Kirsty MacColl began her music career as backing vocalist Mandy Doubt for local punk band The Drug Addix and was later signed by Stiff Records as a soloist. Her debut single for the label in 1979 ...

“Kirsty MacColl was a bright ... though five years later it cracked the Top Ten singles chart in the U.S. when covered by Tracy Ullman. MacColl made her own splash on the U.K. charts with ...

Singer and songwriter Kirsty MacColl has died after an accident on a diving holiday ... Fairytale of New York, and the hit single There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis. MacColl's ...

The music world said goodbye to one of its stars today with a memorial service for singer songwriter Kirsty MacColl, who died last month. Friends and fans packed the church of St Martin-in-the ...

“Kirsty wrote those kinds of songs ... “She used to think in harmony,” Lillywhite said. In 1986, MacColl sang on the Smiths single “Ask” and became a close friend and collaborator ...

KIRSTY MacColl and her band are remembered for giving us what's considered the greatest Christmas song of all time. Here we take a look at the life, music, and tragic death of the singer who found ...

Kirsty MacColl tragically lost her life while heroically trying to save her son from danger on a family holiday. The singer of the iconic 'Fairytale of New York' Christmas tune was only 41 when ...

Irish folk band The Pogues joined forces with pop singer Kirsty Maccoll in 1987 for Fairytale of New York, one of the most well-known and beloved modern Christmas standards in the UK. Denied ...

Kirsty MacColl, the lead female vocalist on the Irish Christmas classic "Fairytale of New York," was struck and killed by a boat while vacationing in Mexico on December 18, 2000. MacColl died in a ...

A collection of performances from the BBC Archives that highlight the wit and intelligence of Kirsty MacColl, including such hits as A New England and Days. Described by Bono as 'the Noel Coward ...