On this day in music history: July 27, 1981 - Bella Donna, the debut solo album by Stevie Nicks is released. Produced by Jimmy Iovine and Tom Petty, it is recorded at Goodnight L.A. Studios in Van Nuys, CA, Record One, and Studio 55 in Hollywood, CA from Autumn 1980 - Spring 1981. The first solo album by the Fleetwood Mac singer and songwriter, it features guest appearances by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and Don Henley. Nicks will actually begin writing and demoing material for the album as early as the sessions for Fleetwood Macs Tusk in 1979. Over the next year, Nicks will write more than two dozen songs before it is pared down to the final ten tracks included on the finished album. Some of the songs will later surface on other projects (Gypsy on FMs Mirage, Sleeping Angel on the Fast Times At Ridgemont High soundtrack in 1982, and I Sing For The Things on Nicks Rock A Little in 1985). Three other songs from the recording sessions The Dealer (aka Mistress Of My Fate), Julia, and If You Were My Love remain unreleased to this day. The album will spin off four hit singles including Stop Draggin My Heart Around (#3 Pop), Edge Of Seventeen (Just Like The White Winged Dove) (#11 Pop), and Leather And Lace (#6 Pop). Bella Donna will hit number one on the Billboard Top 200, and has been certified 4x Platinum in the US by the RIAA.
Posted on: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 23:00:07 +0000
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