Good News in History, March 16

Source: Good News Network

Happy 65th Birthday to Nancy Wilson, guitarist and vocalist from the band Heart. Alongside her older sister Ann, the Seattle natives starred in the first ‘hard rock’ band fronted by women—and climbed the charts with their debut LP Dreamboat Annie in 1975, and Little Queen two years later.

With songs like Magic Man, Crazy on You, and Barracuda, Heart sold over 35 million records.

Nancy has been lauded for blending elements of flamenco and classical guitar styles into her hard rock and Gibson ranked Wilson #8 on the greatest female guitarist of all time. WATCH her tell the source of their iconic riff; and rock on stage… (1954)

MORE Good News on this Date in History:

• The British surgeon Joseph Lister first published his discovery of antiseptic surgery, applying Louis Pasteur’s advances and successfully introducing carbolic acid (now known as phenol) to sterilize surgical instruments and clean wounds, which became the first widely used medical antiseptic (1867)
• The first FA Cup was played, the oldest football…

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