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"Maggie May" is a song cowritten by singer Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton, performed by Stewart for his album Every Picture Tells a Story, released in 1971. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked it number 130 in The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. [3] In 2017, the Mercury Records single was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. [4]
Maggie May is a musical with a book by Alun Owen and music and lyrics by Lionel Bart.Based on "Maggie May", a traditional ballad about a Liverpool prostitute, it deals with trade union ethics and disputes among Irish-Catholic dockers in Liverpool, centring on the life of streetwalker Margaret Mary Duffy and her sweetheart, a freewheeling sailor.
It may also refer to: "Maggie May" (folk song), a traditional Liverpudlian song performed by The Beatles, and released on the album Let It Be with the spelling "Maggie Mae" Maggie May, a musical inspired by the song; Maggie May (model), Playboy's Miss August 2014 "Maggie May (R.I.P. Faith)", a song by Hieroglyphics from the album Full Circle
"Maggie May" (or "Maggie Mae") (Roud No. 1757) is a traditional Liverpool folk song about a prostitute who robbed a "homeward bounder", a sailor coming home from a round trip. John Manifold , in his Penguin Australian Song Book , described it as "A foc'sle song of Liverpool origin apparently, but immensely popular among seamen all over the ...
Martin Quittenton (22 April 1945 – 16 April 2015) [1] was a British guitarist and composer. [2] [3] He played in the blues rock band Steamhammer, formed in 1968.Their debut album Steamhammer was released in 1969.
It uses an arrangement markedly similar to "Maggie May", one of Stewart's hits from the previous year. [1] Stewart recorded "You Wear It Well" for the 1972 album Never a Dull Moment, and released it as a single on 12 August. The song became an international hit, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart. [2]
Margaret Denise Quigley [2] (born May 22, 1979), [3] professionally known as Maggie Q, is an American actress.. She began her professional career in Hong Kong, with starring roles in the action films Gen-Y Cops (2000) and Naked Weapon (2002), before appearing in the American productions Mission: Impossible III (2006), Live Free or Die Hard (2007), Priest (2011) and The Protégé (2021).
) is an Australian musical with music by Michael Maurice Harvey, book and lyrics by Gale Edwards and John Senczuk and original book and lyrics by Maggie May Gordon. The musical is set in Victoria during the Eureka Rebellion of 1854, covering the tensions between immigrant gold miners from many cultures and the British colonial authorities.