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.
Bell was born as Patricia Margaret Simpson, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, but was a resident of Edinburgh, Scotland for most of her life.
The band later became The Corries after she left because she wanted to perform different songs from the ones the Trio sang.
[2] She pursued a solo career after this, releasing an album called Herself.
She married architect Sandy Bell of Blairgowrie in 1957 and had a daughter Morven in 1966, an oboist and woodwind teacher.