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Heart- Little Queen- Ann & Nancy Wilson
The story of Heart's debut "Dreamboat Annie" remains one of the Cinderella fairy tale chapters in rock history, but the major label follow up released this week in 1977, "Little Queen", was made amidst a legal battle prompted precisely because initial big money, & the potential for more.

Heart- Dreamboat Annie- Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson
"In the Studio" with Ann & Nancy Wilson of Heart for the real rock fairy tale of "Dreamboat Annie".

HEART- Heart 35th Anniversary- Nancy Wilson, Ann Wilson
Two of my all-time faves remain the cinderella story beginnings of Heart in 1976 with "Dreamboat Annie" and the "comeback" album almost a decade later, "Heart" . This hit machine in 1985 reinvented Heart for the MTV Eighties with "If Looks Could Kill","What About Love","Never","These Dreams", and "Nothing at All". Wow. Nancy Wilson and singing sistuh Ann Wilson join me here In the Studio on the thirty-fifth anniversary of "Heart" ('85).

Heart- Dog and Butterfly- Nancy and Ann Wilson
Without sacrificing any of the hard rock cred for which they had so tenaciously fought, Seattle sisters Ann Wilson and kickin' guitarist Nancy Wilson of Heart showed considerable growth and songwriting confidence in 1978 on "Dog and Butterfly"...

Heart- Dreamboat Annie- Ann & Nancy Wilson
If there is a real-life Cinderella story in rock , this is it.Talk about "indie credibility"?These ladies wrote the book. When Heart's 1976 debut Dreamboat Annie was released in Spring 1976 on tiny Canadian label Mushroom Records, it was simply because not one major U.S.label was interested...(more)

Ann Wilson- Hope and Glory
On Ann Wilson's birthday in 2007, here was a present from her : a highly personal solo album of carefully chosen covers, Hope and Glory, at a time when US wars were raging in two separate countries with no end in sight. And the "A" guest list of performers with whom Ann duets include no less than Elton John, k.d.lang, Alison Krauss, Wynonna Judd, even sister from Heart, Nancy Wilson.