Maggie Bell

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Maggie Bell (born January 12th 1945) is a Glaswegian singer. From a musical family, she sang from her teens, leaving school at 15 to work as a window dresser by day and singer at night. Logan, Nick &Woffinden, Bob (eds.) „The New Musical Express Book of Rock”, W.H. Allen &Co. Ltd (Star), 1973, p. 48. ISBN0352397152. .

Maggie was intoduced to Leslie Harvey, by his older brother Alex, after getting up on stage to sing with him (Alex). Les was at that time guitarist with the Kinning Park Ramblers. Maggie joined the group as as one of the vocalists. After the band split she moved to the Mecca Band at the Sauchiehall Street Locarno, and later to the Dennistoun Palais Band. Logan, Nick &Woffinden, Bob (eds.) „The New Musical Express Book of Rock”, W.H. Allen &Co. Ltd (Star), 1973, p. 489. ISBN0352397152. . She then rejoined Les Harvey, forming a group, initially known as Power, eventually travelling to Germany to sing on US airforce bases in the mid 1960s. Power was later renamed as Stone the Crows. This group lasted until 1973, finding that Leslies' death from accidental electrocution in 1972 took too much out of the group for them to continue.

Her first solo album was recored in New York with producer Jerry Wexler

She had a hit in the Uk in 1981 dueting with B.A. Robertson on "Hold Me" reaching number 11.

Her song No Mean City is the theme to the crime drama Taggart.

Discography

• Queen of the Night 1974
• Suicide Sal 1975

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