Maggie macneal
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Maggie MacNeal is a Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 singer.

Biography

After her first solo
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...

 record
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...

 in 1971, she teamed up with Willem Duyn, and the duo
Duet (music)
A duet is a musical composition for two performers. In classical music, the term is most often used for a composition for two singers or pianists; with other instruments, the word duo is also often used. A piece performed by two pianists performing together on the same piano is referred to as...

 became known as Mouth & MacNeal
Mouth & MacNeal
Mouth & MacNeal was a pop duo from the Netherlands. They are best known for their million selling recording of "How Do You Do".-Career:They were formed in 1971 when record producer Hans van Hemert brought together the solo talent of Mouth and Maggie MacNeal...

. After their break up, she formed her own group in 1975 with her husband Frans Smit (drum
Drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...

s), Adri de Hont (guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

), Ben Vermeulen and Wil de Meyer (bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

). In 1977, the line-up changed to: Smit, Jons Pistoor, Lex Bolderdijk, and Robert Verwey (bass). Thereafter, MacNeal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1980
The Eurovision Song Contest 1980 was the 25th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 19 April 1980 in The Hague. The presenter was Marlous Fluitsma, although each song was introduced by a presenter from the nation represented...

.

Since 2000, she became a member of the Dutch Divas, together with Marga Bult.

Discography

  • 1971 I heard it through the grapevine/Isolation Decca 6100032
  • 1975 Nothing else to do/I don't lay my head down Warner Brothers WBN 16581

When you're gone/Mother nature Warner Brothers WBN 16632
  • 1976 Terug naar de kust/Life is going on Warner Brothers WBN 16738

Love was in your eyes/Dr. Brian Warner Brothers WBN 16816
Make the man love me/The letter Warner Brothers WBN 16840
Blackbird/Make the man love me Warner Brothers WBN 16868
LP When you're gone Warner Brothers WBN 56290
  • 1977 Jij alleen/He never said his name Warner Brothers WBN 16889

Fools together/Empty place, empty space Warner Brothers WBN 17000
LP Fools together Warner Brothers WBN 56406
  • 1978 You and I/It hurts Warner Brothers WBN 17058
  • 1979 Ooh/Take it easy Warner Brothers WBN 17365

Nighttime/Take it easy Warner Brothers WBN 17465
LP Nighttime Warner Brothers WBN 56738
  • 1980 Amsterdam/Take it easy Warner Brothers WEAN 18214

Amsterdam/Amsterdam [a-side in Dutch, b-side in English] WEAN 18216
Amsterdam/Amsterdam [a-side in English, b-side in French] WEAN 18210
Why your lady says goodbye/Sail around the world Warner Brothers WEAN 18348
Be my friend/Why your lady says goodbye Warner Brothers WEAN 18412
LP Amsterdam Warner Brothers WEAN 58138
  • 1981 Be my lover tonight/Together Warner Brothers WEAN 18774

LP When you're gone [re] K-Tel HN 4181
  • 1983 I've got you, you've got me/Won't you tell me Carrere 221.020

Still can't believe it/On the beat (instrumentaal) Carrere 221.029
  • 1985 You are my hope/Say hello again DISK 1002
  • 1989 Verloren tijd/Heel verliefd Mercury 876.1067

Papa is lief/Heel verliefd Mercury 876.3847
  • 1990 Terug naar de kust/Heel gewoon Mercury 878-6207
  • 1997 Only love/A night in the city BR Music CDS 6059
  • 1999 Old friend/Live in my dreams CNR 2004219

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