Christine McVie 1943 – 2022

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Christine McVie 1943 – 2022



Christine Anne McVie (née Perfect; 12 July 1943 – 30 November 2022[) was an English musician and the vocalist and keyboardist of Fleetwood Mac, which she joined in 1970. She also released three solo albums. Her lyrics focused on love and relationships. Steve Leggett of AllMusic described her as an "unabashedly easy-on-the-ears singer/songwriter, and the prime mover behind some of Fleetwood Mac's biggest hits". Eight songs written or co-written by her, including "Don't Stop", "Everywhere" and "Little Lies", appeared on Fleetwood Mac's 1988 Greatest Hits album.

In 1998, McVie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Fleetwood Mac, and received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. The same year, after almost 30 years with the band, she opted to leave and lived in semi-retirement for nearly 15 years. She released a solo album in 2004. In September 2013 she appeared on stage with Fleetwood Mac at the O2 Arena in London, before rejoining the band in 2014 prior to their On with the Show tour.

In 2006, McVie received a Gold Badge of Merit Award from Basca, now The Ivors Academy. In 2014, she received the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors and was honoured with the Trailblazer Award at the UK Americana Awards in 2021. She was also the recipient of two Grammy Awards.

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Songs written or co-written by her Christine McVie

"Don't Stop" is a song by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, written by vocalist and keyboard player Christine McVie. The song was sung by guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie, and it was a single taken from the band's hit album Rumours (1977).

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Real Christine McVie's songs

"You Make Loving Fun" is a song written and sung by Christine McVie of British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac. The song was released as the fourth and final 45 rpm single from the band's 1977 album Rumours. "You Make Loving Fun" was the album's fourth top-ten hit, as the song peaked at No. 9 on the US Billboard Hot 100.



"Songbird" is a song by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac. The song first appeared on the band's 1977 album Rumours and was released as the B-side of the single "Dreams". It is one of four songs written solely by Christine McVie on the album. McVie frequently sang the song at the end of Fleetwood Mac concerts.

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Lindsey Buckingham – electric guitars, 12-string acoustic guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals
Stevie Nicks – backing vocals
Christine McVie – Hammond organ, backing vocals
John McVie – bass guitar
Mick Fleetwood – drums, maracas, cymbals

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Stevie Nicks – lead vocals, backing vocals
Christine McVie – Fender Rhodes electric piano, organ, vibraphone[21] backing vocals
Lindsey Buckingham – electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
Mick Fleetwood – drums, congas
John McVie – bass guitar

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Stevie Nicks – vocals
Lindsey Buckingham – guitars, xylophone, backing vocals
Christine McVie – tack piano, Hammond organ, backing vocals
John McVie – bass guitar
Mick Fleetwood – drums, percussion

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"Little Lies" is a song by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac from their fourteenth studio album, Tango in the Night (1987). It was written by band member Christine McVie and her then-husband, Eddy Quintela, with lead vocals performed primarily by McVie, although the chorus features backing vocals by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. The song was released in August 1987 by Warner Bros. Records, as the third single from Tango in the Night.

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"Hold Me" is a single by British-American rock group Fleetwood Mac. The song was the first track to be released from the album Mirage (1982), the thirteenth album by the band. Lindsey Buckingham was main producer with Richard Dashut and Ken Caillat. Christine McVie and Buckingham were the lead vocalists.

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Folks,

My favoite Fleetwood Mac song is the melancholic song Sarah. Which I listened to a lot as a teenager during the eighties and later in the nineties. And also in the 21th century. It is like you are driving through a landscape of memories while dreaming. A wonderful song, lead vocals, tack piano by Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie's keyboard and piano playing and backing vocals.

Pieter

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Stevie Nicks – lead vocals
Lindsey Buckingham – guitar, background vocals
Christine McVie – keyboards, background vocals
John McVie – bass guitar
Mick Fleetwood – drums

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[Jaga]

Pieter, I also liked Fleetwood Mac and this song "Sarah" was also my favorite. All of us are getting older... hard to imagine that she was in her 70s. At least it looks that she was active almost till the end.

[karl]

Pieter

Gollies, it has been so many years in far past of Fleetwood Mac. I simply do not remember Christine McVie, but remember well Stevie Nicks for her singing. In far past also, I did have several of their albums with Stevie Nicks as vocals and replayed them many times. Over the years, these albums through the process of some various relocations were lost and who knows where.

Karl