Rita MacNeil
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1944
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Born a woman
- Christmas at Home with Rita MacNeil
- On a personal note
- Rita MacNeil Songbook
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Canada
- Active from
- 1944-05-28
- Active to
- 2013-04-16
celticeast coastfolksinger-songwriter
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,910
- Total plays
- 53,444
Tags
holidayCanadiancanada
Rita MacNeil, (born May 28, 1944 - April 16, 2013) is a Canadian country and folk singer from the community of Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. Her biggest hit, "Flying On Your Own", was a crossover Top 40 hit in 1987 and was covered by Anne Murray the following year, although she has had hits on the country charts throughout her career. In the United Kingdom, MacNeil's song "Working Man" was a #11 hit in 1990. In 1990, she was the bestselling country artist in Canada, outselling ev
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rita
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of death
- Sydney
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Genre
- folk music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Virgin Records
- Official website
- www.ritamacneil.com
- Image
- Rita MacNeil Live at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario (cropped).jpg
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1944-05-28
- date of death
- 2013-04-16
- cause of death
- infectious disease
- start of work period
- 1975-00-00
- Commons category
- Rita MacNeil
- manner of death
- natural causes
Sources (2)
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