Mike Oldfield

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mike Oldfield
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	May 15, 1953(1953-05-15)
Age	71
Birthplace	Reading
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Taurus

Mike Oldfield Biography

Mike Oldfield is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on May 15, 1953 in Reading, England, United Kingdom. A musician known for his intricate works. He merged genres like progressive rock and world music with folk and world music.

His song “Tubular Bells”, which he wrote, was used as the title track for “The Exorcist” in 1973. It starred His “Tubular Bells” was used in 1973 as the title track to “The Exorcist,” starring Linda Blair..

Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is an English multi-instrumentalist and composer. His work blends progressive rock with world, folk, classical, electronic, ambient, and new-age music. His biggest commercial success is the 1973 album Tubular Bells – which launched Virgin Records and became a hit in America after its opening was used as the theme for the horror film The Exorcist. He recorded the 1983 hit single “Moonlight Shadow” and a rendition of the Christmas piece “In Dulci Jubilo”.

Oldfield took up the guitar aged ten, first learning on a 6-string acoustic that his father gave him. He learned technique by copying parts from songs by folk guitarists Bert Jansch and John Renbourn that he played on a portable record player. He tried to learn musical notation but was a “very, very slow” learner; “If I have to, I can write things down. But I don’t like to”. By the time he was 12, Oldfield played the electric guitar and performed in local folk and youth clubs and dances, earning as much as £4 per gig. During a six- month break from music that Oldfield had around this time, he took up painting. In May 1968, when Oldfield turned fifteen, his school headmaster requested that he cut his long hair. Oldfield refused and left abruptly. He then decided to pursue music on a full-time, professional basis.

He was a three-time married man and had seven children. Sally, his sister and Terry, both musicians themselves were able to work with him on many of his albums.

Mike Oldfield Net Worth

Mike Oldfield is one of the richest Composer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mike Oldfield 's net worth $45 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His most well-known album, “Tubular Bells”, was released in 1973. It was also the first Virgin Records album. It was a bestseller in the UK as well as in the USA.

His 1983 hit ‘Moonlight Shadow” featured the Scottish singer His 1983 hit ‘Moonlight Shadow’ featured Scottish singer Maggie Reilly on vocals and was so popular it was covered numerous times and used extensively in other media. singing vocals. It was so well-received that it was used in numerous media.

Oldfield was born on 15 May 1953 in Reading, Berkshire to Raymond Oldfield, a general practitioner, and Maureen (née Liston), a nurse of Irish descent. He has two elder siblings, sister Sally and brother Terence. When Oldfield was seven his mother gave birth to a younger brother, David, but he had Down syndrome and died in infancy. She was prescribed barbiturates, to which she became addicted. She suffered from mental health problems and spent much of the rest of her life in mental institutions. She died in early 1975, shortly after Oldfield had started writing Ommadawn.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Mike Oldfield Dating?

According to our records, Mike Oldfield married to Fanny Vandekerckhove. As of December 1, 2023, Mike Oldfield’s is not dating anyone.

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By the end of January 1973, Branson had agreed to release Tubular Bells himself and secured Oldfield with a six-album deal with Virgin, with an additional four albums as optional. Tubular Bells was released on 25 May 1973 as the first album on the Virgin label. Oldfield played more than twenty different instruments in the multi-layered recording, and its style moved through diverse musical genres. Its 2,630,000 UK sales puts it at No. 34 on the list of the best-selling albums in the country. The title track became a top 10 hit single in the US after the opening was used in The Exorcist film in

1973. It is today considered to be a forerunner of the new-age music movement.

Facts & Trivia

Mike Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Mike Oldfield celebrates birthday on May 15 of every year.

In 1974, Oldfield played the guitar on the critically acclaimed album Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt.

Where is Mike Oldfield today?

Mike, who has lived in the Bahamas since 2009 revealed that he hadn’t left the Caribbean island in five years, after preforming at the London 2012 Olympics’ opening ceremony.

What band was Mike Oldfield in?

Music groups

How many instruments did Mike Oldfield play on Tubular Bells?

In truth, Oldfield did play most of the instruments on the album (with the exception of the drums heard on side two) but this amounted to around ten instruments, including electric and acoustic guitars, grand piano and pipe organ, glockenspiel, timpani, tin whistle and, of course, the famed tubular bells.

How much money did Tubular Bells make?

Chart (1974)Position
UK Albums (OCC)| 3
US Billboard Pop Albums| 22
US Cash Box Albums| 17
Chart (1975)| Position

Who made Tubular Bells?

Mike Oldfield