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Rita MacNeil

Rita MacNeil, CM, ONS (born May 28, 1944) was a Canadian country and folk singer from the community of Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. Her biggest hit, "Flying On Your Own", was a crossover Top 40 hit in 1987 and was covered by Anne Murray the following year, although she has had hits on the country charts throughout her career. In the United Kingdom, MacNeil's song "Working Man" was a No. 11 hit in 1990. Sadly Rita passed away on April 16, 2013 from complications of surgery after a recurrent infection.

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Song	Album	Duration
Christmas at Home	Joyful Sounds: A Seasonal Collection	3:51
Christmas at Home	Unknown Album	3:51
Crossing	Working Man: The Best of Rita MacNeil 2004
Flying on Your Own	Reason to Believe Tonight: Songs of Inspiration 2006	5:21
Flying on Your Own	Working Man: The Best of Rita MacNeil 2004	5:18
Flying on Your Own	Flying on Your Own 1987	5:19
Flying on Your Own	Oh What a Feeling: A Vital Collection of Canadian Music 1996
Flying on Your Own	Bound for Movin' On 2001	5:19
Higher Power	Higher Power: Songs of Praise 2006	5:10
Home I'll Be	Home I'll Be: Songs of Home 2006	4:27
Home I'll Be	Working Man: The Best of Rita MacNeil 2004	4:18
Home I'll Be	Sounds of Nova Scotia, Vol. 2 1999	5:38
Home I'll Be	Home I'll Be 1990	5:36
Home I'll Be	Mining the Soul 2001	5:26
I Shall Not Walk Alone	Mining the Soul 2001	5:11
If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)	The Ray Hadley Country Music Collection, Vol. 3 2014	3:37
Knowing When to Go	Blue Roses 2004	5:31
Mother Mary	Joyful Sounds: A Seasonal Collection	2:50
Mother Mary	Unknown Album
North to Alaska	Songs My Mother Loved 2006	3:08
Peace in the Valley	Higher Power: Songs of Praise 2006	4:14
Somewhere a Child is Sleeping	The Spirit of Christmas 2010
Sweet Wisdom	Higher Power: Songs of Praise 2006	3:54
The Crossing	Sweet Memory: Songs of Reminiscence 2006	4:44
The Crossing	Working Man: The Best of Rita MacNeil 2004	4:42
The Crossing	Thinking of You 2007	4:41
The Crossing	Unknown Album	4:42
The Gift of Love	Unknown Album
Working Man	Atlantic Standards 2006	5:23
Working Man	Atlantic Heart: Maritime Women in Song	5:45
Working Man	Working Man: The Best of Rita MacNeil 2004	4:27
Working Man	The Ray Hadley Country Music Collection, Vol. 3 2014	4:23
Working Man	Reason to Believe 2007	5:23
Working Man	Mining the Soul 2001	5:44
Working Man	Unknown Album	5:44
Working in the Coal Mine	Mining the Soul 2001	3:42
You Can't Go Home Again	Home I'll Be: Songs of Home 2006	4:29
You Can't Go Home Again	Blue Roses 2004	4:30

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