Fanny (band)

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Fanny
General information
origin United States
Genre (s) skirt
founding 1969
resolution 1975
Website www.fannyrocks.com
former members
June Millington
Bass , vocals
 Jean Millington
Drums , vocals
 Alice de Buhr
Keyboard , vocals
 Nickey Barclay
Guitar , vocals
 Patti Quatro
Drums, vocals
 Brie Brandt
Drums
 Cam Davis

Fanny was an American women's band that was active in the early 1970s. She was one of the first well-known female-only rock bands, the third to sign to a major label (after Goldie and the Gingerbreads and The Pleasure Seekers), and the first to release an album on a major label ( 1970). The band released five albums and reached the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 with two singles.

history

The two sisters June Millington (born April 14, 1948, Manila , Philippines ) and Jean Millington (born May 25, 1949, Manila, Philippines) moved with their family from the Philippines to Sacramento , California in 1961 . In high school they formed the girls band The Svelts with June on guitar, Jean on bass, Addie Lee on guitar and Brie Brandt on drums. Brandt was later replaced by Alice de Buhr (* 1950, Mason City, Iowa). After the breakup of The Svelts, de Buhr founded the group Wild Honey, which also consisted exclusively of women. The Millington sisters joined the band and together they made their way to Los Angeles .

Frustrated by the lack of success or respect in the male-dominated rock scene, Wild Honey decided in 1969 to make one final appearance at the Troubadour Club in Los Angeles, only to break up. In the audience was the producer Richard Perry, who was looking for a women's band. He was able to convince Warner Brothers to sign the band with the record label Reprise Records . Before the first album was recorded, the band was expanded to include keyboardist Nickey Barclay (* 1951, Washington, DC), who was a member of Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour. Wild Honey has been renamed Fanny. The band members did not choose the name because of a possible sexual meaning (fanny [AE] = butt or [BE] = vagina), but should represent the band as a short and catchy woman's name.

Perry produced the band's first three albums: Fanny (1970), Charity Ball (1971) and Fanny Hill (1972). The number "Charity Ball" from the second album reached number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 . The band members also worked as studio musicians, particularly on Barbra Streisand's 1971 album Barbra Joan Streisand . The fourth album, Mother's Pride (1973), was produced by Todd Rundgren . Fanny toured worldwide with the young sound engineer Leslie Ann Jones as road manager and live mixer. The band supported Slade, Jethro Tull and Humble Pie and gained huge popularity in the UK.

After Mother's Pride June Millington and Alice de Buhr left the band. Patti Quatro (sister of Suzi Quatro ) joined as guitarist and Brie Brandt (who played with the previous band The Svelts) joined as drummer. With the new line-up, the band came under contract with Casablanca Records and released the last Fanny album, Rock and Roll Survivors , in 1974 . Shortly after the album was completed, Brandt left the group and married the composer James Newton Howard. The drummer was replaced by Cam Davis. Shortly thereafter, the band broke up despite their biggest hit, Butter Boy , which reached number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1975 .

In a 1999 interview with Rolling Stone , Fanny fan David Bowie expressed his respect for the band:

“One of the most important female bands in American rock has been buried without a trace. And that is Fanny. They were one of the finest ... rock bands of their time, in about 1973. They were extraordinary ... they're as important as anybody else who's ever been, ever; it just wasn't their time. Revivify Fanny. And I will feel that my work is done. "

“One of the most important women's bands in American rock was buried without a trace. And this is Fanny. They were one of the best ... rock bands of their time, around 1973. They were extraordinary ... they are as important as anyone who has ever been, ever; it just wasn't her time. Revives Fanny. And I will feel that my job is done. "

After separating in 1975, the Millington sisters toured with a new cast of Fanny for a short while but didn't play old Fanny pieces. A new women's band developed from the group called LA All-Stars. Some record companies showed interest in the band, but with the condition that they played under the name Fanny and only their old pieces. June Millington refused. Dubbed the hottest female guitarist in the music industry by Guitar Player , June has worked as a record producer for Holly Near , Cris Williamson and Bitch and Animal, among others . She also runs the Institute for the Musical Arts in Goshen, Massachusetts , a music camp for young girls. Her sister Jean was married to Bowie's guitarist Earl Slick in 1978 and is currently a herbalist . The Millington sisters continued to shoot together after Fanny. Most recently they worked on the album Play Like a Girl on June's label Fabulous Records in 2011 .

Patti Quatro continued to work as a studio musician for her sister Suzi Quatro as well as for Electric Light Orchestra , Keith Moon and France Gall and was involved in the reissue of pieces by The Pleasure Seekers, an old band of the Quatro sisters.

Brie Brandt, known as Brie Howard-Darling, continued to be musically active after Fanny, touring and recording with Carole King , Jimmy Buffett , Elton John , Robbie Nevil and Jack Wagner . She was the front woman for American Girls, who released an album in 1986, and Boxing Gandhis, who released four albums since the mid-1990s. She also began an active acting career with the 1982 film The Android and is the mother of playmate Brandi Brandt .

In 2002 Rhino Records released the limited 4-CD box set First Time in a Long Time , which included Fanny's first four studio albums with live recordings, outtakes and promotional items. A reunion concert with the Millington sisters and Alice de Buhr was held at Berklee College of Music on April 20, 2007, at which the band members received the "Woman of Valor" award from Rockrgrl .

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1971 Charity ball US150 (7 weeks)
US
Reprise Records, new release on CD, 2014, Real Gone Music
1972 Fanny Hill US135 (6 weeks)
US
Reprise Records, new release on CD, 2015, Real Gone Music

More albums

  • 1970: Fanny ( Reprise Records , new release on CD, 2013, Real Gone Music)
  • 1972: Fanny Live (Slick Music)
  • 1973: Mother's Pride (Reprise Records)
  • 1974: Rock and Roll Survivors ( Casablanca Records ; re-released by Cherry Red Records, 2009)
  • 2002: First Time in a Long Time (Boxset, Rhino Records )

Singles (selection)

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1971 Charity ball US40 (10 weeks)
US
1972 Ain't That Peculiar US85 (3 weeks)
US
1974 I've had it US79 (7 weeks)
US
1975 Butter Boy US29 (11 weeks)
US

Web links

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  2. ↑ a b c Chart Awards: Fanny. AllMusic, accessed May 30, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e How it Began. Fannyrocks.com, accessed May 30, 2016 .
  4. ↑ A Volume Called Fanny. Fannyrocks.com, accessed May 30, 2016 .
  5. ^ Joan Andermann: Rocking the Boat. The Boston Globe, accessed May 30, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Barbra Joan Streisand: Credits. Retrieved May 30, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Gillian G. Gaar: She's a rebel: the history of women in rock & roll . 2nd Edition. Seal Press, 2002, ISBN 1-58005-078-6 , pp. 142 ( [1] ).
  8. ^ Rocking the boat - The Boston Globe. Boston.com, accessed May 30, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Molenda, M. and Molenda, M. and Paul, L .: The Guitar Player Book: 40 Years of Interviews, Gear, and Lessons from the ... - Google Books . illustrated edition. Backbeat Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-87930-782-0 , pp. 61 ( [2] ).
  10. ↑ Barton, Geoff: Fanny: The Untold Story Of The Original Queens Of Noise. In: Classic Rock. September 4, 2015, accessed October 1, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Play Like A Girl By June And Jean Millington. Mtv Iggy, archived from the original on October 6, 2011 ; accessed on May 30, 2016 .
  12. ↑ Jean Millington of Fanny. Bramfoto.com, archived from the original on July 8, 2011 ; accessed on May 30, 2016 .
  13. ↑ a b Chart sources: US