

Stevie Nicks on Beauty and the Beast Quotes by Nicks about the song, gathered from interviews throughout the years.Instead, a new studio version recorded in Nashville in January 2008 appears on the accompanying album, The Soundstage Sessions. Due to issues obtain copyrights for the 1946 film, a performance of the song was cut from the final edit of her 2009 Live in Chicago DVD. Footage from the film played in the background as well while she performed. For this number, she changed into a black dress and styled her hair into an up-do to resemble Belle from the 1946 film. Personnel (1983 studio version) ĭuring her 20 tours, Stevie Nicks performed "Beauty and the Beast" as her encore. During the recording session, Stevie Nicks and her back-up vocalists wore long black gowns and served champagne to the visiting musicians. It is recorded with a full string orchestra and grand piano. "Beauty and the Beast" was recorded during a single three-hour session in Gordon Perry's recording studio. On its re-release in Timespace – The Best of Stevie Nicks (1991), she dedicates the song to Vincent and Catherine, of the late 80's television show, "Beauty and the Beast." Studio session Nicks explains the importance of the song to her, both during live performances and in various interviews, as one that encompasses her whole life and represents how everyone is either a beauty or a beast, usually both The song receives its titles and initial inspiration from French filmmaker Jean Cocteau's 1946 film Beauty and the Beast, one of Stevie Nicks' favorite classic films. A new studio version appears on her album, The Soundstage Sessions, released in 2009. It also appears on two compilations: Timespace – The Best of Stevie Nicks, released in 1991, and the boxset, Enchanted, released in 1998. It was later released in a live version from Nicks 1986 Rock a Little tour as a B-side to the UK single "Whole Lotta Trouble" in October 1989. It is the final track on her second album The Wild Heart, released in 1983. " Beauty and the Beast" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks. 1983 song by Stevie Nicks "Beauty and the Beast"
