Heart

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Heart
Nancy and Ann Wilson (2007)
Nancy and Ann Wilson (2007)
General information
origin Seattle , United States
Genre (s) Hard rock , pop
founding 1973
Website www.heart-music.com
Founding members
Ann Wilson
Nancy Wilson
Guitar, mandolin
 Roger Fisher (until 1979)
Current occupation
Vocals, flute, guitar, bass, autoharp, keyboard
 Ann Wilson
Guitar, mandolin, keyboard, vocals, harmonica
 Nancy Wilson
guitar
 Craig Bartock (since 2003)
Ben Smith (since 2002)
bass
 Mike Inez (since 2002)
Keyboard
 Debbie Shair (since 2004)
former members
Guitar, keyboard, synthesizer
Howard Leese (1975-1995)
bass
 Steve Fossen (1975-1982)
Drums
 Michael Derosier (1975–1982)
bass
 Mark Andes (1983-1993)
Drums
 Denny Carmassi (1983-1991)
bass
 Fernando Saunders (1993–1995)
Drums
 Denny Fongheiser (1993–1995)

Heart is an American rock band that emerged in 1973 in Seattle from the predecessor band The Army (later White Heart ). She became known in 1977 with the song Barracuda , which has since been covered by numerous bands. In Germany, the band became known through appearances in the music show Musikladen on German television . The group had their greatest worldwide success in the summer of 1987 with the album Bad Animals and the release Alone .

Band history

The band founded by the two sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson initially played melodic rock music . From the genre name “ hard rock ”, the two sisters adapted the similar sounding “heart rock ” to the group name. With their debut album Dreamboat Annie they already achieved a box-office hit in Canada, the USA and the Netherlands in the spring of 1976. The first single releases were How Deep It Goes and Magic Man (number nine in the USA). Crazy on You reached the top 40 of the American charts. The album went platinum.

The follow-up album Little Queen was released in mid-1977 and was similarly successful. With Barracuda it contained a single hit that narrowly missed the top 10 in the US and ranked 8th in Germany. The album Dog and Butterfly also went platinum the following year .

From 1981, the group's success faded. The Wilson sisters then changed their band members, changed the style to smooth, more radio-friendly pop-rock, also played pop ballads and occasionally cover versions. The album Heart , released in the summer of 1985, was the most successful in the band's history and reached the top of the charts. It sold over 5 million times in the US alone and was also very successful in Europe. Out of five single releases, four made it into the top 10. The follow-up album Bad Animals was able to build on its success almost seamlessly in mid-1987. The first single Alone reached the top of the charts in the USA. The two follow-up singles Who Will You Run To and There's the Girl were also very successful.

In the spring of 1990 the album Brigade was released, which sold 2 million times in the USA alone and with the title All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You posted another big hit. In late 1993, Desire Walks On was released, which was only sold over 500,000 times in the US and just hit the top 40 with the single Will You Be There (In the Morning) . In the fall of 1995, The Road Home was a live album and in the spring of 1997 a greatest hits album with the band's early hits of the 1970s and 1980s was released.

It wasn't until mid-2004 that a follow-up album with new material was released, Jupiter's Darling , which, however, did not come close to building on the earlier successes. The Red Velvet Car , released in summer 2010, reached the top 10 of the charts for the first time.

In August 2016, the band was on the verge of collapse after Ann Wilson's husband, Dean Wetter, got violent backstage during a concert against Nancy Wilson's two sons. Heart played the tour to the end, but the two sisters stopped talking and then went on to solo projects. After a three-year break, the band got together again in 2019 for a reunion tour Love Alive .

Overall, the band was able to sell over 30 million records, placed 18 albums and 29 singles in the US Billboard charts and nine albums and 13 singles in the German and / or English charts.

The band received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 18, 2013 .

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1977 Dreamboat Annie - - - UK36 (5 weeks)
UK 		US7th
platinum
platinum

(100 weeks)US
First published: February 14, 1976
Little Queen DE34 (6 weeks)
DE 		- - UK34 (4 weeks)
UK 		US9
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(41 weeks)US
First published: May 15, 1977
1978 Magazines - - - - US17th
platinum
platinum

(25 weeks)US
First published: April 1978
1979 Dog & Butterfly - - - - US17th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(36 weeks)US
First published: September 1978
1980 Bébé Le Strange - - - - US5
gold
gold

(22 weeks)US
First published: February 14, 1980
1982 Private audition - - - UK77 (2 weeks)
UK 		US25 (14 weeks)
US
First published: June 5, 1982
1983 Passionworks - - - - US39 (21 weeks)
US
First published: August 1983
1985 Heart DE57 (4 weeks)
DE 		- - UK19th
silver
silver

(43 weeks)UK 		US1
Quintuple platinum
× 5
Quintuple platinum

(92 weeks)US
First published: July 6, 1985
1987 Bad Animals /
Animales Perversos (Spanish version) 		DE17 (21 weeks)
DE 		AT30 (2 weeks)
AT 		CH5 (18 weeks)
CH 		UK7th
platinum
platinum

(56 weeks)UK 		US2
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(50 weeks)US
First published: May 15, 1987
1990 brigade DE14 (19 weeks)
DE 		- CH11 (18 weeks)
CH 		UK3
gold
gold

(20 weeks)UK 		US3
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(49 weeks)US
First published: March 16, 1990
1993 Desire Walks On - - CH46 (2 weeks)
CH 		UK32 (2 weeks)
UK 		US48
gold
gold

(17 weeks)US
First published: November 16, 1993
2004 Jupiter's darling - - - - US94 (4 weeks)
US
First published: June 22, 2004
Heart Presents a Lovemonger's Christmas - - - - -
First published: November 16, 2004
2010 Red Velvet Car - - - - US10 (6 weeks)
US
First published: August 31, 2010
2012 Fanatic - - - - US24 (1 week)
US
First published: September 28, 2012
2016 Beautiful broken - - - UK77 (1 week)
UK 		US105 (1 week)
US
First published: July 8, 2016

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

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  1. ↑ Facts and Works
  2. ↑ Jason Newman: Heart: Can Ann and Nancy Wilson Go on After Family Assault? , Rolling Stone, April 10, 2017
  3. ^ Daniel Kreps: Heart Reunite for All-Star 'Love Alive' Summer Tour . Rolling Stone February 11, 2019
  4. ↑ CNN (English)
  5. ^ Rolling Stone
  6. ↑ Chart sources: Singles Albums UK US
  7. ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .

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