Maggie Reilly

Maggie Reilly (born 15 September 1956) is a Scottish singer and songwriter. 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, Danish Music Awards Best International Female 2006

Dance Award 2007 Pop Award Discography Studio albums Echoes (1992) Midnight Sun (1993) Elena (1996) Starcrossed (2000) Save It for a Rainy Day (2002) Rowan (2006) Looking Back, Moving Forward (2009) Heaven Sent (2013) Starfields (2019) Happy Christmas (2022) Elfinguard (2024) (with Stuart MacKillop)

Compilation albums All the Mixes (1996) (as ṀṘ) The Best of Maggie Reilly, There and Back Again (1998) The Best of Maggie Reilly: Past – Present – Future (2021)

Solo singles

Collaborations with Mike Oldfield QE2 (1980) Five Miles Out (1982) Crises (1983) Discovery (1984) The Complete (1985) Earth Moving (1989) Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield (1993) XXV: The Essential (1997)

Collaborations with other artists Cado Belle – Cado Belle (1976) Jim Wilkie – The Waxer (1979) Pumphouse Gang - Welcome Back Into My Life (1979) Doll by Doll – Grand Passion (1982) Dave Greenfield & J.J. Burnel – Fire & Water (1983) Peter Blegvad – Naked Shakespeare (1983) Nick Mason & Rick Fenn – Profiles (1985) Flairck – Sleight of Hand (1986) Mike Batt – The Hunting of the Snark (1986) Jack Bruce – Willpower (1989) The Sisters of Mercy – Vision Thing (1990) Jack Bruce – Somethin' Else (1992) 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) Juliane Werding and Viktor Lazlo – Engel wie du (1994) Jack Bruce – The Collectors Edition (1996) Jack Bruce – Sitting on Top of the World (1997) Simon Nicol – Before Your Time / Consonant Please Carol (1998) Smokie – Wild Horses – The Nashville Album (1998) Smokie – Our Swedish Collection (1999) Lesiëm – Times (2003) / Auracle (2004) XII Alfonso – Charles Darwin (2012) Taco Ockerse – Heaven Sent (2024)