Kirsty Maccoll

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. 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 The 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.