LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-AUGUST 6, 2019…38 YEARS AGO STEVIE NICKS RELEASED THE ALBUM ‘BELLA DONNA.’ FAMOUS AS ONE OF THE STARS OF FLEETWOOD MAC, THIS SOLO DEBUT PROVED THAT NICKS HAD ENORMOUS APPEAL AS A SOLO ARTIST.
STEVIE NICKS WAS DATING RECORD PRODUCER JIMMY IOVINE WHEN SHE WAS MAKING THIS RECORD. ACCORDING TO STEVIE, HE DIDN’T THINK THE ALBUM HAD A HIT ! THAT’S WHY HE HAD NICKS RECORD ‘STOP DRAGGIN’ MY HEART AROUND’ WITH TOM PETTY (WHO HE COINCIDENTALLY ALSO PRODUCED). IOVINE COULDN’T HAVE BEEN MORE WRONG. IT TURNED OUT BELLA DONNA HAD 3 HITS. ‘STOP DRAGGIN’ MY HEART AROUND ‘LEATHER AND LACE’ (WITH DON HENLEY) AND THE BIGGEST SONG ‘EDGE OF SEVENTEEN.’
BELLA DONNA TO DATE HAS SOLD OVER 8 MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE.
HERE’S THE ORIGINAL VIDEO FROM 1981 FOR WHAT HAS TURNED INTO STEVIE’S SIGNATURE SONG
