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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 Even Garth Brooks And Clint Black. She Is Also The Only Female Singer Ever To Have Three Separate Albums Chart In The Same Year In Australia. A Native Of Big Pond Cape Breton County MacNeil First Performed On Stage In 1971 And Recorded Her First Album Born A Woman In 1975. She Performed At Folk Festivals Throughout The 1970s And 1980s Culminating In Her Major Label Debut And Pop Breakthrough In 1987. MacNeil Hosted A CBC Television Variety Show Rita And Friends From 1994 To 1997. The Show Won A Gemini Award In 1996. She Also Runs A Tea Room In Her Hometown Of Big Pond Which Has Become One Of Cape Breton Island's Most Popular Tourist Attractions. She Was Made A Member Of The Order Of Canada In 1992 And Was Awarded The Order Of Nova Scotia In 2005.
MacNeil Wrote Her Memoirs On A Personal Note With Anne Simpson In 1998 Which Was Published By Key Porter Books. Flying On Her Own A Play Based On MacNeil's Life And Featuring Many Of Her Songs Premiered At Live Bait Theatre In Sackville NB In 2000. Written By Canadian Playwright Charlie Rhindress It Was Subsequently Produced By Neptune Theatre In Halifax NS In 2002 And Published By Playwrights Canada Press In 2008.
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Biography - Rita Macneil
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 Even Garth Brooks And Clint Black. She Is Also The Only Female Singer Ever To Have Three Separate Albums Chart In The Same Year In Australia. A Native Of Big Pond Cape Breton County MacNeil First Performed On Stage In 1971 And Recorded Her First Album Born A Woman In 1975. She Performed At Folk Festivals Throughout The 1970s And 1980s Culminating In Her Major Label Debut And Pop Breakthrough In 1987. MacNeil Hosted A CBC Television Variety Show Rita And Friends From 1994 To 1997. The Show Won A Gemini Award In 1996. She Also Runs A Tea Room In Her Hometown Of Big Pond Which Has Become One Of Cape Breton Island's Most Popular Tourist Attractions. She Was Made A Member Of The Order Of Canada In 1992 And Was Awarded The Order Of Nova Scotia In 2005.
MacNeil Wrote Her Memoirs On A Personal Note With Anne Simpson In 1998 Which Was Published By Key Porter Books. Flying On Her Own A Play Based On MacNeil's Life And Featuring Many Of Her Songs Premiered At Live Bait Theatre In Sackville NB In 2000. Written By Canadian Playwright Charlie Rhindress It Was Subsequently Produced By Neptune Theatre In Halifax NS In 2002 And Published By Playwrights Canada Press In 2008. read less
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In 1990 She Was The Bestselling Country Artist In Canada Outselling Even Garth Brooks And Clint Black. She Is Also The Only Female Singer Ever To Have Three Separate Albums Chart In The Same Year In Australia. A Native Of Big Pond Cape Breton County MacNeil First Performed On Stage In 1971 And Recorded Her First Album Born A Woman In 1975. She Performed At Folk Festivals Throughout The 1970s And 1980s Culminating In Her Major Label Debut And Pop Breakthrough In 1987. MacNeil Hosted A CBC Television Variety Show Rita And Friends From 1994 To 1997. The Show Won A Gemini Award In 1996. She Also Runs A Tea Room In Her Hometown Of Big Pond Which Has Become One Of Cape Breton Island's Most Popular Tourist Attractions. She Was Made A Member Of The Order Of Canada In 1992 And Was Awarded The Order Of Nova Scotia In 2005.
MacNeil Wrote Her Memoirs On A Personal Note With Anne Simpson In 1998 Which Was Published By Key Porter Books. Flying On Her Own A Play Based On MacNeil's Life And Featuring Many Of Her Songs Premiered At Live Bait Theatre In Sackville NB In 2000. Written By Canadian Playwright Charlie Rhindress It Was Subsequently Produced By Neptune Theatre In Halifax NS In 2002 And Published By Playwrights Canada Press In 2008. read less
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