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Kirsty MacColl

1959 - 2000

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Kirsty Anna MacColl (, mə-KAWL; 10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) was a British singer and songwriter. The 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' "Days". She also sang on a number of recordings produced by her husband Steve Lillywhite, most notably "Fairytale of New York" by the Pogues. Her first single, "They Don't Know", would have chart success a few years later when covered by Tracey Ullman. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Kirsty MacColl is the 1,872nd most popular singer (down from 1,361st in 2024), the 4,995th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,619th in 2019) and the 193rd most popular British Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Kirsty MacColl ranks 1,872 out of 4,381. Before her are Chris Barnes, Roger Pontare, Fredi, Marcelo Álvarez, Souad Massi, and Attila Csihar. After her are Geoffrey Oryema, Gerard Joling, Komal Oli, Ray Gillen, Kim Se-jeong, and Andrés Calamaro.

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Among people born in 1959, Kirsty MacColl ranks 420. Before her are Ryuta Kawashima, Heinz Günthardt, Paul McGann, Khadja Nin, Juan José Campanella, and Hennadiy Kernes. After her are Christa Luding-Rothenburger, Ole Bornedal, Catherine Malabou, Ray Gillen, Alexandre Guimarães, and Geoff Tate. Among people deceased in 2000, Kirsty MacColl ranks 308. Before her are Victor Verschueren, Alfredo Sánchez, Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko, Jules Roy, Charles Hartshorne, and G. Ledyard Stebbins. After her are Clifford Truesdell, Charles F. Hockett, Joan Hartigan, Noor Jehan, Humberto Donoso, and Anthony Powell.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kirsty MacColl ranks 4,996 out of 8,785. Before her are Willie Applegarth (1890), Iolo Morganwg (1747), Irene Steer (1889), Basil Heatley (1933), Jeremy Spencer (1948), and Iwan Rheon (1985). After her are David Cross (1949), Elton Dean (1945), Emlyn Hughes (1947), Dan Houser (1974), Antonia Fraser (1932), and Stan Vickers (1932).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Kirsty MacColl ranks 193. Before her are Doogie White (1960), John Paul Young (1950), Paul Carrack (1951), Spencer Davis (1939), Skin (1967), and Colin Hay (1953). After her are Vashti Bunyan (1945), Teddy Sinclair (1986), Simon Fuller (1960), Lynsey de Paul (1948), Paul Banks (1978), and Justin Hayward (1946).

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