Known professionally as Lady Miss Kier Kirby, she was part of the 90s band Deee-lite, and one of the voices behind the hit song Groove is in the Heart. Lady Miss Kier – real name Kierin Magenta Kirby, 60 – hasn’t been in the spotlight since the group disbanded in the years following their one-hit wonder , but recent pictures of the star show that she has retained her signature look. And groove is still in everyone’s hearts, if the comments on her Instagram page are anything to go by.
Although she hasn’t posted in over ten years, she still has fans swarming to her account to check in. Indeed, a post dated February 2014 shows the star looking as she did in the 90s – wrapped up in a leopard print coat while wearing ruby red lipstick and with her distinctive red haircut into a short bob. ‘Lady Miss Kier Winter Wonderland 2014,’ reads the caption accompanying the ten-year-old post.
As vocalist in the band Deee-lite, Lady Miss Kier shot to fame with the song Groove is in the Heart, taken from their 1990 debut album World Clique. The song reached number two on the UK Official Singles Chart, while shooting to number one on the US Dance Club Chartand heading up various other charts around the world. The band had formed in 1986, with Lady Miss Kier on vocals and songwriting, alongside bandmates Dmitry Brill and Towa Tei.
In 1992, the band released their second album, Infinity Within. Like their third album, 1994’s Dewdops in the Garden, it failed to live up to the suc.
