Kirsty MacColl: A Chip Off The Old Block
Ian Birch, Smash Hits, 25 June 1981
"DON'T ASK A lot of questions about me Dad!" pleads Kirsty MacColl, flicking back the glorious swathe of hair dotted with tell-tale Red Indian braids. Only minutes previously she had blown a kiss in the direction of an Adam Ant poster. Imitation is still the sincerest form of flattery.
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