Are Kirsty MacColl and The Radio Dept. both based out of England?
Kirsty MacColl Kirsty Anna MacColl (10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) was an English singer and songwriter. 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". Her recording of "They Don't Know" was covered with great success by Tracey Ullman. MacColl also sang on recordings produced by her husband Steve Lillywhite, most notably "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues.
Lally Stott Harold "Lally" Stott (born January 1945, Prescot, Merseyside died 6 June 1977, Whiston, Merseyside) was a British songwriter and musician who wrote the song "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" which became a number 1 hit for the Scottish band Middle of the Road in the UK in 1971, and number 20 in the US for Mac and Katie Kissoon the same year. Stott's own version of the song was a hit in Italy and France, went to number 1 in Australia for one week and charted at number 92 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100. The song has been covered in many languages, including Vietnamese, Korean, Estonian, Spanish and German.