Jill Sobule, a singer-songwriter best known for her 1995 single “I Kissed a Girl,” has died in a house fire in Minnesota at the age of 66.

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 ...

Jill Sobule, who raised eyebrows with her cheeky 1995 anthem "I Kissed a Girl," has died. According to her publicist David ...

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, ...

Ms. Sobule was killed in a house fire outside Minneapolis a day before a planned performance in her hometown of Denver.