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Guitar World
Guitar World
Entertainment
Janelle Borg

“By the time we met the Beatles, they were thrilled to meet us. They liked us in part because we were women who could play”: The pioneering ’70s band beloved by the Beatles – who recorded with Abbey Road and Sgt. Pepper’s sonic architect

June Millington (L) and Jean Millington (R) of American all-female rock band Fanny performing on stage at City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, 30 May 1973.

Fanny were one of the first rock bands comprised only of women to achieve both critical and commercial success during the ’70s – with two of their singles landing on the Billboard Hot 100.

The band, led by sisters June and Jean Millington, carved a unique path for themselves and a repertoire that would nowadays be referred to as “art-rock”.

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