Grace Slick

Grace Slick
Slick, c. 1967
Born
Grace Barnett Wing

(1939-10-30) October 30, 1939 (age 85)
Highland Park, Illinois, U.S.
Other names
  • Gracie
  • The Chrome Nun
  • The Acid Queen
Occupations
  • Painter
  • musician (retired)
Years active
  • 1964–1990 (music career)
  • 1995–present (painting career)
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
LabelsRCA
Formerly of
Spouses
  • Gerald "Jerry" Slick
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    ​
    (m. 1961; div. 1971)​
  • Skip Johnson
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1976; div. 1994)​
Websitegraceslick.com

Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing; October 30, 1939)[1] is an American retired 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.[2]

Initially performing with the Great Society, Slick achieved fame as the lead singer and frontwoman of Jefferson Airplane and the subsequent 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".[3]

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.[3] In 1996, Slick was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Jefferson Airplane.

  1. ^ News Staff (October 30, 1996). "You Say It's Your Birthday: Grace Slick". MTV. Archived from the original on April 28, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  2. ^ Friedlander, Matt (March 19, 2024). "Jefferson Airplane Was Relaunched as Jefferson Starship 50 Years Ago". American Songwriter. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Grace Slick artist | Grace Slick Art | Grace Slick". Area Arts. Retrieved May 15, 2023.