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Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing; October 30, 1939) [1] is an American painter and retired musician whose musical career spanned four decades. She was a prominent figure in San Francisco 's psychedelic music scene during the mid-1960s to the early 1970s.
The music video for "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" was released in 1987. It features clips from the film Mannequin, starring Andrew McCarthy and Kim Cattrall, intercut with a parallel narrative of Mickey Thomas falling in love with a mannequin who comes to life, played by Grace Slick.
When Grace Slick departed to join Jefferson Airplane, she took this song with her, bringing it to the Surrealistic Pillow sessions, [5] along with her own composition "White Rabbit". Subsequently, the Airplane's more ferocious rock-and-roll version became the band's first and biggest success, reaching No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. [5]
1967 trade ad for the single "White Rabbit" is one of Grace Slick's earliest songs, written from December 1965 to January 1966. [12] It uses imagery found in the fantasy works of Lewis Carroll — 1865's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its 1871 sequel Through the Looking-Glass — such as changing size after taking pills or drinking an unknown liquid.
The Best of Grace Slick is a 1999 compilation album of Grace Slick's work, focusing mostly on work with Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship and Starship.There are three tracks from her solo albums, although none appear from Dreams (1980).
Software is the fourth and final solo studio album by American singer Grace Slick, released in 1984 by RCA Records.The album was recorded after Slick rejoined Jefferson Starship after temporarily leaving the band in the late 1970s.
Best known as the original group of model-turned-singer Grace Slick, the initial lineup of the band also featured her then-husband Jerry Slick on drums, his brother Darby Slick on guitar, David Miner on vocals and guitar, Bard DuPont on bass, and Peter van Gelder on flute, bass, and saxophone. Miner and DuPont did not remain with the band for ...
A mere two weeks after Grace Slick joined the band, the group entered RCA Victor studios in Hollywood on October 31 to record their second album. Working with producer Rick Jarrard, the group recorded album opener "She Has Funny Cars" featuring Jack Casady on fuzz bass and the mellow folk-rocker "My Best Friend", written by departed member Skip Spence and chosen as the album's lead-off single ...