Nancy Wilson Makes Surprise Appearance at Ann Wilson Solo Gig
Nancy Wilson made a surprise appearance at Ann Wilson’s solo show in Santa Rosa, Calif. on Tuesday (October 10). This marked the first time the Heart sisters performed together since…
Nancy Wilson made a surprise appearance at Ann Wilson's solo show in Santa Rosa, Calif. on Tuesday (October 10). This marked the first time the Heart sisters performed together since 2019.
Nancy took to the stage during the final song of Ann's 19-song set, where they performed the Heart classic "Barracuda."
This moment is certainly a promising one for the Wilson sisters, whose relationship has appeared rocky in recent years. The issues between Ann and Nancy stem from an incident in 2016. Ann's husband, Dean Wetter, was arrested after he assaulted Nancy's then 16-year-old twin sons backstage at a Heart show. However, Ann said in an interview with Rock Candy in April 2022 there was no rift. she explained, "Things happen in families, and that was a really good example of something that happened within a family, and we worked it out."
Part of "working it out" appeared to include Nancy touring under the name Nancy Wilson's Heart. As previously reported, Nancy Wilson's Heart came to be after Nancy and Ann Wilson had a touring disagreement.
"Heart had a big offer on the table last year for a bigger tour, but Ann wasn't interested in going out with my lineup of guys that we were out with before," said Nancy. "She has a new lineup of guys that she wanted me to join up with, and I sort of [thought] I don't really know them and don't have loyalty yet for anybody like that."
Here's hoping Nancy's guest appearance during Ann's show will lead to these two icons joining forces full-time again.
There were a bunch of classic '80s cover songs, but some covers are so good you may not have known they were actually covers.
Scroll through our gallery below, because some of these may surprise you.
Blondie - "The Tide Is High"
Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesBlondie had a big hit with it in 1980, but The Paragons did it first back in the '60s!
Whitney Houston - “Saving All My Love For You”
George Rose/Getty ImagesTwo of Whitney's biggest hits were covers. It's widely known that "I Will Always Love You" wasn't Whitney's, but you might not have known "Saving All My Love For You" was released in the '70s by Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis.
Toni Basil - “Mickey”
Bryan Bedder/Getty ImagesToni Basil's one big hit... wasn't even hers! The song was actually originally known as "Kitty." It was a late '70s song by Racey.
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - “I Love Rock n’ Roll”
Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesThis is one that often surprises most. The song is so closely identified with Joan Jett, but the song was actually done in the '70s by a band called Arrows.
Cyndi Lauper - “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”
Patrick Riviere/Getty ImagesThe song that is known as Cyndi Lauper's... isn't Cyndi's. And get this... it was done by a GUY! Robert Hazard released it in 1979.
Animotion - "Obsession"
PSM RECORDS'80s Hulk Hogan era WWF wrestling fans will remember "Obsession" as the theme song of 'Saturday Night's Main Event' on NBC, but the original was by Holly Knight and Michael Des Barres.
Bow Wow Wow - "I Want Candy"
RCA RecordsThe song was Bow Wow Wow's lone hit in the '80s, but it was first a big hit for Strangeloves in 1965!
Kim Carnes - “Betty Davis Eyes”
Rick Diamond/Getty ImagesYou know the Kim Carnes version that was a big hit in 1981, but Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon did it in 1974.
Soft Cell - “Tainted Love”
Rogers/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesSoft Cell's mega hit from 1981 was actually a '60s song by Gloria Jones
Heart - “Alone”
A definitely big surprise to close out this list is this Heart hit, which was originally recorded by i-Ten in 1983.
