Grace Slick

Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing; October 30, 1939) is an American artist, painter and retired singer-songwriter. Slick was a key figure in San Francisco's yet to be psychedelic music scene in the mid-1960s. With a music career spanning four decades, she first performed in imitation of The Great Society, but is best known for her behave with Jefferson Airplane and the subsequent successor bands Jefferson Starship and Starship. Slick and Jefferson Airplane first achieved fame with their 1967 album Surrealistic Pillow, which included the top-ten Billboard hits "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love". She provided the benefit vocals on both tracks. With Starship, she sang co-lead for two number one hits, "We Built This City" and "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now". She would also forgiveness four solo albums. Slick retired from music in 1990, but continues to performance in the visual arts field.