Pamela Manning

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This beautiful blond woman is not a groupie as she was actually paid to dance on stage during performances. She would often be seen performing with famed bands and has said that being labeled a groupie hurt her career a lot. She claims that some of these musicians would follow her around so much that she often joked asking whether she should call them her groupies in return.

Nico

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This fascinating lady made use of her connections and became a bonafide rockstar herself. She served as a vocalist for The Velvet Underground & Nico, singing in their debut album. She was actually advised by artist Andy Warhol to do music. Many famous stars fell for this woman. They include rockstars like Iggy Pop, Jim Morrison, Jackson Browne and Lou Reed. In 1988, at just 49 years of age, Nico dies while she was in Ibiza.

Rachel Hunter

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Supermodel Rachel Hunter has a thing for musicians and it shows. She first married Rod Stewart for 16 years after dating Kip Winger from the band Winger. She even dated pop star Robbie Williams for a while too. The two got married when she was just 21 and Stewart was 45. Rachel is still doing some modeling and is the new face of Australian women’s clothing brand Jacqui E.

Cher

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Cher became the Goddess of Pop after finding success in her musical career. But before finding her fame, she was always hanging around at Hollywood’s Sunset Strip in the hopes of meeting important people in the entertainment industry. After meeting Sonny Bono in 1962, she first worked as a housekeeper. Then Sonny used Cher to sing back up for his recordings. Then she finally made her own music which led to her stardom.

Trixie Merkin

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Trixie Merkin, as she calls herself was one of the subjects of the Rolling Stone issue featuring groupies. She is a bass guitarist who likes to exclude her from the common notions we have about groupies. She plays for bands like Monkey Siren and Mister Sister.

Madonna

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The Queen of Pop has also fallen for many musicians. Some of the men she has dated include Lenny Kravitz, Stephen Bray, and Tupac Shakur. Tupac and Madonna broke up in 1994 because of the fact that she is white.