Maggie MacNeal (born Sjoukje van't Spijker, May 5, 1950, Tilburg) is a Dutch singer. After her first solo record in 1971, she teamed up with Willem Duyn, and the duo became known as Mouth & MacNeal. After their breakup, Maggie formed her own group in 1975 with her husband Frans Smit (drums, ex-Brainbox and Mouth & MacNeal), Adri de Hont (g, ex-Mayflower, to Music Garden), Ben Vermeulen (o,p, ex-Album, to Match) and Wil de Meyer (b, ex-Rob Hoeke). In 1977, the line-up changed to: Frans Smit (dr)...
Maggie MacNeal (born Sjoukje van't Spijker, May 5, 1950, Tilburg) is a Dutch singer.
After her first solo record in 1971, she teamed up with Willem Duyn, and the duo became known as Mouth & MacNeal. After their breakup, Maggie formed her own group in 1975 with her husband Frans Smit (drums, ex-Brainbox and Mouth & MacNeal), Adri de Hont (g, ex-Mayflower, to Music Garden), Ben Vermeulen (o,p, ex-Album, to Match) and Wil de Meyer (b, ex-Rob Hoeke). In 1977, the line-up changed to: Frans Smit (dr), Jons Pistoor (o,p, ex-Free & Easy, to Bruno Basta), Lex Bolderdijk (g, ex-Gamma, to Beuk Brothers and Margriet Eshuys Band) and Robert Verwey (bass, ex-Long Tall Ernie & Shakers).
In 1980, Maggie participated in the Eurovision Song Contest. Her song "Amsterdam" came 5th.
Since 2000, she has been a member of the Dutch Divas, together with Marga Bult (ex-Babe). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
