Dan Penn – $1 million
Greatest Hits: Cry Like a Baby, The Dark End of the Street
Dan Penn is a songwriter who wrote and recorded several hits in the 1960s, including The Dark End of the Street,” “Cry Like a Baby” and Do Right Woman.” He collaborated with artists including The Box Tops, Chips Moman, Spooner Oldham. He preferred songwriting to showmanship, as he was camera-shy. His writing relationship with Chips Moman for Press Publishing Company was successful, although the pair had a fall-out that ended the partnership, which was described as “short-lived” but “intense.” His collaboration with Aretha Franklin is one of his most successful to date.
Dan Penn
Stevie Nicks – $75 million
Greatest Hits: Landslide
Stevie Nicks is Fleetwood Mac’s lead singer, and she’s known for her poetic lyrics. Born in Arizona, she joined her boyfriend, Lindsey Buckingham, in 1975. The band’s second most successful album was the year’s best-seller. To date, it has sold over forty million copies alone. Nicks, both as a solo artist and as a member of Fleetwood Mac, has sold over 140 million albums and had over forty top 50 hits on the charts. Her latest album, 24 Karat Gold, released in 2014.
Stevie Nicks