Eileen Davies

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Eileen Gail Davies (29 December 1977 – 9 January 1998) was an English alternative rock singer.

Eileen Davies was born in Whitechapel, London to her mother Grace Davies. The identity of her father was not known. In 1988, Eileen's mother committed suicide in her own flat, and her grandmother took custody of the girl. Eileen began playing guitar the following year, and by age sixteen had written over one-hundred songs.

Davies was discovered at the 1994 Cambridge Folk Festival by an assistant to record producer Steve Lillywhite. Davies appeared as a backup vocalist on Kirsty MacColl's album Galore and went on to record her own solo debut Down the Drain, which was released in August 1995.

At a London New Years' benefit concert on the eve of 1996, Davies collapsed onstage and tore an anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee. This incident owed to Davies' excessive consumption of alcohol, burgeoning use of amphetamines, and lack of solid food intake.

After surgery and release from the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Davies began an unsuccessful attempt at substance abuse rehabilitation. She also began work on her second album, It Just Takes So Long which was to contain her own cover of "Perfect Day" by Lou Reed. However Davies overdosed on heroin in early 1998, leaving the album unfinished. The singles "Perfect Day" and "A Love Song for Shane" remain unreleased.