CHART BEAT: Bootylicious

SUPREME ACHIEVEMENT:  Only three girl groups in the history of The Billboard Hot 100 have been No. 1 for more than five cumulative weeks. The leader of the pack is the Supremes, with a total of 22 weeks. Close behind is...

Q&A: Stevie Nicks

A fog is pouring over the Pacific Coast Highway toward Stevie Nicks’ Southern California home, but the singer’s mood could hardly be brighter. The Fleetwood Mac alumna’s Trouble in Shangri-La has just entered the...

Stevie Nicks Trouble in Shangri-La (2001)

Stevie’s wonder

It’s not much of a surprise when a current act such as Destiny’s Child debuts at No. 1 on the albums chart. What might not have been as expected is the second-highest debut this issue, a posting at No. 5 for...

Who is Stevie’s best friend?

Stevie has publicly said that Mick Fleetwood, Sara Fleetwood, Christine McVie (dec’d) , Lori Nicks, Robin Snyder Anderson (dec’d), Waddy Wachtel are all her best friends, but Stevie has many close friends.

Stevie Nicks and Sara Fleetwood

Who is Sara Fleetwood?

Sara Lynn Fleetwood (née Jones) (b. October 2, 1953) is one of Stevie’s close friends. She assisted with recording the demo for “Sara,” which was later recorded for Fleetwood Mac’s 12th studio album Tusk (1979). The...

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Who is “Rhiannon”?

Rhiannon is a character in the 1973 science fiction novel Triad by Mary Leader. Stevie liked the name so much that she wrote the song that became the classic “Rhiannon.” Years later, Stevie learned that Rhiannon was a...

Stevie Nicks and Lori Nicks

Who is Lori Nicks? 

Lori Nicks is one of Stevie’s longtime backup singers. Stevie first met Lori in 1973 through her future husband Gordon Perry, who knew Buckingham Nicks producer Keith Olsen. “When I was living in Dallas, my (future)...

Who is Karen Johnston?

Karen Johnston has been Stevie’s loyal personal assistant and close friend since 1990. Karen took care of Stevie’s former Phoenix home for many years. Prior to then, Ginny “The Fan Mail Lady” Kamano assisted Stevie...

Does Stevie have any biological children?

No. Stevie does not have biological children. In 1990, Stevie considered adopting a child (a girl) but changed her mind after realizing that the demands of her life and career would not be compatible with raising a...

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What is the Fleetwood Mac song “Sara” about?

“Sara” is mainly about Stevie’s three-month affair with Mick Fleetwood during the Rumours Tour in 1977. But, like many of Stevie’s songs, “Sara” alludes to different things happening in her life, as the original version...

Who was Stevie’s first boyfriend?

Stevie’s first real boyfriend was David “Dave” Young. Stevie met David while attending Menlo-Atherton High School in Northern California, during the late 1960s. “He was gorgeous, he was the quarterback, and I went out...