associated_acts years_active birth_place label article_title name background birth_date instrument genre origin birth_name occupation
mel and kim 1985 -- present stoke newington , london , england parlophone -lrb- 1990 -- 1993 -rrb- kim appleby
 kim appleby solo_singer 28 august 1961 vocals dance-pop , pop hackney , london , england kim lorraine appleby singer , songwriter , actress
kim appleby

kim lorraine appleby -lrb- born 28 august 1961 -rrb- , is an english singer , songwriter , and actress .
she participated in the duo mel and kim , with her sister melanie appleby , until her sister 's death from pneumonia following treatment for cancer .
