Vivienne Jill McAuliffe (19 July 1948 – 21 October 1998) was an English singer and songwriter, best known as lead singer of

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fusion band

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and as a founding member of

Principal Edwards Magic Theatre Principal Edwards Magic Theatre was an English performance art collective in the United Kingdom made up of about 14 musicians, poets, dancers, and sound and lighting technicians. It existed between 1968 and 1971, after which core members forme ...

while at

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. McAuliffe also worked with

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while he was a member of the rock band

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, singing on his first two solo albums. She also worked with

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on his number one album ''

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''.

History

In 1968 McAuliffe was a founder member of a loosely-based artistic co-operative called the Principal Edwards Magic Theatre at Exeter University. They were one of the first groups signed up with

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on his record label

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. McAuliffe was the lead vocalist of the band. They used theatre as part of their act, however tensions between theatre and rock group developed which led eventually to the break-up of the group in December 1971. The Principal Edwards Magic Theatre produced two albums while McAuliffe was still a member; ''Soundtrack'' in 1969 and ''The Asmoto Running Band'' in 1971, both on the

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label. After leaving the Principal Edwards Magic Theatre, McAuliffe joined Affinity. They had first met McAuliffe at Exeter University while they were playing one of their last gigs with their original line-up. They had material for a whole new set and club dates soon followed. However, they never released a studio album, and it wasn't until 2003 that '' 1971–1972'' was released after the band had split up in 1972. Three members of Affinity—

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(bass guitar), Mike Jopp (guitar), and

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(drums)—went off to tour with

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(former member of

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), and subsequently the band split up. McAuliffe went on to sing with various bands around London. She also sang on many records, with artists such as Gerry Rafferty on his album ''

'', Patrick Moraz's ''

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'' and ''

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'' and ex-members of

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, including

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and

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on ''

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''. In later life McAuliffe worked with the fashion designer

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, and eventually became a senior lecturer at the

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Discography

;

*''Soundtrack'' (1969) *''The Asmoto Running Band'' (1971) ;

*'' 1971–1972'' (2003) ;

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* ''The "Not Forgotten" Association'' (1973) ;

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'' (1977) ;

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'' (1978) ;Vapour Trails *''Vapour Trails'' (1979) ;

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*''

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'' (1980) ;

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*"Neon Magic" (co-writer) (1979)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:McAuliffe, Vivienne British women jazz singers British rock singers 1948 births 1998 deaths Affinity (band) members