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Maria McKee

Maria Luisa McKee (born August 17, 1964, Los Angeles, California) is an American singer and songwriter. She is best known for her work with Lone Justice and her 1990 UK solo chart-topping hit, "Show Me Heaven". McKee was a founding member of the cowpunk/country rock band, Lone Justice, in 1982, with whom she released two albums. Several compilations of both previously released and unreleased material and a BBC Live In Concert album have been rele ... ased since their demise. Her band opened for such acts as U2. When she was 19, she wrote Feargal Sharkey's 1985 UK number one hit "A Good Heart", a song she has since recorded herself and released on her album Late December. The song was originally written about her failed relationship with musician Benmont Tench. Sharkey would later go on to also cover "To Miss Someone" from McKee's self-titled solo debut, on his third solo album "Songs From The Mardi Gras". In 1987 she was featured in the Robbie Robertson video "Somewhere Down the Crazy River", and contributed back-up vocals to his debut solo album, which included the song. She released her first solo, self-titled album in 1989. Her song "Show Me Heaven", which appeared on the soundtrack to the film Days of Thunder, was a number one single in the United Kingdom for four weeks in 1990. She refused to perform this song in public up until recently, when she sang it for the first time in eighteen years, at Dublin Gay Pride. Following her debut, McKee has released five studio (and two live) albums. The later three, High Dive, Peddlin' Dreams and Late December, were released independently via her own Viewfinder Records label (distributed in the UK via Cooking Vinyl). In 1995, Bette Midler recorded Mckee's tracks, "To Deserve You" and "The Last Time" for her platinum album Bette of Roses. In 1998, The Dixie Chicks recorded McKee's track "Am I the Only One (Who's Ever Felt This Way?)" and included it on their Grammy nominated album Wide Open Spaces. See more [+]

If Love Is a Red Dress |||||

My heart is empty Your eyes are dull. Once we were hungry, ...

To Miss Someone |||||

I've been keeping busy since we said goodbye, but all I do i...

Show Me Heaven |||||

There you go Flashing fever from your eyes Hey babe, come ...

Am I The Only One Who's Ever Felt This Way |||||

There is no damned reason I should have to be so alone I'm s...

Be My Joy |||||

Need you, need you, need you, baby Only you can make me huma...

I've Forgotten What It Was In You |||||

You wanna talk about devotion You wanna talk about true love...

Panic Beach |||||

Well the dog act got drunk again last night And the King and...

Season Of The Fair |||||

Will you remember me every season of the fair Will you remem...

Absolutely Barking Stars |||||

Her apron strings are trailing out like sparks Her comet tai...

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