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Biography
no footnotes|date=July 2011Use dmy dates|date=August 2010Infobox musical artist | name = Maggie Reilly| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1956|9|15|df=yes|birth_place =| death_date =| origin = Glasgow , Scotland | instrument =| genre = Pop music|Pop , Folk music|Folk , Soft Rock | occupation =| years_active = 1970sspaced ndashpresent| label = EMI , Red Berry Records| associated_acts = Cado Belle , Mike Oldfield | website = http://www.maggiereilly.co.uk Official website| notable_instruments = Maggie Reilly (born 15 September 1956 in Glasgow , Scotland ) is a Scotland|Scottish singer best known for her collaborations with the composer and instrumentalist Mike Oldfield . Most notably, she performed the vocals on the song Moonlight Shadow , which was Moonlight_Shadow#Chart_positions|an international hit in 1983.
Career
Reilly first came to prominence as a member of the 1970s white-soul outfit Cado Belle , and released one album with them in 1976.
She is best known for her collaborations with the composer Mike Oldfield between 1980 and 1984, especially by co-writing and performing the vocals on " Family Man (song)|Family Man " and other tracks on the album Five Miles Out (1982), " Moonlight Shadow " (1983), " Crises|Foreign Affair " (1983), and " To France " (1984).
In 1992, she released her debut solo album Echoes (Maggie Reilly album)|Echoes , from which the singles " Everytime We Touch (Maggie Reilly song)|Everytime We Touch ", " Tears in the Rain (song)|Tears in the Rain " and " Wait (Maggie Reilly song)|Wait " were the most successful. A series of solo albums were released over the next seventeen years.
Maggie and songwriting partner Stuart MacKillop are collaborating (2009) with novelist and screenwriter Tom Stevens on a movie project entitled 'Lilith: the last temptation of Adam'. Maggie and Stuart are writing the movie soundtrack which will also be released on CD. http://www.maggiereillyfansite.nl/lilith.html Maggie Reilly Fan Site
http://www.myspace.com/maggiereillyrr Maggie Reilly on MySpace Music
http://www.maggiereillyfansite.nl Heartsong, an unofficial fansite
Persondata | NAME = Reilly, Maggie | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 15 September 1956 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Reilly, Maggie Category:1956 births Category:Living people Category:People from Glasgow Category:Scottish female singers
