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. 

The song - with its echoey doom-laden arrangement - was banned by the premier UK pop show Ready, Steady, Go - The record was judged to be 'sick'.

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.