◇ image via WikipediaKirsty MacColl
Kirsty MacColl is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Holly Johnson, Billy Bragg, The Kinks, Ewan MacColl and The Smiths. Those roots explain a lot about how Kirsty MacColl arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Beautiful South, Alison Moyet, The Housemartins, T'Pau and Deacon Blue, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Pete Yorn, Tracey Ullman, The Pogues, Bette Midler and Pet Shop Boys, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 55 connections around Kirsty MacColl, reaching back through Holly Johnson and forward to Pete Yorn. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Kirsty Anna MacColl 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. Her death in 2000 led to the "Justice for Kirsty" campaign.
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Kirsty MacColl connections
Kirsty MacColl grew out of Holly Johnson, Billy Bragg, The Kinks and Ewan MacColl, shares an orbit with The Beautiful South, Alison Moyet, The Housemartins and T'Pau, went on to shape Pete Yorn, Tracey Ullman, The Pogues and Bette Midler. 55 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Kirsty MacColl
Sounds and acts that shaped Kirsty MacColl.
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- The Kinksartist
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- The Smithsartist
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- Robert Plantartist
- Alison Moyetartist
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- Johnny Marrartist
- Jimi Hendrixartist
- Big Countryartist
- The Boomtown Ratsartist
- Guy Prattartist
- Sounds of Silenceartist
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Artists similar to Kirsty MacColl
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Kirsty MacColl.
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