Fleetwood Mac

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Fleetwood Mac (formed in 1968) are an influential and commercially successful British/American rock band.

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1968 - British - American - Rock

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In the late 1960s, the group experienced limited success as a fiery British blues band, consisting of acclaimed guitarists Peter Green, Danny Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer, drummer Mick Fleetwood and bass guitarist John McVie (the latter two providing the band?s name). After Green and Spencer left, Fleetwood Mac continued with guitarist Bob Welch and keyboardist Christine McVie, wife of John McVie.

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1960s - British blues - Guitar - Peter Green - Danny Kirwan - Jeremy Spencer - Drum - Mick Fleetwood - Bass guitar - John McVie - Bob Welch - Keyboard - Christine McVie

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After Welch left, the group recruited American guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and singer/songwriter Stevie Nicks, who added greater pop sensibilities to the group. This incarnation became phenomenally popular in the late 1970s, selling 18 million copies of their 1977 album Rumours, a emotionally harrowing album fueled by the crumpling relationships of Nicks and Buckingham and the McVies. (Fleetwood also was going through a divorce from wife Jenny Boyd.)

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Lindsey Buckingham - Singer/songwriter - Stevie Nicks - Pop - 1970s - 1977 - Rumours - Jenny Boyd

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In the 1980s and 1990s, Fleetwood Mac?s albums became more sporadic and less critically and commercially successful. However, a 1997 reunion of the Rumours-era line-up revived the group.

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1980s - 1990s - 1997

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Fleetwood Mac?s biggest hits include "Dreams", "Gypsy," "Little Lies," "Go Your Own Way" and "Don't Stop," which famously became the campaign song of American presidential candidate Bill Clinton in 1992. The group remains a perennially popular rock band, selling an estimated 100 million albums worldwide and being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In cable music channel VH1?s 2000 countdown of the 100 greatest artists in rock and roll, Fleetwood Mac ranked 22.

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Don't Stop - American presidential - Bill Clinton - 1992 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - VH1 - 2000 - 100 greatest artists in rock and roll

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