Mach I:
Ann Wilson (lead vocals, guitar)
Nancy Wilson (guitar, lead and backing vocals)
Howard Leese (keyboards, guitar, backing vocals)
Roger Fisher (guitar)
Steve Fossen (bass)
Michael Derosier (drums)
Mach II:
Ann Wilson (lead vocals)
Nancy Wilson (guitars, vocals)
Howard Leese (guitars, keyboards, backing vocals)
Mark Andes (bass)
Denny Carmassi (drums)
The sister duo, Heart, was originally based out of Seattle in starting in 1973 under the name The Army and featured a steady repertoire of hard rock material -- particularly Led Zeppelin.
As time went on and original material was added they changed their name to White Heart. With Nancy Wilson's addition following completion of College in 1974, the band was re-christened Heart and moved to Vancouver, British Columbia after manager Mike Fisher found out he was to be drafted by the United States Army.
They soon landed a Canadian recording contract with Vancouver's Mushroom Records. In 1975 they released their debut progressive concept album 'Dreamboat Annie' which featured the hits "Crazy On You", "Magic Man" and the title track.
1977 saw the steady rise in popularity with the hits "Barracuda", "Kick It Out", and "Little Queen". But their third album 'Magazine' would be still-born following the demise of Mushroom Records but was saved from the scrap heap by CBS Records who accomodated the band by re-issuing it (along with a now rare picture disc). The band also moved back to Seattle after the US government declared amnesty for all American Draft Dodgers.
A succession of hit albums followed but the line-up began to suffer losses with the departure of Fisher (in 1980) and then Fossen and Desrosier the following year; the trio would go on to additional fame as 3/5 of Alias in the late '80's.
After a re-configuration in 1982 with the addition of bassist Andes (ex-Spirit, Jo Jo Gunne, Firefall) and drummer Carmassi (ex-Gamma), Heart would find a second life as a synth-pop band through the mid-80's. Their comeback eponymous release in 1985 sported four Top-40 hits on Billboard including the band's first #1 hit "These Dreams" (ironically sung by sister Nancy).
Their back-to-back follow-up, 'Bad Animals' (1987), featured three Top-20 hits on Billboard including their second #1 in the guise of "Alone". Lightening would strike a third time with the album 'Brigade' (1990) and its three Top-25 hits including the #2 hit on Billboard "All I Wanna Do".
After three successive World Tours the band decided to release the live album 'Rock The House Live' after which Andes left. Another studio album followed in 1991, 'Desire Walks On' after which Carmassi left.
Heart took a sabbatical from the limelight and the sisters decided to get in touch with their roots (and avoid the entire grunge wave in Seattle) by re-inventing themselves as the blues-rock act The Lovemongers.
The band, which is still an ongoing concern, consists of sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson, their longtime songwriting partner Sue Ennis (keyboards) and Seattle musicians Frank Cox (guitar) and Ben Smith (drums).
In 1992 their version of Led Zeppelin's "Battle Of Evermore" appeared on the 'Singles' movie soundtrack. By year's end they had released a four-song live EP.
With the return of Howard Leese the duo returned to the touring stage as Heart and did 'unplugged' engagements across North America which culminated in the album 'The Road Home'.
1997 saw the staggered return of The Lovemongers with their first full-length album 'Whirlygig' and 1998's 'Here Is Christmas'.
With Heart temporarily on hiatus, Nancy Wilson released her first solo album in 1999 ('Live At McCabe's Guitar Shop'), and a year later penned the score to the movie 'Almost Famous' directed by her husband Cameron Crowe's.
Ann Wilson continued to play with others -- in the summer of 2001, she participated in the A Walk Down Abbey Road: A Tribute to the Beatles tour, which also featured Todd Rundgren, John Entwistle (The Who), and Alan Parsons (The Alan Parsons Project).
Heart returned to active recording for 2004's 'Jupiter's Darling'.
Singles
1975 Dreamboat Annie/Sing Child (Mushroom)
1976 Crazy On You (Mushroom)
1976 Magic Man (Mushroom)
1977 Barracuda/Treat Me Well (Mushroom)
1977 Barracuda/Cry To Me (Japan - )
1977 Little Queen/Treat Me Well (Mushroom)
1977 Kick It Out/Dream Of The Archer (Italy)
1978 Heartless/Just The Wine (Portrait/CBS)
1978 Dog & Butterfly/Mistral Wind (Portrait/CBS)
1978 Straight On/Lighter Touch (Portrait/CBS)
1980 Even It Up/Pilot (Epic/CBS)
1980 Tell It Like It Is/Strange Euphoria (Epic/CBS)
1982 This Man Is Mine/America (Epic/CBS)
1983 Allies/Together Now (Portrait/CBS)
1983 How Can I Refuse/Johnny Moon (Portrait/CBS)
1985 Never (remix)/Shell Shock (Capitol)
1985 Never/These Dreams (7" versions) (Capitol - UK)
1985 What About Love/Heart of Darkness (Capitol)
1985 These Dreams (edit)/Shell Shock (Capitol)
1985 1) These Dreams/Shell Shock; 2) What About Love/Heart of Darkness (Capitol -UK) [Special 7" dual pack with gatefold sleeve]
1986 If Looks Could Kill/If Looks Could Kill (Capitol)
1986 Nothin At All (remix)/The Wolf (Capitol)
1987 Alone/Baracuda (live) (Capitol)
1987 Who Will You Run To/Magic Man (live) (Capitol)
1987 There's The Girl (remix)/Bad Animals (Capitol)
1987 I Want You So Bad/Easy Target (Capitol)
1990 All I Wanna Do (edit)/Call Of The Wild (Capitol)
1990 I Didn't Want to Need You/The Night (Capitol)
1990 Stranded/Under the Sky (Capitol)
1991 Secret/I Love You (UK)
1991 You're The Voice/Call Of The Wild (UK) [special etched disc]
1993 Will You Be There/These Dreams (live) (UK)
1998 Strong, Strong Wind (from "Greatest Hits")
as THE LOVE MONGERS
1992 Battle Of Evermore (Capitol)
ANN WILSON (solo)
1984 "Almost Paradise" [b/w "Strike Zone"] from 'Footloose' (CBS) - soundtrack [duet with Ann Wilson and Mike Reno]
1986 The Best Man In The World/Best Man (instrumental)
1988 "Surrender To Me" [b/w "Tequilla Dreams"] [duet with Ann Wilson and Robin Zander]
Albums
1976 Dreamboat Annie (Mushroom)
1977 Little Queen (Mushroom)
1978 Magazine (Mushroom)
1978 Dog and Butterfly (Portrait/CBS)
1980 Bebe le Strange (Epic/CBS)
1980 Greatest Hits/Live! (Epic/CBS)
1982 Private Audition (Epic/CBS)
1983 Passionworks (Epic/CBS)
1985 Heart (Capitol)
1987 Bad Animals (Capitol)
1990 Brigade (Capitol)
1991 Rock The House Live (Capitol)
1993 Desire Walks On (Capitol)
1995 The Road Home (Capitol)
1997 These Dreams - Heart's Greatest Hits (Capitol)
as THE LOVEMONGERS
1992 The Lovemongers [4 song EP] (Capitol)
1997 Whirlygig (Capitol)
1998 Greatest Hits (Portrait/Epic/Legacy/Sony)
Video
Compilation Tracks
1992 "Battle Of Evermore" on 'Singles' (????) - soundtrack
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