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Maggie Reilly

Maggie Reilly (born 15 September 1956) is a Scottish singer. She performed lead vocals on the Mike Oldfield songs "Family Man", "Moonlight Shadow", "To France", and "Foreign Affair", all of which were international hits in the early 1980s.

Career

Reilly first came to prominence as a member of the 1970s soul outfit Cado Belle (previously named Joe Cool) and released one album with them in 1976.

She collaborated with the composer Mike Oldfield between 1980 and 1984, especially by performing the vocals on "Family Man" (co-written by Reilly; from the album Five Miles Out), "Moonlight Shadow", "Foreign Affair" (co-written by Reilly; from the album Crises) and "To France" (from the album Discovery).

In 1992 Reilly released her debut solo album Echoes, from which the singles "Everytime We Touch", "Tears in the Rain" and "Wait" were the most successful. A series of solo albums were released over the next 27 years.

She has also worked with Mike Batt (on his Hunting of the Snark album), Jack Bruce, Dave Greenfield & Jean-Jacques Burnel, Nick Mason & Rick Fenn, Michael Cretu, Lesiëm, Ralph McTell, Simon Nicol of Fairport Convention, Stefan Zauner of Münchener Freiheit, Runrig, Taco Ockerse, The Sisters of Mercy, and Smokie. "Moonlight Shadow 2k14" (Michael Fall remix) was released on 23 May 2014 on the German label ZYX Music.

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