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Sally Oldfield
Born 1947 (age 60–61)
Origin Reading, Berkshire, England
Genre(s) Pop, Folk
Years active 1968–present

Sally Oldfield (born in August 1947[1] in Dublin, Ireland) is a folk singer and the sister of composers Mike Oldfield and Terry Oldfield. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Reading (ˈrɛdɪŋ as Redding) is a town in England, located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, midway between Berkshire (ˈbɑːkʃə or /ˈbɑːkʃɪə/ say Baak-shuh/-sheer sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a Home County in the South England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953 in Reading, Berkshire) is an English Multi-instrumentalist Musician Terence "Terry" Oldfield (born 12 August 1949) is an English composer

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Early life

Oldfield and her siblings were raised in the Roman Catholic faith of their mother, Maureen. Faith is a Belief in the trustworthiness of an Idea. Formal usage of the word "faith" is usually reserved for concepts of Religion, as in "Mom" "Mum" and "Mommy" redirect here After spending her childhood partly in Dublin and partly in Reading, Berkshire, Oldfield joined the Royal Academy of Dancing at the age of twelve to study ballet dancing. Reading (ˈrɛdɪŋ as Redding) is a town in England, located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, midway between Ballet is a formalized form of Dance with its origins in the French court further developed in France and Russia as a Concert dance However, she quit dancing only four years later.

Musical career

Oldfield's musical career started in 1968 when she founded the folk duo The Sallyangie together with brother Mike. Events January 4 - Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with A duet is a Musical composition or piece for two Performers In Classical music the term is most often used for a composition for two singers The Sallyangie were a 1960s folk duo consisting of Siblings Mike and Sally Oldfield. The group recorded their first and only album at the recommendation of Pentangle guitarist, John Renbourn. Pentangle is a British Folk rock (or folk-jazz band The original band was active in the late 1960s and early 1970s its successor has been active since the early John Renbourn (born 8 August 1944, Marylebone, London, England) is an English Guitarist and Songwriter The sound of the album, Children of the Sun recorded in 1969, was a fairy-tale blend of English folk and pop, with Sally's vocals taking center-stage. Events Perhaps the two most famous musical events of 1969 were concerts Guesting with The Sallyangie on their first recording were Terry Cox, noted drummer/percussionist of Pentangle, as well as flutist Ray Warleigh, who also played with Allan Holdsworth, Nick Drake and many others. Terence William Harvey 'Terry' Cox (born 13 March 1937, in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire) played drums in the British Folk rock Allan Holdsworth (born August 6, 1946 in Bradford, West Yorkshire) is a British Jazz / rock Guitarist Nicholas Rodney Drake (19 June 1948 – 25 November 1974 was an English Singer-songwriter and Musician best known for his acoustic autumnal songs Sally and Mike split up in the autumn of the same year after a tour, and Sally and Mike went their own ways for a short time.

Oldfield's first solo album release was Waterbearer, released in 1978. In Music, a solo (from the Italian solo, meaning alone) is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public Events January: May - The Bee Gees dominate the singles and album charts as Saturday Night Fever becomes a cultural phenomenon Her track entitled "Mirrors" scored a chart hit at this time. Since then, she has continued to release solo albums, as well as appearing on several albums of her siblings Mike and Terry. She was one of the singers performing the girlie chorus in a couple of sections on Tubular Bells, in the climax on side one and just before the Scottish tune on side two. Tubular Bells is a record album, written and mostly performed by Mike Oldfield, released in 1973. Oldfield also reprised her role for the 2003 re-recording, Tubular Bells 2003. Tubular Bells 2003 is an album by Mike Oldfield, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music)

In the late 1970s Sally, and her brothers Mike and Terry all completed the Exegesis Programme Large Group Awareness Training course. Exegesis was an Alternative therapy programme founded by Robert D'Aubigny in the late 1970s

Discography

References

  1. ^ Oldfield, Mike (2007). Events January: May - The Bee Gees dominate the singles and album charts as Saturday Night Fever becomes a cultural phenomenon See also Musical groups established in 1979 Record labels established in 1979 1979 in music (UK Events January January 1 - The year starts off with a strong Disco backlash which causes the majority of musicians to abandon the use of real instruments See also Musical groups established in 1981 Record labels established in 1981 List of 'years in music' See also 1982 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1982 Record labels established in 1982 Major releases Michael Jackson's Thriller, the highest-selling album of all time as well as the best-selling album of 1983 and 1984 was released See also Musical groups established in 1987 Record labels established in 1987 Events This is a list of notable events in Music that took place in the year 1988. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990 This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990 This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1992 This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996. See also 2001 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2001 Record labels Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953 in Reading, Berkshire) is an English Multi-instrumentalist Musician Changeling, the autobiography of Mike Oldfield. Changeling (ISBN 978-1852273811 is a 2007 autobiography by Mike Oldfield. Virgin Books.  “According to her little brother Mike Oldfield, she's six years older than him, Mike being born in 1953” 
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