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Infobox musical artist | name = Mae Moore| image =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Mae Moore| origin = Brandon, Manitoba , Canada | instrument = Vocals, guitar| genre = Folk music|Folk , Jazz , Pop music|Pop | occupation = Singer , Songwriter | years_active = 1985 -| label = Columbia Records|CBS Canada / Epic Records|Epic | associated_acts = Lester Quitzau | website = http://www.maemoore.com| current_members =| past_members = Marc Atkinson, Rick May, Joby Baker, Ashwin Sood , Paul Brennan, Neil Clark| notable_instruments = Guitar tunings|alternate tuned guitar Mae Moore (born in Brandon, Manitoba , Canada ) is a Canada|Canadian singer-songwriter . Her music is a blend of pop music|pop , folk music|folk and jazz . Her most successful album, 1992's Bohemia , was an international hit, although her other albums have been successful mainly in Canada.
Biography
Moore studied art before moving to British Columbia to pursue music. Her first hit came by co-writing the song " Heaven in Your Eyes " (with John Dexter), which would later be recorded by Loverboy for the Top Gun (soundtrack)|Top Gun soundtrack in 1986.cite web |url= http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/M/Moore_Mae.html |title=Mae Moore biography |publisher=Canoe.ca |accessdate=2009-04-14 She then worked with Barney Bentall and Colin Nairne from the band Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts , providing background vocals on their self-titled 1988 album Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts . She sang background vocals on and appeared in the music video for the Legendary Heart's "She's My Inspiration" song from that album. Her association with Bentall and Nairne paid off, as CBS Records in Canada soon awarded her a recording contract.cite web |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p42724/biography|pure_url=yes |title=Mae Moore biography |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=2009-04-14
Moore's debut album, Oceanview Motel , arrived in 1990. It was produced by Bentall and Nairne, and featured Vancouver -area musicians from both Barney Bentall & the Legendary Hearts and Spirit of the West . Three singles were released including "I'll Watch Over You" which found some success on Canadian radio. That same year she again worked with Bentall, providing vocals on the band's song "Life Could Be Worse" from the Lonely Avenue album.
In 1991, Moore was nominated for a Juno Awards of 1991|Juno Award for "Most Promising Female Vocalist". That year she travelled to Australia to write tracks for what would become her second album Bohemia . There she collaborated with Steve Kilbey , the lead singer from the popular Australian band The Church (band)|The Church , and the resulting recordings featured a more atmospheric sound than her first album. Although Kilbey was producing the album, his ongoing drug addiction resulted in producer Gavin MacKillop being asked to complete the record,cite web |url= http://homepage.mac.com/fipster/church/side-projects/moore-collected-works.html |title=Mae Moore & Steve Kilbey |accessdate=2009-04-14 and Bohemia was released in 1992.
Moore's third and final studio album for CBS was 1995's Dragonfly . It featured her most successful single to date "Genuine", which reached #6 on the RPM (magazine)|RPM "Top 100" singles chart in Canada. Ironically, Moore was dropped from CBS just as she awarded a SOCAN award for the most airplay of that single.
Towards the close of the decade, Jann Arden asked Moore to record an album on Arden's label and the result was 1999's self-titled Mae Moore . Moore's most recent solo album is ''It's a Funny World .
In 2002, Moore launched an occasional performing collaboration with folk musician Lester Quitzau . Moore and Quitzau subsequently married in 2003. Together they released an album in 2004 entitled Oh My! . Her most recent appearance is a song on Quitzau's 2009 album The Same Light .
Collected Works 1989-1999 (greatest hits compilation)
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April 2002
''It's a Funny World
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January 2004
Oh My! (With Lester Quitzau)
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February 2011
Folklore
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External links
http://www.maemoore.com Mae Moore - Official site
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