Are you cool or are you Fanny cool?
We are now basic cable-free, the only thing we are paying for is Amazon Prime. I started watching free PlutoTV, which has all the VEVO channels, which was a dream come true for this girl who was raised on MTV and Solid Gold. This got me watching video clips from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s.
Why is this awesome? While watching the 70s rock block, I came upon a band I had never heard of, Fanny.
Fanny is one of the first all-female rock groups to achieve critical and commercial success. The group was founded by sisters June and Jean Millington in the mid-60s as the Svelts, then Wild Honey. They signed a contract to record an album after a gig at the famed Troubadour in 1969 and became Fanny.
They paid their industry dues, singing backup for Joe Cocker, working as session musicians for Barbra Streisand, touring as the opening act for Slade, Jethro Tull, and Humble Pie, and appearing on classic music programs American Bandstand, The Sonny and Cher Show, and Old Grey Whistle Test.
The band released five albums, which included songs such as Ain’t That Peculiar, Special Care, and their version of The Beatles Hey Bulldog. The members were pressured by execs to dress more provocatively to appeal to hard rock audiences, something they did not want to do, wanting instead to focus on the music.
Their most famous fan? David Bowie.
The members went their separate ways in the mid-70s while staying active in the industry as performers and producers. They reformed as a Fanny Walked the Earth in 2018.
There’s a documentary, Fanny: The Right to Rock released in 2021; bands who cite Fanny as inspiration include the Go Gos, the Bangles, and the Runaways.
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