This is a 1972 BBC TV performance by the American band, Fanny. Fanny is said to be the first all female rock group to hit the American Top 40. As you can see these ladies can really play-and even today rank as the one of the best female rock combos. The group's Philippine born guitarist (June Millingon) is top notch on her instrument. Her sister, Jean Millington played bass, Nickey Barclay played keyboards, and Alice du Buhr is in back on the drums.
Their first album came out in 1970, they had been picked up for Reprise records by renowned producer, Richard Perry, who had been looking for a female band to produce. He dropped the group's original lead singer, which forced the group to divvy up the vocals amongst all the members. Like many other people I can't say I that ever recall having heard of this group before now-though perhaps I heard the name before. Why didn't the become more renown? Well- not having a really world class singer (like say Ann Wilson of Heart) or a great songwriter (like say Joni Mitchell) in their band probably sealed their fate. Having a stand out commercial hit song has always been the key to getting on the radio. But they never hit it big-and two groups-the Runaways and the Go-Go's generally are publicly recognized as the first major successful all female rock bands. They may have never made it big but most of their material is pretty solid-and I recommend checking them out.
A Buffalo Springfield cover.. called "Special Care"...
And this lastly, "Summer Song"
(Published March 2, 2019 by J.C.Bernhardt)
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| Fanny Hill, their excellent 1972 album. |
Fanny rocks-official site
Originally posted March 2019 by J.C.Bernhardt
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