Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Bebe Buell

Bebe Buell (born Beverle Lorence Buell on July 14, 1953, in Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American fashion model and singer, and Playboy magazine's November 1974 Playmate of the Month. She is also a famous groupie known for dating and marrying rock musicians.

Buell's mother, Dorothea, sent Buell's pictures to the Ford modeling agency, and received notice after only three days that the agency was interested. She began modeling professionally at the age of seventeen, and moved to New York City in 1972. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the November 1974 issue; her centerfold was photographed by Richard Fegley. 

In 1972 while working as a teenage model in New York City, Buell met and dated rock star Todd Rundgren for several years. During and after her sometimes open relationship with Rundgren, she also became intimate with many other famous musicians, including Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, and Steven Tyler while maintaining homes with Rundgren in both New York City and the Woodstock, New York area until late 1977. Many people assumed they were married and Bebe was often referred to as Bebe Rundgren in the media. In the fall of 1976, she unexpectedly became pregnant by Tyler, and gave birth to daughter Liv Tyler on July 1, 1977. Buell allowed her daughter to believe that Rundgren was her father until the late 1980s, as Tyler was still deeply addicted to drugs at the time. Buell then moved on to Rod Stewart and in the summer of 1978, she began a tempestuous affair with the married but separated Elvis Costello which continued on and off until 1984. She was also involved with the late Stiv Bators and actor Jack Nicholson. Buell married sometime-musician and actor Coyote Shivers in 1992.[1] They divorced in 1999 after a year-long separation. In 2002 she married musician Jim Wallerstein of Das Damen and Vacationland fame.

In 1981, Buell recorded a four song EP on Rhino Records, produced by Rick Derringer and Ric Ocasek, with The Cars serving as her band on two tracks. The rock band Power Station began in 1984 when then-boyfriend John Taylor (of Duran Duran fame) pulled some famous friends together to provide backing for another of Buell's musical efforts. She also formed the band The B-Sides in 1980 but they disbanded in 1985. She founded another band called The Gargoyles in 1985, and released a couple of singles. Nowadays, she is part of "The Bebe Buell Band" and has released her first recording in ten years with a single "Air Kisses for the Masses" in May 2009.

Bebe Buell with Jimmy Page

Bebe Buell with Todd Rundgren

Bebe Buell and Stiv Bators

Bebe Buell with Rod Steward

Bebe Buell with Steven Tyler

Bebe Buell, Steven Tyler and their daughter Liv Tyler

I simply love the relationship of Bebe and Liv!

In 2001, she wrote an autobiography (with Victor Bockris) entitled Rebel Heart: An American Rock and Roll Journey. The book was a New York Times bestseller.


(wikipedia, fanpix, corbis, fanpop, imdb)

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