In 1979, the Wilson-Fisher liaisons ended—Roger Fisher was voted out of the band by the other members, and his brother Mike left the group’s orbit within a month.
the album was re-released in 1978
In late 1978, the double-platinum Dog & Butterfly peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard 200 and produced hits with its title song (No. 34) and ” Straight On ” (No. 15).
In a July 1977 Rolling Stone cover story, the sisters cited this advertisement as a key reason for their decision to leave Mushroom Records.
In 1977, Mushroom Records ran a full-page advertisement showing the bare-shouldered Wilson sisters (as on the Dreamboat Annie album cover) with the suggestive caption, “It was only our first time!”
Mushroom released the partly completed Magazine in early 1977
Helped by two hit singles in 1976 (” Crazy on You ” and ” Magic Man “, which reached No. 35 and 9, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100), it reached number 7 on the Billboard 200.
Sales were assisted by the band opening a Rod Stewart concert at the Montreal Forum in Montreal in October, a gig they were offered a day before the concert when the previously scheduled opening act canceled.
The album was picked up by Siegel and sold 30,000 copies in Canada within the first few months of its release in September 1975.
Ann’s sister Nancy Wilson joined in 1974, and soon after that became romantically involved with Fisher.