She also commented that she once saw a woman in her audience dressed in dripping chiffon with a Gibson Girl hairstyle and big boots, and Nicks knew she wanted something similar. After the release of her first solo album, Rolling Stone named her the " Reigning Queen of Rock and Roll". S., together with her solo hit " Edge of Seventeen", have all been included in Rolling Stone 's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Named after Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, who combined their surnames, this highly-resilient group has gone from its humble beginnings in 1967, to the top-selling album Rumours in 1977, to solo careers in 1979, to a phenomenal comeback in 1993. In 1971, CBS Records, which now owned Fleetwood Mac's original record company Blue Horizon (except in the US and Canada), released the band's third compilation album, The Original Fleetwood Mac, containing previously unreleased material from 1967 and 1968.

Although the initial pressing of the American release of this album was the same as the British version, it was altered to contain the song " Oh Well", which featured consistently in live performances from the time of its release through 1997 and again starting in 2009.

The couple got together in 1972 but had split during the Rumours recordings, which was 1976, meaning their relationship was not as long as that of Christine and John. Their next and more successful compilation album The Pious Bird of Good Omen was released in August and contained various singles, B-sides and tracks the band had recorded as back-up for Eddie Boyd. The witch rumors frightened Nicks so much that she gave up black for a period of time (approximately 1978 to 1982), instead opting to wear colors such as apricot and sea foam green. Already in contact with Hendrix (with whom Obermaier had a brief affair earlier that year), they hoped Green would help them to get in contact with The Rolling Stones.

In January 1969 they released their first compilation album English Rose, which contained half of Mr. Nicks has said that her vocal style and performance antics evolved from female singers like Grace Slick and Janis Joplin. While it is unclear exactly how they met, Christine and John would often come together in their bands: Chicken Shack and Fleetwood Mac. She also wrote " Landslide", inspired by the scenery of Aspen and her slowly deteriorating relationship with Buckingham.

After Green's departure, Spencer and Kirwan also left in 1971 and 1972 respectively, with Spencer replaced by Bob Welch and Kirwan replaced by Bob Weston and Dave Walker. The tour was suspended during Nicks's bout with chronic fatigue syndrome and developing an addiction to Klonopin, though it resumed in 1988. Immediately following the album’s 1977 release, a candid Nicks told Rolling Stone she didn’t “care that everybody knows me and Chris and John and Lindsey all broke up. Hits like "The Chain," "Second Hand News", "Gold Dust Woman," and "Dreams" sailed over the radio waves as everyone sang along. Nicks' 2014 release of 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault, consisted of remakes of older demo songs.