Lisa Moorish (born 16 January 1972) is an English singer and songwriter. She had a solo career beginning in 1989, and was the lead singer of the indie band Kill City in the early 2000s.
Biography
Origins
Moorish was born in Walworth, but grew up in Brixton, South London. She is mixed race; her father Henry Watt is a black Jamaican "mixed with Irish, Scottish, Asian", whilst her mother Iris is English and from Middlesbrough. They met in a Hammersmith club.
In December 2003, Moorish recorded a cover of "Fairytale of New York" with Johnny Borrell on BBC Radio 6 Music. She has frequently performed with Drew McConnell. In 2006, Moorish appeared on the "Strummerville" charity single, a cover of the Clash's "Janie Jones" which peaked at number 17 on the UK Singles Chart.
Personal life
In 1998, Moorish gave birth to a daughter, who was fathered by Liam Gallagher and conceived two months after Gallagher married Patsy Kensit. In 2003, she gave birth to a son to the Libertines front man, Pete Doherty.
Moorish and Gallagher's daughter gave birth to her first child, with footballer Nat Phillips, in September 2025.
Discography
Albums
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! scope="row"| I've Gotta Have It All
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- Released: 1996
- Label: Go! Discs
- Formats: CD, CS, LP
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! scope="row"| Divine Chaos
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- Released: 5 July 2024
- Label: Out Yer Box
- Formats: digital download, streaming
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Singles
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! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
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! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| GER<br />
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| NLD<br />
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| UK<br />
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! scope="row"| "Rock to the Beat"
| rowspan="2"| 1989
| — || — || —
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! scope="row"| "Going Back to My Roots"
| — || — || —
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! scope="row"| "People"
| rowspan="2"| 1991
| — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Loves Heartbreak"
| — || — || —
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! scope="row"| "Just the Way It Is"
| 1994
| — || — || 42
|-
! scope="row"| "I'm Your Man"
| 1995
| — || 49 || 24
|-
! scope="row"| "Mr. Friday Night"
| rowspan="2"| 1996
| 62 || — || 24
|-
! scope="row"| "Love for Life"
| — || — || 37
|-
! scope="row"| "Sylvia"
| rowspan="3"| 2024
| — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "The Hunger"
| — || — || —
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! scope="row"| "Social Pariah"
| — || — || —
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| colspan="6" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
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