Back in 1984, today’s featured band was teetering on the brink of extinction… After crushing it with four straight landmark LPs in the 70s, everything went sideways for the rock band Heart led by sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson to start the neon decade. Band members quit, three albums failed to deliver, and their record company kicked them to the curb. Word on the street was they had lost their mojo. In fact, five labels in a row took a hard pass on them. And they really wondered if their careers were over. Then miraculously, they were given one last chance… and they had to make the best of this chance. They had arguably the greatest female voice to deliver the songs in Ann Wilson but their first #1 came from the backup singer slash guitarist sister Nancy who never sang lead. and she got a distinct vocal performance because she was sick… In fact, she tried to rerecord when she got better and it wasn’t the same… Find out how this band pulled off a miracle comeback in the strangest way.

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So today we’re covering a song by one of the most influential bands in the 70s, 80s, and beyond. Fronted by two of the most wellknown names in rock, the legendary sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart. The song? The massively success These Dreams, from their 1985 comeback selftitled album.

So back in the 70s Heart put together a truly impressive run of 4 US Top 20 albums in a matter of just a few years… beginning with Dreamboat Annie in 1975 and closing out with Dog & Butterfly in 1978. Heart, consisting of Ann Wilson on lead vocals, Nancy Wilson on guitar, Roger Fisher on guitar, Howard Leese on guitar, Steve Fossen on bass, and Michael Derosier on drums, kicked out three Top 15 entries during this time: Magic Man, Barracuda, and Straight On

But I also have to mention some of their lower charting, but just as iconic, singles as well. Songs like Crazy On You, Heartless, and Dog & Butterfly would all become essential entries in their catalog as well.

However, beginning with Roger Fisher’s departure in 79, the beginning of the next decade would be a different story for the band. Heart’s 1980 album Bebe Le Strange was released to mixed reviews. It was a departure from the heavier stadium rock that had made them stars. And some reviewers suggested the record suffered due to Fisher’s absence. The album’s lead single ‘Even It Up’ went Top 40 and the album peaked at #5, but neither was enough to counter the record’s disappointing sales…

Bebe Le Strange became Heart's first album to only certify Gold by the RIAA… that’s an achievement a lot of bands would be thrilled with. But for Heart, who had never scored less than platinum in the 70s, it was a warning sign. And really things didn’t get much better from there. 1983’s Private Audition dropped to #25 on the Billboard 200 and yielded