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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 ]
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.
"Maggie May" was widely performed in the late 1950s, and was adapted to the skiffle craze of the era. In this period Lime Street was established as her favoured haunt. [1] A. L. Lloyd recorded it in 1956 on the album English Drinking Songs, describing it in the liner notes as "last fling of sailor balladry. It is a song that has found its way ...
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
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]
Maggie Hill (1898–1949), English career criminal; Maggie Hogan (born 1979), American Olympic athlete; Maggie Holland, English singer-songwriter; Maggie Humm, English feminist academic; Maggie Jackson, English netball international and coach; Maggie Jeffus (born 1934), Democratic educator; Maggie Jenkins (born 2001), New Zealand footballer
Maggie is a 2015 American post-apocalyptic horror drama film directed by Henry Hobson, in his directorial debut, written by John Scott 3. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger , Abigail Breslin , and Joely Richardson .
The "Maggie May" song presented here is not to be confused with the Rod Stewart hit "Maggie Mae". I thought there was a cross reference from this article to that song because of the similar titles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.45 ( talk ) 22:47, 4 February 2013 (UTC) [ reply ]