Five Awesome Facts About Stevie Nicks

Five Awesome Facts About Stevie Nicks

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She's an icon that has been, and remains, an influence on thousands of artists for four decades as a solo artist and her time with Fleetwood Mac. But here's some things you may not have previously known about Stevie Nicks.

1. Today is her 69th birthday. Happy Birthday Stevie, you legend!

2. As a solo artist, she has received eight Grammy nominations, but has come home empty-handed every time. Despite all the success she has had over her massive career, Nicks has only one Grammy Award, which she won with Fleetwood Mac for Album of the Year; Rumours

3. Her relationships with Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood and Eagles singer Don Henley are fairly well known, but she has revealed that the true love of her life was Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh. They were together through the mid-'80s, but the relationship ended because they were both serious drug addicts.

4. Stevie will feature as a guest artist on pop superstar Lana Del Rey's upcoming album Lust for Life, collaborating on one of the tracks. No doubt, Nicks would have been a huge musical influence on Dey Rey.

5. Stevie has set up her own charity organisation. She founded the Stevie Nicks Soldier's Angel Foundation, with the aim to use music to help in the rehabilitation of wounded soldiers who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. The foundation provides the soldiers with iPods that have already been filled with music.

Check out our 'I Like Fleetwood Mac' playlist...

 

And one of her biggest solo hits 'Edge of Seventeen' live in Chicago

 

For more interesting Stevie Nicks facts, please see Ultimate Classic Rock.

 

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