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What happened to 90s star Maria McKee? Singer, 60, who topped the charts with Show Me Heaven and was pals with U2 and Johnny Depp admits she found touring 'horrible'

Now aged 60, after a career spanning five decades, Maria has revealed that she hasn't just slowed down, she's stopped altogether.

Thirty-five years ago, the American singer-songwriter Maria McKee spent four weeks on top of the UK singles chart with the power ballad Show Me Heaven. A founding member of Lone Justice in 1982, Maria was described by Dolly Parton as 'the greatest girl singer any band could ever have', and fellow superstar Linda Ronstadt helped get them signed to prestigious Geffen Records. Having penned A Good Heart - which Dave Stewart of The Eurythmics gave to Feargal Sharkey knowing it was a chart-topper - she rewrote other writers' lyrics for Show Me Heaven which she performed brilliantly.

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