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"Nightbird" is a 1983 song by the American singer/songwriter Stevie Nicks, written by Nicks with Sandy Stewart. It was the third single from Nicks's second solo album, The Wild Heart. The song, a duet with Stewart, peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached No. 32 spot on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart. The song also reached No. 39 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary Chart.
"Wild Heart" is a 1983 song by the American singer/songwriter Stevie Nicks. It was the third single from her second solo album, The Wild Heart. The song was written in 1981 and first performed during a Rolling Stone photo shoot with her to-be sister-in-law Lori Perry-Nicks. The original demo has the music of Fleetwood Mac's song "Can't Go Back".
Cat Dancer is the debut and sole solo album by American singer-songwriter and musician Sandy Stewart, which was released by Modern in 1984.
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- ↑ Hedges, Dan (July 1984). "Breaking away: Stevie Nicks' co-writer steps out". Record. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ↑ "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. September 17, 1983. pp. 8–10. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 457.