Bella Donna (album)

Stevie Nicks's debut solo effort Bella Donna was released in 1981, hitting #1 on the U.S. Billboard charts in September of that year and remaining in place for one week. Bella Donna was awarded Platinum status by the RIAA three months after its release on October 7, 1981, and has sold over 5 million copies to date.

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Stevie Nicks - 1981 - Billboard - Platinum - RIAA - October 7

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The album spawned such hits as "After the Glitter Fades" (which peaked at #32), the iconic "Edge of Seventeen" (#11), Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-penned duet "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" (#3), and Don Henley duet "Leather and Lace" (#6).

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Don Henley

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Bella Donna would mark the beginning of Stevie's trend of calling upon her many musician friends and connections to make her album a reality. Along with friends Tom Petty and Don Henley, Stevie brought in famed session musician Waddy Wachtel, Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band pianist Roy Bittan, and Duck Dunn of such bands as Booker T. & the MGs. Though Bella Donnas personnel list includes some 20 musicians, the album is very much Stevie's own work, with all but one of the songs on the record written or co-written by Nicks herself.

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Stevie - Tom Petty - Don Henley - Waddy Wachtel - Bruce Springsteen - E-Street Band - Pianist - Roy Bittan - Duck Dunn - Booker T. & the MGs

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