Twinkle (singer)

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Twinkle , actually Lynn Annette Ripley , (born July 15, 1948 in Surbiton , Surrey , England ; † May 21, 2015 on the Isle of Wight ) was a British pop singer and songwriter who was particularly successful in the mid-1960s.

Life

Twinkle's most successful songs were the British chart hits Terry and Golden Lights , which she wrote herself at the age of 17 and made it into the charts. Terry was thematically similar to Leader of the Pack from the Shangri-Las ; both songs were about a girl who mourned the death of her daring friend in a motorcycle accident. One of the session musicians when Terry was recording was Jimmy Page . In Germany was Terry in 1965 by Marion with German text on Polydor published, but without going into the German charts.

Twinkle's second hit, Golden Lights, was a song about her ex-boyfriend Declan Cluskey from the Bachelors . The song was covered by the Smiths in 1986 . Smiths singer Morrissey was an avowed admirer of Twinkles; also have Elton John and Cat Stevens is known as fans.

In 1965 Twinkle recorded A Lonely Singing Doll , an English cover version of the winning song of the Grand Prix de la Chanson , Poupée de cire, poupée de son . France Gall won with the Serge Gainsbourg title for Luxembourg ; Twinkle's version, however, was unsuccessful, as was the following single Tommy , the cover version of a song by Reparata & the Delrons , of which Twinkle also released a version sung in German .

After she had released six singles on Decca Records , she withdrew from the hit business for the first time for a while at the age of 18. In 1969, after a break of several years, the single Micky was released on the Immediate Label by Andrew Loog Oldham , but only a week after the release, the label was dissolved and a possible comeback was prevented. Twinkle recorded records every now and then until the 1980s; these later recordings appeared mostly under the name Twinkle Ripley or, together with her father Sidney Ripley, as the duo Bill & Coo . She also worked as a composer for TV themed music and advertising jingles. Twinkle was married to actor Graham Rogers and had two children with him. In 2010 she fell ill with cancer, of which she died five years later.

Discography (selection)

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Terry
  UK 4th 11/26/1964 (15 weeks)
Golden lights
  UK 21st 02/25/1965 (5 weeks)

Singles and EPs

  • 1964: Terry / The Boy of My Dreams
  • 1965: Golden Lights / Ain't Nobody Home But Me
  • 1965: Lonely Singing Doll (EP) (A Lonely Singing Doll / Unhappy Boy // Ain't Nobody Home But Me / Golden Lights)
  • 1965: Tommy / So Sad
  • 1965: Poor Old Johnny / I Need Your Hand in Mine
  • 1965: The End of the World / Take Me to the Dance
  • 1966: What Am I Doing Here With You? / Now I have you
  • 1969: Micky / Darby and Joan
  • 1974: Days / Caroline (as Twinkle Ripley)
  • 1982: I'm a Believer
  • 1984: For Sale

Albums

  • Little Star
  • 1993: Golden Lights (compilation)
  • 2001: Golden Lights: Special Edition (compilation)
  • 2003: Michael Hannah: The Lost Years (compilation)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to Marion at Ready Steady Girls , sighted on July 11, 2007
  2. ↑ cf. his list of favorite songs, compiled for the NME on September 16, 1989, on the Morrissey Solo website, accessed July 12, 2007
  3. ↑ Lynn 'Twinkle' Ripley - Sixties Singer Twinkle Dies
  4. ↑ Chart positions according to David Roberts (Ed.): Guinness World Records - British Hit Singles and Albums . 19th ed. 2006, ISBN 1-904994-10-5
personal data
SURNAME Twinkle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ripley, Lynn Annette (maiden name); Ripley, Lynn; Ripley, Twinkle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Surbiton , Surrey , England
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 2015
Place of death Isle of Wight