Grace
Slick (born Grace
Barnett Wing; October 30, 1939) is an American artist, painter and retired
singer-songwriter. Slick was a key figure in San Francisco's early psychedelic music scene in the mid-1960s. With a music
career spanning four decades, she first performed with The Great Society, but is
best known for her work with Jefferson Airplane and
the subsequent successor bands Jefferson Starship and Starship. Slick and Jefferson Airplane first achieved fame
with their 1967 album Surrealistic Pillow,
which included the top-ten Billboard hits "White Rabbit" and
"Somebody to Love".
She provided the lead vocals on both tracks. With Starship, she sang co-lead
for two number one hits, "We Built This City"
and "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now".