Biography

In the early 1960’s, the band which would become Heart was formed by Roger and Mike Fisher and Steve Fossen. But it wasn’t until Ann and Nancy Wilson, the sisters who would become synonymous with the band, jumped on board in 1970 that Heart truly found success. Heart’s debut album, Dreamboat Annie, hit record stores in 1975 and on the strength of two hits singles, “ Magic Man” and “Crazy on You,” quickly achieved platinum status. Little Queen followed in 1997, launching the iconic single, “Barracuda.”

A string of Heart albums and singles followed throughout the 1970’s and early 1980’s: Dog & Butterfly (1978), Bebe Le Strange (1980) Private Audition (1982) and Passionworks (1983.) But it was 1985’s Heart which would re-launch the band to iconic status, with the chart-topping “Never,” Nothing’ at All,” “These Dreams,” and “What About Love.” Animals followed in 1987, with the hits “Who Will You Run To” and “Alone,” and Bridgade (1990) featured “I Didn’t Want to Need You” and “All I Want to Do Is Make Love to You.”

Throughout most of the 1990’s, Heart enjoyed a hiatus, and both Nancy and Ann Wilson began independent endeavors. Nancy Wilson released her first solo album in 1999 (Live at McCabe’s Guitar Shop) and wrote the score to Almost Famous, directed by her husband Cameron Crowe. Her sister, Ann Wilson participated in the “Walk Down Abbey Road: A Tribute to the Beatles” tour in 2001. Three years later, in 2004, Heart released their first studio album in eleven years, and Jupiter’s Darling hit the charts. Hope & Glory, Ann Wilson’s first solo album, followed in 2007. Since that time, the duo has released the additional albums Strange Euphoria (2012), Fanatic (2012), Fanatic Live from Caesar’s Colosseum (2014), and Beautifully Broken (2016.)

Today, Heart’s innumerous accomplishments include ranking on VH1’s “100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock” and record sales topping thirty million worldwide. The duo was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013, and released their autobiography, Kicking and Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock and Roll, around the same time. Heart is currently on hiatus, but both Nancy and Ann embarked on solo endeavors in 2017.