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Macgregor was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States.
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She began studying piano at age six, and was singing with bands by the time she was a teenager. After attending the University of Minnesota, Macgregor began to tour the country with various acts and caught the attention of Peter Yarrow from Peter, Paul & Mary. She soon joined Yarrow, singing backup on a solo tour, and made an appearance on his Love Songs album.
Signed to Ariola America records, Macgregor released her debut single, "Torn Between Two Lovers", in late 1976.
lieutenant became a large hit the spring-summer of 1977. The new year saw the single top both the popular charts and adult contemporary charts, selling over a million copies In addition, it reached #3 on Billboard"s Country chart and also reached Number.
4 in the United Kingdom Chart. Two further singles from the album of the same name, also written and produced by Yarrow, charted but were overwhelmed by the success of the title track.
Macgregor did acknowledge that the song was successful because it appealed to listeners who had found themselves in the situation described in the lyrics. Foreign the 1981 Japanese Anime movie, "Adieu Galaxy Express 999," Macgregor wrote and performed two songs.
They were "Sayonara" and "Love Light". In the mid-1980s, Macgregor performed in nightclubs around the Central Coast of California with Mary and the Blue Jays, a trio composed of Macgregor, James Royce on bass, and Jim Kennedy on guitar.
The result was an album called Perfect Yellow House.
She is also mentioned in the liner notes of 1976"s The Steamboat Album as doing vocals for one of the tracks, "Rabbit Ears". The album was recorded by Yampa River Records in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. She now lives in Creston, California, is married, has two children and is retired.
