On September 15, 1985, Stevie Nicks performed a benefit show at the University Amphitheatre in Los Angeles to preserve the Santa Monica mountains and wildlife preserves. Don Henley, Tom Petty, Linda Ronstadt, and Jackson Browne also performed at the show, which raised $100,000 for the effort.
Category: On This Day
On this Day in Stevie History
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Stevie Nicks performs at City of Hope benefit
On June 30, 1983, Stevie Nicks performed at City of Hope’s “Spirit of Life” benefit dinner at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, honoring entertainment executive Irving Azoff. Other musical guests included Styx, Jimmy Buffett, Boz Scaggs, The Go-Go’s, Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Michael McDonald, Joe Walsh, and Christopher Cross. The benefit raised more than $450,000 for City of Hope.
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Stevie Nicks gets married
On January 29, 1983, Stevie Nicks married record executive Kim Anderson at her home in Los Angeles. Among the wedding guests were Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, Don Henley, and Kenny Loggins. Unfortunately, Stevie and Kim divorced three months later.
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Bob Welch & Friends
On November 20, 1981, Stevie Nicks performed with Bob Welch & Friends at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles. The friends included Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie, Carmine Appice, Robbie Patton, Heart’s Ann Wilson and Howard Lesser, Tim Stein of Vanilla Fudge and Bob Weston, a former member of Fleetwood Mac. The performance was recorded and released on RCA SelectaVision videodisk.
Reference
Darling, C. (1981, December 8). Music monitor. Billboard.
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Stevie Nicks appears on the cover of Rolling Stone
On September 3, 1981, Stevie Nicks [more]
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Stevie Nicks appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone
On September 3, 1981, Stevie Nicks appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone. The magazine declared her “The Reigning Queen of Rock & Roll.”
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Fleetwood Mac won Album of the Year at 20th Annual Grammy Awards
On February 23, 1978, Fleetwood Mac won Album of the Year for their 11th studio album Rumours at the 20th Annual Grammy Awards.
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Fleetwood Mac released Rumours
On February 4, 1977, Fleetwood Mac released Rumours, the band’s 11 studio album. Selling more than 40 million copies worldwide, Rumours became the band’s crowning commercial achievement. Topping the Billboard 200 Albums chart for 31 non-consecutive weeks, the album produced four Top 10 singles: “Go Your Own Way” (10), “Dreams,” (1) “Don’t Stop,” (3) and “You Make Loving Fun” (9) and won Best Album at the 20th Annual Grammy Awards in 1978.
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Buckingham Nicks was released
On September 5, 1973, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks released Buckingham Nicks, their first album as recording artists.
Buckingham Nicks features 10 songs, including Nicks’ “Crying in the Night,” Races Are Run,” “Long Distance Winner,” and “Crystal,” which Fleetwood Mac re-recorded for its self-titled 1975 album. The album also contains “Frozen Love,” the song that Mick Fleetwood heard while visiting producer Keith Olsen at legendary Sound City studio, where Buckingham Nicks was recorded.
Despite the duo’s hard work on the album, Polydor Records was dissatisfied with the results and felt that the album “lacked imagination,” according to the album’s producer Keith Olsen. Under contract, Polydor Records reluctantly issued Buckingham Nicks and released the singles “Don’t Let Me Down Again” and “Crying in the Night (remix).” But neither song was able to garner any significant radio play, and more importantly, boost album sales. Buckingham and Nicks promoted the album with a national tour, but Polydor dropped the duo from the label due to low album sales.
Long out of print, Buckingham Nicks remains one of the most sought-after releases in the rock and roll era.