{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name= Paddie Bell | birth_name = Patricia Margaret Simpson | birth_place = Belfast, Northern Ireland | birth_date = 8 April 1931 | death_place = Edinburgh, Scotland | death_date = 3 August 2005 (aged 74) | occupation = Singer, musician | past_member_of = The Corries | genre = Folk music | origin = Edinburgh, Scotland
}} '''Patricia Margaret Bell''' (née '''Simpson''', 8 April 1931 – 3 August 2005) professionally known as '''Paddie Bell''', was a Scottish folk singer and musician, born in Northern Ireland.
== Biography == Bell was born as Patricia Margaret Simpson, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, but was a resident of Edinburgh, Scotland for most of her life.<ref name="Herald">{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/paddie-bell-charismatic-musician-who-sang-with-the-corrie-folk-trio-1.45822|title=Paddie Bell Charismatic musician who sang with the Corrie Folk Trio|date=16 August 2005|work=The Herald|accessdate=7 January 2011}}</ref> She sang with The Corrie Folk Trio from 1962 to 1965. The band later became The Corries after she left because she wanted to perform different songs from the ones the Trio sang.<ref>{{cite book|last=Strong|first=Martin Charles|title=The great Scots musicography: the complete guide to Scotland's music makers|year=2002|publisher=Mercat|isbn=1-84183-041-0|pages=23, 79}}</ref> She pursued a solo career after this, releasing an album called ''Herself.''
She returned to the Scottish folk scene in the 1990s, recorded two CDs, was a regular at Edinburgh Folk Club and had her own celebrated show in the Edinburgh Festival,<ref name="Herald"/> as well as appearing at Festival Folk at the Oak.
She married architect Sandy Bell of Blairgowrie in 1957 and had a daughter in 1966.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/paddie_bell_1_727894 |title=Paddie Bell - the Scotsman |access-date=15 October 2011 |archive-date=2 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302165622/http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/paddie_bell_1_727894 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Solo albums== *1965 – ''Herself'' (with Martin Carthy) *1968 – ''I Know Where I'm Going'' (with Finbar and Eddie Furey) *1993 – ''The Dawn of a Brand New Day'' *1997 – ''Make me Want to Stay'' *1998 – ''An Irish Kiss'' (with Sean Pugh)
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20020626152620/http://www.moray.org/museums/corries/corries_page1.htm Corrie Folk Trio] *[http://www.folkmusic.net/htmfiles/webrevs/alacd104.htm Paddie Bell] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518123505/http://www.folkmusic.net/htmfiles/webrevs/alacd104.htm |date=18 May 2011 }}
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