Maggie MacNeal

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Maggie MacNeal (1975)

Maggie MacNeal (actually: Sjoukje Lucie van't Spijker ; born May 5, 1950 in Tilburg , Netherlands ) is a Dutch singer who was best known as a member of the duo Mouth & MacNeal .

biography

Maggie MacNeal and Jan Akkerman (1978)

After a notable success with the single I Heard It Through the Grapevine , MacNeal formed the singing duo "Mouth & MacNeal" with singer Willem Duyn in 1971 , which had several international hits in the following years, including the title How Do You Do? and Hello-A . In 1974, as representatives of the Netherlands , they took third place in the Eurovision Song Contest with I See a Star .

Soon after, the duo separated and Maggie MacNeal took up a number of solo records from 1975, while Mouth and his new partner Ingrid Kup founded the duo "Big Mouth & Little Eve". Maggie MacNeal reached the Dutch top ten with the singles Terug naar de kust ("Back to the coast") and When You're Gone (later number 1 in Brazil). The fifth place at the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the title Amsterdam brought her international attention , which however had only moderate success in her home country with 33rd place.

After that, things calmed down around Maggie MacNeal, who in 2000 formed the group Dutch Divas with Marga Bult and Sandra Reemer , which currently - after Reemer's departure - only appears as a duo. Maggie MacNeal was married for 32 years to Frans Smit, a former drummer of the Brainbox group , who died in 2005 and who was involved in numerous of their solo records as a musician or co-author. A daughter was born in 1984.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
NL NL
1976 Maggie MacNeal
 NL10 (5 weeks)
NL
First published: September 1976
Producer: Peter Bewley

more albums

  • 1977: Fools Together
  • 1979: Nighttime
  • 1980: Amsterdam
  • 1989: Leuk voor later

Compilations

  • 1981: When You're Gone
  • 1998: Remind

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
NL NL
1975 Nothing else to do
 NL25 (5 weeks)
NL
First publication: June 1975
Authors: Frans Smit, Peter Bewley, Sjoukje Smit
1975 When You're Gone
Maggie MacNeal 		NL3 (9 weeks)
NL
First publication: November 1975
Authors: Frans Smit, Sjoukje Smit
1976 Terug naar de kust
 NL8 (7 weeks)
NL
First publication: April 1976
Authors: Theun de Winter, Sjoukje Smit
1977 Fools Together
Fools Together 		NL11 (6 weeks)
NL
First publication: September 1977
Authors: Peter Bewley, Richard de Bois
1980 Amsterdam
Amsterdam 		NL33 (3 weeks)
NL
First publication: April 1980
Authors: Alex Alberts, Frans Smit,
Robert Verwey, Sjoukje Smit

more singles

  • 1976: Love Was in Your Eyes
  • 1976: Blackbird
  • 1976: An evening for two
  • 1976: Make the Man Love Me
  • 1977: You and I
  • 1977: White Room (feat. Jan Akkerman )
  • 1977: Jij alleen
  • 1978: The One and Only
  • 1978: Winter in Berlin
  • 1979: Night Time
  • 1979: Ooh
  • 1980: Be My Friend
  • 1980: Why Your Lady Says Goodbye
  • 1981: Together
  • 1983: I've Got You (You've Got Me)
  • 1983: Still Can't Believe It
  • 1985: You Are My Hope
  • 1989: Papa ran
  • 1989: Lost tijd
  • 1989: Terug naar de kust

literature

  • Roel Smit: Mouth & MacNeal - Duo tegen wil en thanks , GigaBoek 2012, The Netherlands, ISBN 978-90-8548-316-8

swell

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles albums

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME MacNeal, Maggie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Spijker, Sjoukje Lucie van't (real name); Smit, Sjoukje (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 5th 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Tilburg