23 on the Billboard Hot 100 and She's Gone which reached No. Heart is a rock band which started in Seattle in the 1960s.

Rare Earth is an American soul band affiliated with Motown's Rare Earth record label (named after the band), which overcame racial profiling to prosper in the early 1970s decade. Quarterflash was a pop/rock group best known for their 1981 hit "Harden My Heart". Heart was started by Steve Fossen and brothers Roger and Mike Fisher in Seattle. Mainly on the strength of the two singles I'll Never Let You Go which made it to No. Steelheart's debut album, the self-titled Steelheart (1990), which was released on May 10, 1990, was certified gold by the RIAA on July 30, 1991. Heart is an American rock band made up of primarily two women as lead vocalists – Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson. With an EP and two singles under their belt; their follow up, LIVE FREE, shows maturity and growth. Formed in 2012, melodic hardcore act Take Heart has been hard at work recording and playing shows. In 1974 Nancy Wilson, Ann’s sister, also joined the band. … Nancy Wilson joined the band in 1974. 59. Ann Wilson joined the band in Seattle in 1970. That track appeared on their critically praised eponymous debut album.

The band was lead by vocalist and saxophonist Rindy Ross as well as her husband, the guitarist Marv Ross. Ann Wilson joined the band changing names such as White Heart, Hocus Pocus and then Heart formed in 1973.

It became famous with the release of "Dreamboat Annie" in 1976 when the band-members were living in Vancouver.

From then, Ann and Nancy wrote almost all of the band's songs. Although not the first white band signed to Motown, Rare Earth was the first big hit-making act signed by Motown that consisted only of white members.