Kirsty MacColl

Kirsty Anna MacColl (10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) was an English singer-songwriter. MacColl scored several pop hits from the early 1980s to the early 1990s. During this era, she often sang on recordings produced by her husband Steve Lillywhite, notably those of The Smiths and the song "Fairytale of New York" by Pogues. MacColl was killed in a controversial boating incident in Mexico. Kirsty MacColl was the daughter of folk singer Ewan MacC... more

Kirsty Anna MacColl (10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) was an English singer-songwriter. MacColl scored several pop hits from the early 1980s to the early 1990s. During this era, she often sang on recordings produced by her husband Steve Lillywhite, notably those of The Smiths and the song "Fairytale of New York" by Pogues. MacColl was killed in a controversial boating incident in Mexico. Kirsty MacColl was the daughter of folk singer Ewan MacColl and dancer Jean Newlove. She and her brother, Hamish MacColl, grew up with their mother in Croydon, where she attended Park Hill Primary School and Monks Hill High School, making appearances in school plays. At the time of Kirsty's birth, her father had been in a relationship with folksinger, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Peggy Seeger since 1956 (a relationship that would continue until his death in 1989), and already had a son with her. She came to notice when Chiswick Records released an EP by local punk rock band the Drug Addix... less