Ann Wilson Discography

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  Hope & Glory
  (2007)

Related Artists

Songs By

Eric Carmen :: Dean Pitchford

Member Of

Heart

Influenced By

Robert Plant

Followers

Lori Allen

Similar Artists

Sammy Hagar :: Steve Perry :: Kim Carnes :: Mike Reno :: Geddy Lee :: Brad Delp :: Kevin Cronin :: Lou Gramm :: Robin Zander :: Steve Walsh :: Dennis DeYoung :: Bonnie Tyler :: Freddie Mercury :: David Coverdale

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Ann Dustin Wilson is the lead singer and flute player of Heart. When she was a child, Wilson`s family moved around because her father was a Marine Corps colonel. The family eventually settled in Bellevue, a suburb of Seattle, Washington. Shy due to a stutter, Wilson turned to music, and in the early 1970s she joined a local band, Whiteheart, which, in 1974, changed its name to Heart.

Ann adopted her daughter Marie in 1991 and her son Dustin in 1998. She underwent a weight-loss surgery called Adjustable gastric band in January 2002[1] after what she calls "a lifelong battle" with her weight.

In 1974, Ann`s younger sister Nancy joined Heart. The band moved to Canada, and cut their first album Dreamboat Annie in Vancouver in 1975; it was released in the United States in 1976. In 1977, Little Queen was released. Dog & Butterfly was released in 1978. Ann also sang the duet "Almost Paradise" with Mike Reno in the movie Footloose. She also had a hit with "Surrender To Me" in 1989, a duet with Cheap Trick singer Robin Zander, which reached number six in the U.S.

In 1992 Ann appeared on Alice in Chains` EP "Sap". She did the vocals for "Brother" and "Am I Inside"

Ann and Nancy started a recording studio, Bad Animals, in Seattle in the mid-1990s. They formed a side band, The Lovemongers, which performed Battle of Evermore on the soundtrack to brother-in-law Cameron Crowe`s 1992 movie Singles, and later released a four-song EP. The Lovemongers` debut album Whirlygig was released in 1997.

In 2006, Ann began recording her first solo album, Hope & Glory, produced by Ben Mink, and released by the Rounder (Zoe) Music Group on September 11, 2007. Hope & Glory features guest appearances from Elton John, k.d. lang, Alison Krauss, Gretchen Wilson, Shawn Colvin, Rufus Wainwright, Wynonna Judd and Deana Carter. Ann`s sister, Nancy, also contributed.

The Hope & Glory version of Led Zeppelin`s "Immigrant Song" is available on Ann`s Official My Space page, and charted as "the #9 most podcasted song of 2007" on the PMC Top10`s annual countdown.[2]

In June 2007 she sang with the group Sed Nove and Ian Gillan in the Festival of Music in Paris.

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