Jill Sobule's "I Kissed a Girl" broke new ground in the Nineties - Credit: Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Then Jill Sobule showed up. The Denver singer-songwriter, who died in a ...

Jill Sobule performs on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” May 26, 1995. Photo: Margaret Norton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank. 1995 was a big year for Jill Sobule, as well as queer music fans craving a pop song ...

Ms. Sobule, known for her advocacy as well as her music, died in a house fire. She had been scheduled to perform songs from an autobiographical musical she wrote. By Hank Sanders Jill Sobule, the ...

Jill Sobule, the singer and songwriter whose 1995 hit “I Kissed a Girl” was the rare pop song of that era to take an openly queer theme into the cultural mainstream, died Thursday. She was 66. Her ...

Jill Sobule, the pop artist best known for songs including “I Kissed a Girl” and “Supermodel,” has died in a house fire. She was 66. According to local news reports, firefighters in responded to call ...

The video might have helped push the song to its Number 67 Billboard Hot 100 peak and, alas, it also pushed towards dismissing Sobule as a gimmick. I mean, c’mon: Co-starring male model/romance novel ...