Twinkle - Golden Lights (LP 1965)
Lynn Annette "Twinkle" Ripley (nascida em 15 de julho de 1948, Surbiton, Inglaterra), é uma cantora e compositora inglesa, que teve sucessos nos "charts" na década de 60 com as suas mais conhecidas canções, "Terry" e "Golden Lights". Esteve em actividade entre 1963 até aos anos 80.
Twinkle (born Lynn Annette Ripley, 15 July 1947, Surbiton, England) is an English singer-songwriter, primarily in the 1960s. Twinkle's most famous songs were "Terry" and "Golden Lights".
In concept "Terry" bore some similarities to the Shangri-Las' "Leader of the Pack" (1964), both teenage tragedy songs about a girl lamenting the death of her daredevil boyfriend in a motorcycle crash. The record caused a furore, accusations of bad taste leading to its ban from the BBC. Only 16 at the time, Twinkle owed her rapid entry into the recording studio to her then-boyfriend, Dec Cluskey, of the popular vocal group The Bachelors, who passed on her demo to his manager. Jimmy Page was among the high profile session musicians who played on "Terry".
Twinkle's main reference to Terry was her friendship in Coombe Hill with 12 year old boys Jerry and Paul, two schoolboys who were infatuated with her.
"Golden Lights" was covered by The Smiths in the 1980s, and appeared on their compilation albums, The World Won't Listen, and Louder Than Bombs. The Smiths' singer, Morrissey, was a great admirer of Twinkle. "Golden Lights" was written about her by Cluskey, by then her ex-boyfriend. In 1983 Cindy & The Saffrons covered "Terry".
Twinkle's effort, "A Lonely Singing Doll", is the English language version of France Gall's 1965 winning Eurovision Song Contest song for Luxembourg, "Poupée de cire, poupée de son". The song was originally written by Serge Gainsbourg. After recording six singles for Decca Records she first 'retired' at the age of eighteen in 1966.
Twinkle's fame faded in the late 1960s, although she continued to record into the early 1980s. Her later recordings appeared under the name "Twinkle Ripley" and she also recorded with her father, Sidney Ripley, as Bill And Coo.
The aunt of actress Fay Ripley, Twinkle attended Queen's Gate School with Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.
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Album gentilmente cedido por Luís Futre
Album gentilmente cedido por Luís Futre
