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Heart Information
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'Heart' is one of the most successful female-fronted hard rock bands. The band, whose sound fused elements of folk-rock and power ballads, was heavily influenced by Led Zeppelin ” Heart drummer Denny Carmassi later played with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page in Coverdale Page.
The band was founded in Seattle in 1974 by sisters Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson as The Army. The Wilson sisters moved to Vancouver, British Columbia the following year, after their manager was drafted into the United States Army, launching their career in Vancouver and working with supporting musicians from Canada. As a result, Heart is considered an important band in both Canadian and American music history.
The band has achieved numerous multi-platinum albums, nine US top ten singles, and worldwide career sales of more than 20 million records.
Ann Wilson guested on the Alice in Chains songs "Brother" and "Am I Inside", and Layne Staley from Alice in Chains guested with Heart on a cover of Bob Dylan's "Ring Them Bells".
Also in 1992, the Wilson sisters formed an acoustic side project called 'The Lovemongers' with keyboardist Sue Ennis, guitarist Frank Cox and drummer Ben Smith. As the Lovemongers, they contributed a cover of Led Zeppelin's "The Battle of Evermore" to the soundtrack for the film Singles (directed by Nancy Wilson's husband Cameron Crowe.) They subsequently released an EP and two albums as The Lovemongers.
Members
*Ann Wilson - Lead Vocals, flute, guitar, bass, autoharp, keyboards
*Nancy Wilson - Guitar, mandolin, keyboards, harmonica, vocals
*Roger Fisher - Guitar, mandolin (1974-1979)
*Howard Leese - Guitar, keyboards, synthesizer (1975-1995)
*Steve Fossen - Bass Guitar (1975-1982)
*Michael Derosier - Drums (1975-1982)
*Mark Andes - Bass Guitar (1983-1993)
*Denny Carmassi - Drums (1983-1991)
*Fernando Saunders - Bass Guitar (1993-1995)
*Denny Fongheiser - Drums (1993-1995)
*Ben Smith - Drums (2002-present)
*Mike Inez - Bass Guitar (2002-present)
*Craig Bartok - Guitar (2003-present)
Discography
Heart
*Dreamboat Annie (1976) #7 US, #36 UK
*Little Queen (1977) #9 US, #34 UK
*Magazine (1978) #17 US
*Dog & Butterfly (1978) #17 US
*Bebe Le Strange (1980) #5 US
*Greatest Hits/Live (1981) (compilation & live) #13 US
*Private Audition (1982) #25 US, #77 UK
*Passionworks (1983) #39 US
*Heart (1985) #1 US, #19 UK
*Bad Animals (1987) #2 US, #7 UK
*Brigade (1990) #3 US, #3 UK
*Rock the House (1991) (live) #107 US, #45 UK
*Desire Walks On (1993) #48 US, #32 UK
*The Road Home (1995) (live) #87 US
*Alive in Seattle (2003) (live)
*Jupiter's Darling (2004) #95 US
The Lovemongers
*The Battle of Evermore (1993)
*Whirlygig (1997)
*A Lovemonger's Christmas (1998)
Singles
From 'Dreamboat Annie':
* "Crazy On You" (1976) #35 US
* "Magic Man" (1976) #9 US
* "Dreamboat Annie" (1976) #42 US
From 'Little Queen':
* "Barracuda" (1977) #11 US
* "Little Queen" (1977) #62 US
* "Kick It Out" (1977) #79 US
From 'Magazine':
* "Heartless" (1978) #24 US
From 'Dog And Butterfly':
* "Straight On" (1978) #15 US
* "Dog And Butterfly" (1979) #34 US
From 'Bebe Le Strange':
* "Even It Up" (1980) #33 US
From 'Greatest Hits/Live':
* "Tell It Like It Is" (1980) #8 US
* "Unchained Melody" (1981) #83 US
From 'Private Audition':
* "This Man Is Mine" (1982) #33 US
From 'Passionworks':
* "How Can I Refuse?" (1983) #44 US
* "Allies" (1983) #84 US
From 'Heart':
* "What About Love?" (1985) #10 US, #14 UK
* "Never" (1985) #4 US
* "These Dreams" (1986) #1 US - 1 week, #62 UK
* "Nothin' At All" (1986) #10 US, #38 UK
* "If Looks Could Kill" (1986) #54 US
From 'Bad Animals':
* "Alone" (1987) #1 US - 3 weeks, #3 UK
* "Who Will You Run To" (1987) #7 US, #30 UK
* "There's The Girl" (1987) #12 US, #34 UK
* "I Want You So Bad" (1988) #49 US
From 'Brigade':
* "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You" (1990) #2 US, #8 UK
* "I Didn't Want To Need You" (1990) #23 US, #47 UK
* "Stranded" (1990) #13 US, #60 UK
* "Secret" (1991) #64 US
From 'Desire Walks On':
* "Will You Be There (In The Morning)" (1993) #39 US, #19 UK
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