Twinkle i had the pleasure of meeting at a family function, Every inch a lady ,and a beautiful person, her Husband, Graham my relative, a top model, although never as gorgeous as me, hahaha, is still scrapping on like a soldier, lot,s of love to Graham and his Mum Great Aunt Gladys,xxx
Twinkle was sadly underrated; it was a great shame when she quit the business after only a couple of years as she had a fine voice. Sadly she passed far too soon.
Twinkle through her elder sister (a journalist for teen magazines) Lynn began to meet pop musicians. One of them, Dec Cluskey, of the Irish vocal group the Bachelors, recommended Twinkle to his manager. This resulted in her making a recording of her composition Terry, on which she was accompanied by session musicians including guitarist Jimmy Page, the future Led Zeppelin star. Her second husband was the actor who played the man in black on the Cadbury milk tray adverts. She passed away at the age of 66.
Twinkle never ages; she simply endures - like Marianne Faithful or Mary Weiss. There is something very special about a woman who can grow up without growing old.
There are better examples of Twinkle, elsewhere on UA-cam. It's all very well to idly play retrospective judge and jury from the safety of a keyboard. For those who are interested, however, Twinkle, far from being untalented, as one correspondent suggests below, was unique, in that she actually wrote much of her own material -- and from a very early age. This was in an era, where women singers simply didn't do that sort of thing. If you ever get a chance to listen to some of her own songs, most of which were written in her teens and early twenties, you may be surprised at just how good she was -- and original. Artistes are not always responsible for the things which people post up on UA-cam, years, or sometimes decades later. Johnny Fame is a tricky customer as we say. Twinkle, for whom fame came rather early, had a bit of a rough time of it, including losing the love of her life during the mid 1970s . Morrissey's a big fan, and so, for what it's worth, am I. Interested listeners may want to check out her Best Of or her Michael Hannah Lost Years album.
I agree with your thoughts entirely -so, can you tell me what Twinkle is doing these days? And just a thought, I have to say that the lady singing with her seemed to more or less take the lead role and have a stronger voice, what was going on there?
Yes, I know. I wrote a tribute piece about her in the East Anglian Daily Times. I was really sad about it. I thought she was great. She personified her era in many ways. Wrote her own stuff. And so pretty, too.
Twinkle used to date Dec McCuskey from the Bachelors , it was hushed up cos she was only 15 at the time, he put her in touch with Peter Soloman from Decca records that's how she got to record "Terry", I recall the pirate radio stations Caroline and Radio London used to play it all the time..
TO ANN TWO SHOES: Ann I don't actually know, because, much as I adore this woman's work, I stop short of actually stalking her. I understand she had a breakdown of sorts, about Michael Hannah, the model whom she loved so much, and who having left her, died in a plane crash in France in '75, I think it was. She married another model / actor and so far as I know had children. She's surfaced sporadically on various records during the 70s and 80s. At some point, during the early 90s, she was in a band briefly with Fiona Wallace doing some kind of 60s holiday camp package. She also appeared on an edition of Never Mind the Buzzcocks, which is elsewhere on UA-cam. She looked well and happy I think she that she was/ is in essence, a rather good songwriter, possibly unsuited to the various toxicities of greater fame -- as a number of us who've had music biz experience will understand. Wherever she is I hope she's well and happy. .
To Orange Fuzz That was the Beer Elves. But it's nice that you know the song or indeed any of them. My late mum liked that one, too.. Poor Twinkle though. That one's really got to me, I'm afraid. I genuinely loved Twinkle's songs. Perfectly imperfect. All my favourite women are leaving the party lately.. I did actually write a song about her a couple of years ago.. It was on an album called The Late District. .
It is actually real hair not a wig...I should know, I am the drummer in this footage and was a member of The Four Pennies for 10 years. A lot people at our shows asked me if it was a wig, Mike just likes having his hair in this style. He was the only member of the band who wasn't losing his hair.
The only original member was Mike Wilshaw on bass guitar who introduced Twinkle, the other members being Lionel Morton vocalist and rhythm guitar, Fritz Fryer lead guitar and Alan Buck drums
if she had McCartney to write her songs back in her day she would not be a one hit wonder She had the great 60's look before there was a 60's look. Sometimes things are never meant to be.
Great comment about Frankie Howard's hair-piece, made me laugh out loud! I always wondered where it went, glad it found a good home and is still working. Love the 4 Pennies, not sure about this bit, was Twinkle singing at all? What happened to Lionel Morton?
'supports' Twinkle?!, she sings for Twinkle!. That grovelling penny is an example of the sycophantic slop poured onto the undeserving, in this case Twinkle, no talent in the 60s has not cultivated any since, who did she know ...or yes?.
Yes.......well. I remember all of them in the day, but this performance is just a little sad, very much a amateur pub performance. I'd rather have remembered them when they were stars. Anyone want to listen to a good tune? check out "Miss Bad Daddy" a b side, maybe on "juliet" by the Four Pennies.
And whats wrong with that? Are you so used to "studio enhancements" and never played "live" that you think bands actually sound in real life like they do on CDs etc. I've been to see top bands play & they sounded worse than this. With studios today with 128 track recording & multi-phasing, over dubbing & so on, you can make a 5 thumbed Baboon banging away on an out of tune guitar sound better than the winners of UKs Got Talent.
Richard Rayner Well, I quite agree with most of your comments, and being in my late 60s, I too have seen many bands live. In my opinion, only the very skilled can sound like they did on the vinyl, i.e. Roy Orbison, whom I saw many times. I also worked evenings in Bristol's Colston Hall, where I saw and heard many more. So, no, I don't expect them to sound like they did in their studio recordings. Oh, and please don't patronise me by making the assumptions that you did in your reply. I do agree with your comment about the baboon though LOL.
Sorry,(about sounding patronising) but having played live many times myself I'm only too aware of unrealistic expectations of some of the audience. I know some cheat & lip sinc & the furore when bands played live on Top of the Pops - not only from some bands, but also some of the audience because they didn't sound right. I put this performance down to not having any monitors. (She can't hear herself) and dear old Lynn could be off key even in the Good Ol' Days
There is a desperation in some parts of the UK where gigs descend to the lowest common denominator. Name bands/artists will do anything to get punters through the door no matter what. In this case you have Lionel Morton (ex-Playschool presenter) lead singer of the Four Pennies a band hardly anyone remembers introducing a backing singer who does the main vocal on a cover with Twinkle doing backing vocals! It does beggar belief but that's money for you. It pulls the strings and humiliates many of us musicians in public. Apart from the awful rugrat on his bonse, I have to say that Twinkle was a customer who came through my delicatessen when I worked at the supermarket. We had cheap meat pieces at 20p a £. That's what she ordered, wreaking of Tweed perfume and she always called me darling. There was a sadness to her life. I am only writing this now because on the radio this morning, a certain, Fay Ripley was being interviewed.
For a start that's not Lionel Morton singing it's the Pennies Bass Player Mike Wilshaw and I know Mike from my schooldays and besides being a nice bloke that's not a wig he's wearing it's the way he's had it cut,and back in the day they were a great live group who deserved more success
Unfortunately, she had no stage presence, behaving like a schoolgirl doing karaoke, which wasn't helped by an appalling rambling introduction by the bloke with the deceased fox cub on his head.
@John Lightfoot Fair do's ---- he called me an arse first. And I sing like Tiny Tim so a music vid is not an option. (I couldn't stand the Beatles either).
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Fantastic, I haven't come across this one before; and Twinkle is now in Heaven, along with so many others.
Twinkle i had the pleasure of meeting at a family function, Every inch a lady ,and a beautiful person, her Husband, Graham my relative, a top model, although never as gorgeous as me, hahaha, is still scrapping on like a soldier, lot,s of love to Graham and his Mum Great Aunt Gladys,xxx
A great talent and a lovely lady R I.P. Twinkle!
Twinkle was sadly underrated; it was a great shame when she quit the business after only a couple of years as she had a fine voice. Sadly she passed far too soon.
I loved her songs. Very sad to hear she has gone.
Good to see her still enjoying a singalong !!! and Good to see The Four Pennies still at it too!!!!
She still had a good singing voice in her 60's.
wow! so cool see her singing again.
RIP Lynn. You gonna be missed.....♥
So very sad to lose such a lovely woman, far to young to leave us.
Twinkle through her elder sister (a journalist for teen magazines) Lynn began to meet pop musicians. One of them, Dec Cluskey, of the Irish vocal group the Bachelors, recommended Twinkle to his manager. This resulted in her making a recording of her composition Terry, on which she was accompanied by session musicians including guitarist Jimmy Page, the future Led Zeppelin star. Her second husband was the actor who played the man in black on the Cadbury milk tray adverts. She passed away at the age of 66.
Nice rendition of Be My Baby which was originally a hit for the Ronettes in the 1960s.
God bless her
Twinkle never ages; she simply endures - like Marianne Faithful or Mary Weiss. There is something very special about a woman who can grow up without growing old.
Why all the snide comments? This is live "entertainment" - not the manufactured rap/crap/god knows what we have to endure as music now.
There are better examples of Twinkle, elsewhere on UA-cam. It's all very well to idly play retrospective judge and jury from the safety of a keyboard. For those who are interested, however, Twinkle, far from being untalented, as one correspondent suggests below, was unique, in that she actually wrote much of her own material -- and from a very early age. This was in an era, where women singers simply didn't do that sort of thing. If you ever get a chance to listen to some of her own songs, most of which were written in her teens and early twenties, you may be surprised at just how good she was -- and original.
Artistes are not always responsible for the things which people post up on UA-cam, years, or sometimes decades later. Johnny Fame is a tricky customer as we say.
Twinkle, for whom fame came rather early, had a bit of a rough time of it, including losing the love of her life during the mid 1970s . Morrissey's a big fan, and so, for what it's worth, am I. Interested listeners may want to check out her Best Of or her Michael Hannah Lost Years album.
Agree 100% with what you say - another intelligent person on UA-cam!
I agree with your thoughts entirely -so, can you tell me what Twinkle is doing these days? And just a thought, I have to say that the lady singing with her seemed to more or less take the lead role and have a stronger voice, what was going on there?
Martin Newell She should have covered Beer Devils :)
Twinkle died last year (2015). Very sad
Yes, I know. I wrote a tribute piece about her in the East Anglian Daily Times. I was really sad about it. I thought she was great. She personified her era in many ways. Wrote her own stuff. And so pretty, too.
Lynn was a lovely lass, modest and talented. Wrote some lovely songs too.. not hers, but her So Sad was a classic..
Not a wig. Real hair. Lovely bloke.
She still looks beautiful. real talent. LOL .
Twinkle used to date Dec McCuskey from the Bachelors , it was hushed up cos she was only 15 at the time, he put her in touch with Peter Soloman from Decca records that's how she got to record "Terry", I recall the pirate radio stations Caroline and Radio London used to play it all the time..
she was 16 at the time
superb info
Whoever cut that guys hair..that is "the pudding basin cut"
RIP Twinkle
+Darren Allen May 2015. A sad loss.
I love that she just gets her ear-piece in after the start!
+pierre6760 Probably earplugs so she couldn't hear herself.
TO ANN TWO SHOES:
Ann I don't actually know, because, much as I adore this woman's work, I stop short of actually stalking her.
I understand she had a breakdown of sorts, about Michael Hannah, the model whom she loved so much, and who having left her, died in a plane crash in France in '75, I think it was. She married another model / actor and so far as I know had children. She's surfaced sporadically on various records during the 70s and 80s. At some point, during the early 90s, she was in a band briefly with Fiona Wallace doing some kind of 60s holiday camp package.
She also appeared on an edition of Never Mind the Buzzcocks, which is elsewhere on UA-cam. She looked well and happy
I think she that she was/ is in essence, a rather good songwriter, possibly unsuited to the various toxicities of greater fame -- as a number of us who've had music biz experience will understand. Wherever she is I hope she's well and happy. .
-Goodnight Twinkie.
Paris '74..
Twinkle is pretty good!
Miss S at the library looks like she might as well be a member of the ronettes
To Orange Fuzz
That was the Beer Elves. But it's nice that you know the song or indeed any of them. My late mum liked that one, too.. Poor Twinkle though.
That one's really got to me, I'm afraid. I genuinely loved Twinkle's songs. Perfectly imperfect. All my favourite women are leaving the party lately.. I did actually write a song about her a couple of years ago.. It was on an album called The Late District. .
I really do not know why people make these negative remarks, if you do not like it, move on.
and go into politics.
Twinkle as assisting Fiona Wallace as she did most of the lead singing
Used to love twinkle
It is actually real hair not a wig...I should know, I am the drummer in this footage and was a member of The Four Pennies for 10 years. A lot people at our shows asked me if it was a wig, Mike just likes having his hair in this style. He was the only member of the band who wasn't losing his hair.
One of the stooges
I do believe she used to date Peter Noone.
💖💖💖💖💖💖
What year was this & how many "originals" were in the band at this time?
Who are these guys in the Four Pennies and who was in the original line up.
The only original member was Mike Wilshaw on bass guitar who introduced Twinkle, the other members being Lionel Morton vocalist and rhythm guitar, Fritz Fryer lead guitar and Alan Buck drums
fiona wallace and the four pennies
I cant stop watching this its so good
is that a syrup of fig i wonder ?or just a healthy head of hair
OR MAYBE A DEAD RAT EH! MMMMMMM
All very very odd!
Can anyone actually hear Twinkle singing on this?
whos this fiona wallace shes a great singer with a great voice never heard of hear she sings be my baby great
if she had McCartney to write her songs back in her day she would not be a one hit wonder
She had the great 60's look before there was a 60's look.
Sometimes things are never meant to be.
fought liver cancer for 5yrs died i think at 66 far to young
Syrup and fig alert on the bass player's noggin!
+andreasegde Where did he get that hat ?....
+andreasegde That's got to be Lionel Morton himself surely?
+pierre6760 No the bass player is the only original here & that's Mike Wilsh.
+Rockin' T.C. Yes thanks, I can see it now.
+pierre6760 No problems!
15 7 48 .....21 5 15......rip
Great comment about Frankie Howard's hair-piece, made me laugh out loud! I always wondered where it went, glad it found a good home and is still working. Love the 4 Pennies, not sure about this bit, was Twinkle singing at all? What happened to Lionel Morton?
maybe one original the man whos talking
When Dec mc cuskey hit the big time with the Bachelor's he dropped her like a hot potato . Listen to Golden lights. That tells the whole story .
I think somehow this works...not too sure why..but its cute..
who the hell is fiona wallace ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? shes got a voice
SHE IS A VOICE COACH MMMM
BTW Twinkle was Fay Ripley's aunt...
fiona wallace
with the twinkling eyes mmmmmmmmmmm and is that a hat ? was twinkles mike switched on ? mmmmmm
Awesome
Is Twinkle still performing?
Sue Noonatic deadddd
Goodnight Twinkle.
What has that guy got on his head ? it looks like something he pinched from Frankie Howard !!
nice syrup of fig mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm who the hells fiona wallace ?
Yes it is a cringeworthy intro. Thank goodness for Fizz. Whats with the cups and ear plugs. Thought twink would been better prepared.
What on earth have you got on your head Mick.
a dead rat
It's s shame that Mike introduced Twinkle by listing her hits then she came on and sang a cover song.
'supports' Twinkle?!, she sings for Twinkle!. That grovelling penny is an example of the sycophantic slop poured onto the undeserving, in this case Twinkle, no talent in the 60s has not cultivated any since, who did she know ...or yes?.
blabbering loudmouth know nothing piece of garbage
Great
Yes.......well. I remember all of them in the day, but this performance is just a little sad, very much a amateur pub performance. I'd rather have remembered them when they were stars. Anyone want to listen to a good tune? check out "Miss Bad Daddy" a b side, maybe on "juliet" by the Four Pennies.
And whats wrong with that? Are you so used to "studio enhancements" and never played "live" that you think bands actually sound in real life like they do on CDs etc. I've been to see top bands play & they sounded worse than this. With studios today with 128 track recording & multi-phasing, over dubbing & so on, you can make a 5 thumbed Baboon banging away on an out of tune guitar sound better than the winners of UKs Got Talent.
Richard Rayner Well, I quite agree with most of your comments, and being in my late 60s, I too have seen many bands live. In my opinion, only the very skilled can sound like they did on the vinyl, i.e. Roy Orbison, whom I saw many times. I also worked evenings in Bristol's Colston Hall, where I saw and heard many more. So, no, I don't expect them to sound like they did in their studio recordings. Oh, and please don't patronise me by making the assumptions that you did in your reply.
I do agree with your comment about the baboon though LOL.
Sorry,(about sounding patronising) but having played live many times myself I'm only too aware of unrealistic expectations of some of the audience. I know some cheat & lip sinc & the furore when bands played live on Top of the Pops - not only from some bands, but also some of the audience because they didn't sound right.
I put this performance down to not having any monitors. (She can't hear herself) and dear old Lynn could be off key even in the Good Ol' Days
I meant decent monitors & lousy mixing.
Wheres my comment gone ?
It's a shame that Twinkle doesn't sing the song herself with without her back up singer and the band members. has she lost her voice?
don't give up you're day job
she did do the lead vocal... what a shame
Is that a wig or what?
A what.
One word "awful".
great
There is a desperation in some parts of the UK where gigs descend to the lowest common denominator. Name bands/artists will do anything to get punters through the door no matter what. In this case you have Lionel Morton (ex-Playschool presenter) lead singer of the Four Pennies a band hardly anyone remembers introducing a backing singer who does the main vocal on a cover with Twinkle doing backing vocals! It does beggar belief but that's money for you. It pulls the strings and humiliates many of us musicians in public. Apart from the awful rugrat on his bonse, I have to say that Twinkle was a customer who came through my delicatessen when I worked at the supermarket. We had cheap meat pieces at 20p a £. That's what she ordered, wreaking of Tweed perfume and she always called me darling. There was a sadness to her life. I am only writing this now because on the radio this morning, a certain, Fay Ripley was being interviewed.
For a start that's not Lionel Morton singing it's the Pennies Bass Player Mike Wilshaw and I know Mike from my schooldays and besides being a nice bloke that's not a wig he's wearing it's the way he's had it cut,and back in the day they were a great live group who deserved more success
What's wrong with Tweed?
So sad
Unfortunately, she had no stage presence, behaving like a schoolgirl doing karaoke, which wasn't helped by an appalling rambling introduction by the bloke with the deceased fox cub on his head.
Awful introduction and I was hoping Twinkle was actually going to sing the lead. It seems Fiona was covering for her?
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Looks to me like Fiona Wallace is taking over this show and Twinkle is just backing her. Fair enough - Twinkle couldn't sing anyway.
How big of you to insult someone no longer with us, arse. Go listen to some rubbish modern rubbish 🦊🙂🦡🙃
@@haroldtaylor7294 I'd have insulted her to her face if she'd still been alive - ARSE!
@John Lightfoot Fair do's ---- he called me an arse first. And I sing like Tiny Tim so a music vid is not an option. (I couldn't stand the Beatles either).
Apart from that long. boring and embarrassing introduction this is great. Twinkle singing my fa vourite song of that era.
Absolute Rubbish
The intro was truly cringeworthy!
Why what was wrong with it
Worst wig ever.lol
agree crap crap