotional comfort zone for Nicks following her breakup with Lindsey Buckingham. In 1980, the year after the song was released, Stevie Nicks was sued for plagiarism"
"Beautiful People, was featured in a well-received ""Behind the Music"" episode, and performed an episode of the VH1 Storytellers Concert Program. Nicks made several television appearances in support of the album and performed at the 2001 Radio Music Awards. Nicks supported the album with a successful tour, although some shows were canceled or postponed because of her bout with acute bronchitis. Shows were also canceled because of the September 11 attacks in the U.S. In 2001, Fleetwood Mac began work on a new studio album, though this time without Christine McVie, leaving Nicks as the sole woman in the band"
"The Chain ""The Chain"" is a song by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on their critically acclaimed, best-selling album ""Rumours"". It is the only song from the album credited to all five members (Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood). ""The Chain"" was created from combinations of several previously rejected materials, including solo work by Buckingham, Nicks and Christine McVie. It was assembled, often manually by splicing tapes with a razor blade, at the Record Plant in Sausalito, California, with hired engineers Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut. Following the critical and commercial success of"
"the music industry to pay rent. Pichinson released them from their management contract and the rest is history. As history has proven, however, it would not be long before their music fell upon the right ears: Mick Fleetwood, while evaluating recording studios, heard ""Frozen Love"" played back through studio monitors at Sound City by Keith Olsen, Fleetwood would invite the duo to join his band, Fleetwood Mac, on New Year's Eve 1974, and later, at El Carmen, the Mexican restaurant, Lindsey met with Christine, Mick, and John, with Stevie joining after her Clementine's waitress shift, in her flapper costume. Nicks"
"Vito announced they were leaving Fleetwood Mac altogether. In 1992 Mick Fleetwood arranged a 4-disc box set, spanning highlights from the band's 25-year history, entitled ""25 Years – The Chain"" (an edited 2-disc set was also available). A notable inclusion in the box set was ""Silver Springs"", a Stevie Nicks composition that was recorded during the ""Rumours"" sessions but was omitted from the album and used as the B-side of ""Go Your Own Way"". Nicks had requested use of this track for her 1991 best-of compilation ""TimeSpace"", but Fleetwood had refused as he had planned to include it in this"
"again to engineer a Buckingham solo album, which morphed into a Fleetwood Mac album. Although the album took almost 18 months to complete, Stevie Nicks spent a total of only two weeks in the studio with the band, as she was promoting her third solo album ""Rock a Little"" throughout most of this period. She sent demos of her songs to the band, recorded while she was on tour, for them to work on in her absence. ""Welcome to the Room... Sara"" was inspired by her 30-day stay at the Betty Ford Center to overcome cocaine addiction in October 1986"
"from the band, Lindsey Buckingham, who was at Sound City that day recording demos. Fleetwood asked him to join Fleetwood Mac and Buckingham agreed, on the condition that his music partner and girlfriend, Stevie Nicks, be included. Buckingham and Nicks joined the band on New Year's Eve 1974, within four weeks of the previous incarnation splitting. In 1975 the new line-up released another self-titled album, their tenth studio album. The album was a breakthrough for the band and became a huge hit, reaching No.1 in the US and selling over 5 million copies. Among the hit singles from this album"
"24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault is the eighth solo studio album by the American singer-songwriter and Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie Nicks, released on October 7, 2014, through Reprise Records. Recorded in Nashville and Los Angeles, the album includes new versions of demos that Nicks primarily recorded between 1969 and 1987, though two songs date back to 1994 and 1995. There is one cover on the album, ""Carousel"", a song originally written and performed by Vanessa Carlton on her album ""Rabbits on the Run"" (2011). Nicks put it on the album because"
"Rock a Little Rock a Little is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter and Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie Nicks. Released in late 1985 while Fleetwood Mac were still on a lengthy hiatus following their album ""Mirage"" in 1982, ""Rock a Little"" hit the top 20 in its second week and ultimately peaked at #12 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" charts, and was certified platinum after just one month of its release for sales in excess of 1,000,000 units. It was also certified gold in the UK for sales in excess of 100,000 units. The album was ranked #41 in the"
"Rock a Little Rock a Little is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter and Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie Nicks. Released in late 1985 while Fleetwood Mac were still on a lengthy hiatus following their album ""Mirage"" in 1982, ""Rock a Little"" hit the top 20 in its second week and ultimately peaked at #12 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" charts, and was certified platinum after just one month of its release for sales in excess of 1,000,000 units. It was also certified gold in the UK for sales in excess of 100,000 units. The album was ranked #41 in the"
"Gypsy (Fleetwood Mac song) ""Gypsy"" is a song by the rock group Fleetwood Mac. Written by Stevie Nicks around 1979, the earliest demo recordings were made in early 1980 with Tom Moncrieff for possible inclusion on her debut solo album ""Bella Donna"". However, when Nicks' friend Robin Anderson died of leukemia, the song took on a new significance and Nicks held it over for Fleetwood Mac. ""Gypsy"" was the second single release and second biggest hit from the ""Mirage"" album, following ""Hold Me"", reaching a peak of number 12 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 for three weeks. In 2017, Nicks"