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Kirsty MacColl

real name Kirsty Anna MacColl

Croydon, United Kingdom · 1959-10-10 – 2000-12-18

Kirsty MacColl is credited on 1,456 releases across 250 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1976–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,456

Credits

250

Albums

6

Decades active

546

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Kirsty MacColl (born on October 10, 1959 in Croydon, South London, UK - died December 18, 2000 in Cozumel, Mexico) was a singer-songwriter from England, UK. She was the daughter of folk singer Ewan MacColl and dancer Jean Newlove, and the sister of and half-sister to Kitty MacColl, Neill MacColl (of The Bible) and Calum MacColl (of Liberty Horses). Aunt of Jamie MacColl (of Bombay Bicycle Club).
After a brief stint in 1978 with her first band, she went solo and scored a hit with the single There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis in 1981. In 1984, she married producer Steve Lillywhite and had two children (manager of Ellie Goulding) and.
Kirsty died whilst swimming with her children in Cozumel, Mexico after being hit by a speedboat which had crossed into an area restricted to swimmers only. Her final album Tropical Brainstorm was released posthumously, in early 2001.

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1,456 releases · 250 albums · active 1976–2025

  • Performance · 2,837
  • Other credits · 252
  • Production · 219
  • Engineering · 6

Studios: The Town House · RAK Studios · Ealing Studios · Marcus Recording Studios

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