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Grace Slick
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American musician, writer and painter
Film & TV
Highland Park, Illinois, USA
Grace Barnett Slick (born October 30, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, artist, and former model, widely known in rock and roll history for her role in San Francisco's burgeoning psychedelic scene in the mid–1960s. Her music career spanned four decades, and involved The Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Starship, as well as a sporadic solo career.…
Known for
- SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)2025
- Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation — Self2019
- The Summer of Love2017
- Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited — Self2014
- When Albums Ruled the World — Self2013
- Woodstock: Untold Stories2009
- VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music Moments — Self2009
- Ed Sullivan's Rock 'N' Roll Classics: Rockin' the Sixties2005
- Jefferson Starship: Greatest Video Hits2004
- Jefferson Airplane: Fly — Herself2004
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Key facts
- Born
- Grace Barnett Wing , ( 1939-10-30 ) October 30, 1939 (age 86) , 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)
- Genres
- Psychedelic rock progressive rock blues rock pop
- Instruments
- Vocals keyboards recorder
- Label
- RCA
- Formerly of
- The Great Society Jefferson Airplane Jefferson Starship Starship Hot Tuna
- Spouses
- Gerald "Jerry" Slick ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1961 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1971 ) Skip Johnson ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1976 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1994 )
- Website
- graceslick .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Grace
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Highland Park
- Child
- China Kantner
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Grace Slick ca. 1967.jpg
- Voice type
- contralto
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- Grace Slick
- date of birth
- 1939-10-30
- social media followers
- 31958
- name in native language
- Grace Wing Slick
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- birth name
- Grace Barnett Wing
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- married name
- Grace Barnett Slick
- member of
- Hot Tuna
- unmarried partner
- Paul Kantner
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Encyclopedic overview
Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing; October 30, 1939) is an American painter and musician 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".
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