Maggie Reilly

Maggie Reilly (born 15 September 1956 in Glasgow) is a Scottish vocalist 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 an international hit in 1983.

Career

Reilly 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" and other tracks on the album Five Miles Out (1982), "Moonlight Shadow" (1983), "Foreign Affair" (1983), and "To France" (1984). She was part of the 1970s pub-rock outfit Cado Belle, and released one album with them in 1976.

In 1992, she issued her debut solo album Echoes, from which the singles "Everytime We Touch", "Tears in the Rain" and "Wait" were the most successful, followed by Midnight Sun (1993), Elena (1996), Starcrossed (2000), Save It for a Rainy Day (2002), Rowan (2006) and Looking Back Moving Forward (2009).

She has also worked with many other artists, including 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 Muenchener Freiheit), Runrig, The Sisters of Mercy, and Smokie.

Discography

Solo albums

• Echoes (1992)
• Midnight Sun (1993)
• All the Mixes (1996)
• Elena (1996)
• Elena: The Mixes (1997)
• The Best of Maggie Reilly, There and Back Again (1998)
• Starcrossed (2000)
• Save It for a Rainy Day (2002)
• Rowan (2006)
• Looking Back, Moving Forward (2009)

Solo singles

• "As Tears Go By" (1984)
• "What About Tomorrows Children" (1991)
• "Everytime We Touch" (1992)
• "Wait" (1992)
• "Tears in the Rain" (1992)
• "Follow the Midnight Sun" (1993)
• "Every Single Heartbeat" (1993)
• "Don't Wanna Lose" (1994)
• "Walk on By" (1996)
• "Walk on By" - The Mixes (1996)
• "To France" - The Mixes (1996)
• "Listen to Your Heart" (1996)
• "To France" - The Mixes II (1997)
• "Listen to Your Heart" - The Mixes (1997)
• "Listen to Your Heart" - The Mixes II (1997)
• "One Little Word" (1998)

Collaborations/Guest appearances

• Cado Belle - Cado Belle (1976)
• Jim Wilkie - The Waxer (1979)
• Mike Oldfield - QE2 (1980)
• Mike Oldfield - Five Miles Out (1982)
• Doll by Doll - Grand Passion (1982)
• Mike Oldfield - Crises (1983)
• Dave Greenfield - & J.J. Burnel Fire & Water (1983)
• Peter Blegvad - Naked Shakespeare (1983)
• Mike Oldfield - Discovery (1984)
• Mike Oldfield - The Complete (1985)
• Nick Mason & Rick Fenn - Profiles (1985)
• Flairck - Sleight of Hand (1986)
• Mike Batt - The Hunting of the Snark (1986)
• Mike Oldfield - Earth Moving (1989)
• Jack Bruce - Willpower (1989)
• The Sisters of Mercy - Vision Thing (1990)
• Flairck - Sleight of Hand (1986)
• Jack Bruce - Somethin' Else (1992)
• Mike Oldfield - Elements - The Best of Mike Oldfield (1993)
• Jack Bruce - Cities of the Heart (1993)
• The Lenny MacDowell Project - Lost Paradise (1993)
• Artists For Nature - Earthrise, The Rainforest Album (1994)
• Colm Wilkinson - Stage Heroes (1994)
• Juliane Werding - Du Schaffst Es (1994)
• Jack Bruce - The Collectors Edition (1996)
• Mike Oldfield - XXV: The Essential (1997)
• Jack Bruce - Sitting on top of the World (1997)
• Simon Nicol - Before Your Time / Consonant Please Carol (1998)
• Smokie - Wild Horses (1998)
• Smokie - Our Swedish Collection (1999)
• Lesiëm - Times (2003)
• Lesiëm - Auracle (2004)

Current band members

• Stuart MacKillop - Keyboards
• Mark Hornby - Guitars and Backing vocals
• Simon Little - Basses and Backing vocals
• Steve Alexander - Drums and Percussion

External links

• Official website
• Heartsong, an unofficial Maggie Reilly fansite