In her early career, Ryder was the keyboard player with British funk/rock band Krakatoa. She co-wrote much of the band's repertoire with her partner Graeme Lamb. She left the band to pursue a solo career as a vocalist/songwriter and was replaced on keyboards in Krakatoa by Hans Zimmer.
maggie, ryder, english, singer, songwriter, musician, principally, known, backing, singer, bands, such, queen, eurythmics, bornengland, united, kingdomoccupation, singer, songwriter, musicianinstrumentskeyboard, vocallabelspolydor, records, contents, career, t. Maggie Ryder is an English singer songwriter and musician principally known as a backing singer for bands such Queen and Eurythmics Maggie RyderBornEngland United KingdomOccupation s Singer songwriter musicianInstrumentskeyboard vocalLabelsPolydor Records Contents 1 Career 2 Television appearances 3 Web designer 4 ReferencesCareer EditIn her early career Ryder was the keyboard player with British funk rock band Krakatoa She co wrote much of the band s repertoire with her partner Graeme Lamb She left the band to pursue a solo career as a vocalist songwriter and was replaced on keyboards in Krakatoa by Hans Zimmer She had a solo record deal with Polydor Records in the 1970s and released a self titled album in 1978 1 She worked as a backing singer and songwriter through the Eighties She sang backing vocals for Marvin Gaye 1981 Eurythmics 1983 Manfred Mann s Earth Band 1987 96 Go West 1987 and Queen at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992 2 Ryder was one of the songwriters on You re the Voice an international hit single for John Farnham 3 Ryder sang backing vocals on Brian May s Back to the Light album released in 1992 and on the subsequent world tour Ryder worked with Eric Clapton during his 1993 Tour and his 1994 Royal Albert Hall dates 4 She was the co writer with Derek Magoogan of Love With No Strings on Chaka Khan s The Woman I Am album Television appearances EditShe appeared in a few TV dramas including an episode of Juliet Bravo in 1983 5 Web designer EditRyder moved to New York in 1995 and is now a website designer and creative technologist 2 References Edit Maggie Ryder at allmusic com Retrieved on 1 July 2009 a b Biography on personal website Retrieved on 13 February 2019 John Farnham Whispering Jack album credits including composers at discogs com Retrieved 30 November 2019 Maggie Ryder Eric Clapton fansite Archived 2009 02 25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2 July 2009 Maggie Ryder at Internet Movie Database Retrieved on 1 July 2009 This UK musical biography article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Maggie Ryder amp oldid 1088393125, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
