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There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Twinkle (born Lynn Annette Ripley, 15 July 1948, Surbiton, Surrey, England - 21 May 2015) was a singer-songwriter. She made #4 in the U.K. at the end of 1964 with her self-penned debut "Terry," a maudlin disc about the death of a (fictional) biker boyfriend. "Leader of the Pack" it wasn't, yet the record caused a furor, with accusations of bad taste leading to its ban from the BBC (and, most likely, aiding its rapid rise to popularity). Only 16 at the time, Twinkle owed her rapid entry into the...

Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark is an American gospel singer, composer, musician, and evangelist. She is a member of The Clark Sisters, an influential gospel vocal ensemble active since the late 60's. Clark has been The Clark Sisters' creative force since their mother Mattie Moss Clark turned over control of the group to her in the early 1970s. An accomplished pianist and organist, Clark received formal training in piano from Howard University and is dubbed as the "Queen of the Hammond B3" organ. She has written over 150 songs for her sisters and mother alone. Clark was one of the first to...

Twinklestars is a sub unit of the idol group Sakura Gakuin (さくら学院). The unit became inactive after Muto Ayami (武藤彩未)'s graduation from the group. It was active temporary when Sakura Gakuin celebrated their third anniversary on December 2013. It was later announced to be active again on 27 September 2014 with a new line-up. The unit became inactive after Mizuno Yui, Kikuchi Moa and Notsu Yunano's graduation on March 29, 2015. All Twinklestars' songs to date have been written and produced by former Cymbals member Okii Reiji. .

TWINKRANES Twinkranes specialise in coded psychedelia and zone out progressive pop music. In November 2009 the Dublin based electronic outfit released their debut long player – “Spektrumtheatresnakes” to critical acclaim. The LP melds the worlds of motor driven kraut, space rock, psychedelia, drone and avant pop. ABOUT SPEKTRUMTHEATRESNAKES “… a fantastically unhinged mix of speeded-up krautrock rhythms, dirty drones and wonky synthesizers, which is at once weird and danceable and very pop.” 9/10 NME “After four stabs of organ, High Tekk Train Wreck sprints away from the lights with a squeal of wheelspin, its *motorik soundling like a customised and...