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Happy Birthday today (Aug. 17) to Maria McKee, who first came to prominence as lead vocalist-guitarist with influential 80s alt-country rock band, Lone Justice; they released the albums Lone Justice (1985 US #56 & UK #49) & Shelter (1986 US #65 & UK #84) & scored the 1987 UK #45 hit single I Found Out; at age 19, she had written Feargal Sharkeys (The Undertones) 1985 solo UK #1 hit A Good Heart; in 1987 she was featured in the Robbie Robertson video Somewhere Down the Crazy River (directed by Martin Scorsese) & contributed back-up vocals to his debut solo album; she released her first solo, self-titled album in 1989; her song Show Me Heaven from the film Days of Thunder scored UK #1 for four weeks in 1990; following her debut, Maria has recorded five studio (& two live) albums - her latest studio release is the 2007 Late December…
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 23:10:44 +0000

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