Sally Oldfield

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Sally Patricia Oldfield (born August 3, 1947 in Dublin , Ireland ) is a British singer and composer . She is the older sister of Mike Oldfield and Terence Oldfield .

biography

Sally Oldfield formed the folk duo The Sallyangie with her brother Mike in 1967 . With Children of the Sun an album of the duo was released.

Her music, which she mostly writes herself, is somewhere between folk and new age . Occasionally, Celtic motifs are incorporated, such as those used later by Enya or Loreena McKennitt .

Her solo career began in 1978 with the album Water Bearer and the single Mirrors . The next two LPs and the pieces Celebration and Mandala were also successful . Some of her later albums were produced in Germany and are mainstream in terms of music and content. More recently, Sally Oldfield has been focusing more on the Anglo-American region and shifting her image towards esotericism .

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Water bearer
  DE 33 05/07/1979 (7 weeks)
Celebration
  DE 35 October 27, 1980 (26 weeks)
Femme
  DE 12 06/29/1987 (28 weeks)
Instincts
  DE 61 January 16, 1989 (2 weeks)
Singles
Mirrors
  DE 39 03/26/1979 (4 weeks)
  AT 21st 04/15/1979 (8 weeks)
  UK 19th December 9, 1978 (13 weeks)
  IE 13 January 18, 1979 (6 weeks)
Mandala
  DE 45 01/05/1981 (6 weeks)
Silver Dagger
  DE 36 08/03/1987 (12 weeks)
Digging for gold
  DE 69 05/09/1994 (9 weeks)

Studio albums

  • Children of the Sun (1969, with Mike as Sallyangie )
  • Singing on the albums Hergest Ridge , Ommadawn and Incantations by her brother Mike Oldfield (1974-78)
  • Singer of Shadow of the Hierophant on the album Voyage of the Acolyte by Steve Hackett (1975)
  • Singing on the album Keesojen Letho by Pekka Pohjola (1977)
  • Water Bearer (1978)
  • Easy (1979)
  • Celebration (1980)
  • Playing in the Flame (1981)
  • Strange Day in Berlin (1983)
  • Femme (1987)
  • Instincts (1988)
  • Natasha (1990)
  • The Flame (1992)
  • Three Rings (1994)
  • Secret Songs (1996)
  • Flaming Star (2001)
  • Absolutely Chilled (2003)
  • Singing on the albums Tr3s Lunas and Tubular Bells 2003 by her brother Mike Oldfield (2002–03)
  • Cantadora (2009)
  • The Enchanted Way (2018)
  • Mystique (2019)

Live albums / compilations

  • In Concert (1982 - Live)
  • The Collection (1986)
  • Mirrors - The Most Beautiful Songs (1987)
  • A Portrait of Sally Oldfield (1993)
  • Morning of My Life (1997)
  • Celebration - Best (2000) (1978-83, Label: Zounds , all tracks digitally remastered)

Singles

  • Two Ships (1969)
  • Sweet Child of Allah (1972)
  • Mirrors (1978)
  • You Set My Gipsy Blood Free (1979)
  • The Sun in My Eyes (1979)
  • Easy (1979) (FR)
  • I Sing for You (1980)
  • Mandala (1980)
  • Woman of the Night (1980) (Portugal)
  • Celebration (1980)
  • Morning of My Life (1981)
  • Song of the Lamp (1981)
  • Playing in the Flame (1982)
  • Broken Mona Lisa (1982)
  • Path with a Heart (1983)
  • Meet Me in Verona (1984) (FR)
  • Share (1985)
  • Silver Dagger (1987)
  • Giving All My Love (1987)
  • Andromeda Rising (1988)
  • I Say Something (1989)
  • Let It Begin (1989)
  • Natasha (1990)
  • Guiding Star (1990)
  • Break Through the Rock (1991)
  • No Heart (1992)
  • Mandala (1992)
  • Digging for Gold (1994)
  • Summer of Love (1994)
  • Morning Has Broken (1994)
  • Three Rings (1995)
  • Summer in My Hand (1995)
  • Mystic Drum (1996)
  • Masquerade (1997)
  • Mirrors (2001)
  • Mirrors (2002)
  • Private Collection (2003)
  • Singing My Life (2006)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT UK IE

Remarks

  1. ↑ The date of birth is given differently in different sources. According to a quote from Mike Oldfield, Mike Oldfield : Changeling , the autobiography of Mike Oldfield . Virgin Books, 2007: "According to her younger brother Mike Oldfield, she's six years older than he is, Mike being born in 1953" and Discogs is March 8, 1947, according to IMDb / laut.de August 1950.

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personal data
SURNAME Oldfield, Sally
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oldfield, Sally Patricia (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British singer and composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Dublin , Ireland