Maggie Reilly (born in Glasgow on 15 September 1956) is a Scottish vocalist best known for her collaborations with the composer Mike Oldfield between 1980 and 1984, especially by 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 1970's 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), and Starcrossed (2000). 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, Lesiëm, Ralph McTell, Simon Nicol (of Fairport Convention), Runrig, The Sisters of Mercy, and Smokie.
Discography
- 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 (September 15, 2006)
