Kirsty MacColl
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 24 years ago |
Date of birth | October 10,1959 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Croydon |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | December 18,2000 |
Died | Cozumel |
Mexico | |
Spouse | Steve Lillywhite |
Parents | Ewan MacColl |
Jean Newlove | |
Children | Louis Lillywhite |
Jamie Lillywhite | |
Songs | The Essential Collection |
List | A New EnglandHits 2: The Tape · 1985 |
Albums | Kite |
Siblings | Neill MacColl |
Kitty MacColl | |
Hamish MacColl | |
Calumn MacColl | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 413524 |
Kirsty MacColl Life story
Kirsty Anna MacColl was a British singer and songwriter, daughter of folk singer Ewan MacColl. She recorded several pop hits in the 1980s and 1990s, including "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" and cover versions of Billy Bragg's "A New England" and the Kinks's "Days."
Pogues, Wham! and Mariah battle to be Christmas number one
... " Fairytale of New York was written by MacGowan with fellow Pogues founder Jem Finer and was later re-recorded to have the late Kirsty Maccoll duet with MacGowan, which led to the best-known version of the track...
Shane MacGowan's wife hopes Fairytale of New York will be Christmas number one
... Victoria Mary Clarke told BBC Radio 4 s Today programme she was " very much in favour" of the track, which also features Kirsty Maccoll, reaching the top spot...
Shane MacGowan: Pogues singer dies aged 65
... In 1988 Kirsty Maccoll collaborated with The Pogues for the Christmas song Fairytale of New York, written by MacGowan, which got to number two in the UK chart...
Fairytale Of New York singer Shane MacGowan out of hospital
... In 1988 Kirsty Maccoll collaborated with The Pogues for the Christmas song Fairytale of New York, written by MacGowan, which got to number two in the UK chart...
NFL star Jason Kelce tops iTunes chart with new Christmas hit
... In a video posted on Instagram, Jason Kelce said the goal was to transform the original song, which features a romantic duet between Shane MacGowan and Kirsty Maccoll, reimagining it as a tune about the relationship between brothers...
‘His voice became my constant companion' – how Dan Johnson kept his dad's memory alive
... He chose Dear John, sung by Eddi Reader but written by Kirsty Maccoll about the end of her marriage...
Can LadBaby be Christmas number one again - or will it be Stormzy or Mariah?
... LadBaby aside, The Fairytale of Stornoway finds Hebridean band Peat & Diesel featuring Mairead putting a Scottish slant on The Pogues and Kirsty Maccoll s festive favourite...