Maggie Reilly

Maggie Reilly is one of those voices you've almost certainly heard without knowing the name behind it. Her lead vocals on Mike Oldfield's "Moonlight Shadow" and "To France" defined a certain shimmering early-80s sound, and I find it telling that she made her mark elevating someone else's compositions rather than chasing the spotlight. There's a quiet integrity to that. As a Glaswegian who quietly became internationally recognizable through her tone alone, she represents the kind of artist I admire most: remembered not for spectacle, but for the simple, lingering beauty of how she sounds.

Name (English)

Maggie Reilly

Name (Japanese)

マギー・ライリー

Reading

まぎー・らいりー

Born

September 15, 1956 (age 69)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Monkey

Origin

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Occupation

singer / recording artist / songwriter / musician

High school

Boroughmuir High School

• Official sitehttps://www.maggie-reilly.net/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie%20Reilly
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AE%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233919

Tags

• singer
• recording artist
• songwriter

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.