Saturday, May 21, 2011

Farewell to Kathy Kirby who has died aged 72 years after a short illness.

Iconic 1960s pop star Kathy Kirby has died aged 72 after a short illness, it was announced yesterday.

She was best known for her cover version of Secret Love in 1963, but during her career had two top-ten hits and three other singles in the top 40.

Nicknamed the ‘Golden Girl of Pop’, in 1963 she won Top British Female Singer in a New Musical Express poll and cemented her place as one of the biggest stars of the mid-1960s by appearing in the Royal Variety Performance and three television series.
Heyday: Kathy Kirby in 1964. She became the highest paid singer of her generation at the height of her fame
Heyday: Kathy Kirby in 1964. She became the highest paid singer of her generation at the height of her fame

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1389225/Sixties-singer-pin-girl-Kathy-Kirby-dies-aged-72-short-illness.html#ixzz1Mz8K7LoT