Twinkle

Privately educated Lyn Annette Ripley - aka Twinkle, was the only female singer of her generation - including Cilla, Lulu, Dusty - to write her own material. It ran in the family - her sister, Dawn, was a pop music journalist. Dawn was also "involved" at one stage with Dec Cluskey of The Bachelors, which is how a copy of Lyn's composition Terry found it's way to Bachelors' manager Phil Solomon, who saw the potential and duly arranged for the recording of Twinkle's debut single.

She was also extremely daring for the times. Terry, with its echoey doom-laden arrangement, was banned as tasteless while follow-up singles and EP tracks such as Golden Lights, A Lonely Singing Doll and Unhappy Boy were among the first pop songs ever to question the value of success.