Maria McKee (born Maria Louise McKee, on August 17, 1964 in Los Angeles, California) is an American singer.
A solo artist, McKee was a founding member of the cowpunk/country rock band Lone Justice, in 1982, with whom she released two albums. Her band opened for such acts as U2.
In 1986, she wrote Feargal Sharkey's UK number one hit 'A Good Heart'.
She released her first solo, self-titled album in 1989. Her song "Show Me Heaven", which appeared on the soundtrack to the film Days of Thunder, was a number one single in the United Kingdom for four weeks in 1990. Later her eerie, country-tinged single, "If Love Is a Red Dress (Hang Me in Rags)" was released on the soundtrack of Pulp Fiction. (1994).
She is the half-sister of Love guitarist Bryan MacLean, with whom she played in a duo as a teenager. In the nineties, she spent time living in Dublin and the East Village.
Discography
Lone Justice albums
- Lone Justice (1985)
- Shelter (1986)
- BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (1993)
- This World Is Not My Home (1998)
Solo albums
- Maria McKee (1989)
- You Gotta Sin to Get Saved (1993)
- Life Is Sweet (1996)
- Ultimate Collection (2000)
- High Dive (2003)
- Live in Hamburg (2004)
- Peddlin' Dreams (2005)
- Live - Acoustic Tour 2006 (2006)
Bootleg albums
- Breathe (Live on Tour 1993) (1994)
- Absolutely Sweet Maria (1994)
Contributions
- Soul Mass Transit by Subterraneans (2006)
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | |||
| US Hot 100 | US Modern Rock | US Mainstream Rock | UK | |||
| 1989 | "I've Forgotten What It Was in You (That Put the Need in Me)" | - | #29 | - | - | Maria McKee |
| 1990 | "Show Me Heaven" | - | - | - | #1 | Days of Thunder (Soundtrack) |
| 1991 | "Breathe" | - | - | - | #59 | Maria McKee |
| 1992 | "Sweetest Child" | - | - | - | #45 | - |
| 1993 | "I'm Gonna Soothe You" | - | - | - | #35 | You Gotta Sin To Get Saved |
| 1993 | "I Can't Make It Alone" | - | - | - | #74 | You Gotta Sin To Get Saved |