Portrait of Grace Slick

Grace Slick

Artists · Musicians

🇺🇸 United States

American musician, writer and painter

About Grace Slick

Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing; October 30, 1939) is an American musician and painter whose musical career spanned four decades. She was a prominent figure in San Francisco's psychedelic music scene during the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. Initially performing with the Great Society, Slick achieved fame as the lead singer and frontwoman of Jefferson Airplane and its spinoff bands Jefferson Starship and Starship.

Slick and Jefferson Airplane achieved significant success and popularity with their 1967 studio album Surrealistic Pillow, which included the top-ten US Billboard hits "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love". With Starship, she sang co-lead for two number-one hits, "We Built This City" and "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now". She has released four studio albums as an independent artist.

Slick retired from music in 1990, but continues to be active in visual arts. In 1996, Slick was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Jefferson Airplane.

Quick facts

Known for
The Best of Grace Slick, Software, Dreams
Born
1939-10-30
Artist type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Highland Park
Associated area
United States
Active period
1939-10-30
Genres
aor, art rock, pop rock, psychedelic rock, rock
Music tags
aor, art rock, pop rock, psychedelic rock, rock, synthpop
ISNI
0000000078410940
IPI
00035214514, 00040844890

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