I was a 17 year old motorcyclist when this came out. Lost some good friends on motor bikes. This brings back memories of my youth. Sad song but true of the times.

My late husband was called Terry, he died 7 years ago, in one hour, of heart failure at home. I did CPR on him until paramedics arrived but they could not save him. It was genetic, in the family. After 48 years of marriage I miss him so much as do my children and grandchildren everyday. RIP my darling. RIP to those that have lost someone. I wish you peace in your loss. 🙏💕

still here still loving it 48 years on great song

Just love this live version. Those were the days!

I taught myself to play this on the recorder..drove my family mad trying to learn it...but I got there:)

Sung with such passion. Lovely song peformed by a lovely girl.

Sorry to hear about Twinkle's death. Terry was one of my all time favourite songs in the early 60s. RIP Twinkle xx

Did anyone ever see Kenneth Cope on That Was The Week That Was? He had a crash helmet with wings on and was singing "I'm waiting up here, go get your gear, Twinkle". I think it was to make fun of the fact that the BBC wanted to ban this song.

I bought a CD of her's a few years back and at that time she was said to be alive and well and living in Surrey (I think) with her husband and family. She also had a smaller hit with a song called 'Golden Lights'. I imagine it was fairly uncommon in those days for someone of just 17 to be writing her own songs.

One of the loves of my life - sadly gone. She, Marianne Faithful and Francoise Hardy was every boy teenager's dream in the sixties. Very sad.

My favourite "one hit wonder". This song was banned by the BBC in the 60s but I remember hearing on Radio Luxemberg and it still got to number one in the charts.

Great song, bring back the great songs.

Rest in peace twinkle I love terry

my late sister loved this song as a kid :). It drove my dad mad because I recall driving through Belgium from Germany (My dad was in the British army) and my sister constantly roved through the radio channels on her black transistor radio looking for this song. LOL....Thanks for the memories

My aunty had this song on a 45 loved it and her miss you aunty dawn❤❤❤😪❤

Great song. Used to play it on the jukebox in the Cellar cafe in Windsor in the sixties, then go for a burn on the bike down the high street and back into the Cellar before the record finished! Those were the days!! Thanks Twinkle.

This was my 1st record my dad bought me I haven't heard this it must nearly 45 years and I still remember all the words bought tears to my eyes .

I remember my friend sang this to me and my sister,she also had a wonderful voice,I was around 12 and now in my 40's and it's still a great song😀😀

incredible-never expected to see twinkle on video as i only ever remember her from the radio-sweet and innocent

Great song great times.

One of my all time favourites, thanks for being such a wonderful part of the soundtrack of my early youth.

My lovely first boyfriend died in a motorbike crash 3 weeks before this aired. All these years on, I have never forgotten him, love him still, still think about that night !!

God Bless You Twinkle..great memories of her when I was growing up. I also met her a few years ago and she was an absolutely lovely lady x

I've loved this song for personal reasons all my life. Not surprisingly though as I am Terry and I died on my motorbike in a collision with a truck when I was a teenager. I was brought back though on the way to hospital in the ambulance and am pleased that is where the similarities end. So Sorry to hear of Twinkle's passing.

I loved this song when I was a teenager. I've not heard it for nearly 40 years but still remember every word. Not a good recording but brought back some memories! Thanks

Brilliant live performance! What I love about Twinkle is that she was one Brit girl who didn't try to sound like she was from Brooklyn--"'e said to me 'e wanted to be close to me..."

When that came out I was 11 years old, great times and a great song, not heard it for years!

good to here this song again! wanted to here this 4 so long brougt back great memories of when i was 14!!!!

Superb. Never heard this live before and surorisingly shows that it was innotative and before it's time. Could sit well in the 70's and 80's. I'm born'n'bred a few miles south of Molesey 'amplefly' and I can verify that Moleseyites like Twinkle are not Svenska.

Very rare 1964 song by Twinkle!

Sadly, Twinkle died two days ago on the 21st May 2015 RIP a great and unique 60s star remembered for Terry and Golden Lights. May her music live on.

just a thought, if enough people download it on itunes, it might hit the charts again. Be a nice tribute. R.I.P. Twinkle

I went to boarding school and we danced around a record player for half an hour everynight...we all acted out the chorus to the complete bemusement of vigilante nun!! How brilliant to find it on the tube...!!

it was my favourite song rip twinkle

An interesting fact is this record shared the UK top 40 for 6 weeks (Jan-Feb 1965) with another well known teenage motorbiking death disc. The Shangri Las Leader of the Pack.

You're so lucky to have been around when all this music was brand new. I've discovered '60s music through old tv shows and radio, but there was nothing like having been there when it all happened.

The fiancée of her ex-boyfriend was killed in an airplane crash. He said at the time that Twinkle was a tower of strength. She put everything into pulling him through his tragedy. RIP to a very honourable woman.

Beautiful. I remember falling in love with her in the '60s. I'm still in love - sadly, she is gone.

Ah, I was so in love with her. I thought she was both beautiful and sang so sweetly. Years later I read in a Sunday paper that she was living in a tiny London flat and drinking bottles of whisky, unhappy and depressed. Fame was fleeting. I was astounded. Surely that beautiful talent is always with you, whether recognised or not? All my love 'Twinkle'

Good old sing my brother is called Terry so we all luv this song

This is one of the saddest song I have ever heard as it is about someone called Terry who dies in a Motorcycle crash and his girlfriend is overwhelmed with grief over his death

Another timeless Classic Hit single from 1964 as it was Done By Terry and the name of this single is Twinkle as it was a huge hit for her in this year

Great!! what more can one say, well. having daughters the same age as Twinkle was at the time of that song, I realise how hard that was, well done all those years after, love it!

One of my all time favourites along with Frank Wilson's Last Kiss, sad songs with great music. Thought I would never hear this again when I lost my copy when moving. Thanks for bringing back lots of happy memories (even though it's a sad song). Wife of POOH1964

Love this song and girl.

Rest in peace Twinkle x

Still very much in my thoughts in 2001 a teenager when I first heard twinkle

Memories,oh I so loved this when it came out. It's still such a classic. Thanx for posting.

I absolutely love this. It brings back so many memories of my youth.

i just keep finding all the great songs i grew up with,what great great memories thy bring back,hard to think i get my free bus pass later this year,a very very big thank you to all that contribute so much wonderful music on this truly great site.

She was my next door neighbours cousin! Loved this, he was Terry!

Always thought about this one, loved it, sad but good !!

She is a very underrated british girl singer and should rank among peers like Sandie Shaw, Lulu and Cilla Black. She did many great songs and wrote many of them herself!

Mar Kjartansson On top 10 pop hit list in Radio 1964....I was 14....memories

My dad has got this record in his jukebox. Thats how i first heard it. I like it so much i sing it.

saw her in a show in New Zealand with the Bachelors and Gene Pitney early sixties awesome love ya twinkle

If the Authorities didn't ban this record in the 1960s [1964 to be exact] there might have been a few more records from this Beautiful singer Twinkle.R i p Twinkle

will not be forgotten r.i.p twinky

Loved this one.

Blimey, I was 15 when this came out and doing a paper round. Next year I get my free bus pass. lol Didn't think there would be any footage of this. What a great place youtube is. Thanks for posying.

Pure pop for now people.I don't think it's crap given the technology of the time.Brilliant.I can watch it over and over again.I think she was the first British girl pop star who wrote her own songs.And I wasn't there I wish I was

She was only 16 or so when this hit the charts This I seem to remember was the NME Concert in 65 ( I am sure some one can help on this) She made very few live performances This one is imo an absolute Classic, the rawness of the backing is brilliant ( I believe they were Sounds Inc) pls correct me if wrong But she was in total control Her voice over riding all else This is what live music in those days was all about. A Gorgeous Girl with immense talent. X Factor Wannabies Look Listen and Learn !!

Used to cry over this song so sad

I love this so much, i was 3 when this was released, thankfully my dad had great taste in music :)

wish i was young again

I've rode motorcycles all my life .50 years .seen some of the best gone ... to them I dedicate this song...RIP all of them.wait for me .

my mates name is Terry Berry, we used to sing this to him, ** terry berry**

Great song.

Nervous perhaps to start with but she picks up...after all she was only 15. I love the innocence of her youth and the rare and raw historical live recording.

I seem to recall she used to sing this in a miniskirt with shiny white boots.

Rest in peace my dream girl.

excellent never expected that to be on here. Thanks

I cant believe I found this song, I have been listening to this song since 1978 i love it

Thers a kid in our local who is just like 'Tery', Im 60 and I luv her

Lynn Annette Ripley, born 15 July 1947, Surbiton, Surrey, England.

RIP Lynn Annette Ripley aka Twinkle (15 July 1948 - 21 May 2015)

Same here, but east London. Bikes, music - the whole sheebang; gone, but still remembered affectionately.....

Great comments since my last, many queastions, Twinkle performed live a few years ago for a "Rockers Reunion" event in London? Yep she still lives in Surrey! Yep, she was great then and when I last saw her still great!

So good to see a classic like this is available - thank you for sharing.

rest in peace miss twinkle.

Don't forget the girl was only 15 when she wrote and sung this song. It got to number 4 in the UK charts in 1964. Her real name is Lynn Ripley and is the aunt of actress Fay Ripley. I wonder what she is doing these days, she will be about 62 I guess?

this looks like it was at Golders green, pink dress black shoes,I must've been about 10,she was my idol, thanks for posting this. I think she was the first part of the Moody Blues

RIP Twinkle, "wait at the gate of heaven"

Oh yes! Our mothers were real pop-divas! Have been thinking of this song now, when I`am older. It is a very sad and brutal song to sing for a child! But I loved it! LOL

i loved this record ,i played it at home ,a lot

Yes, Dec from the Bachelors was her secret boyfriend, she was 3 months short of 16 when they first went out, that would have caused a scandal back then , it was Dec who introduced her to Decca producer Phil Solomon, I think she is still the youngest female in the UK to have written and sung a top 5 hit.

Amazing..... my uncles the guitarist on the left :)

So this is Twinkle!! FINALLY after nearly 50 years, I see her in action. She used to be mentioned in English teen mags, but I never saw or heard her.

MY favourite song of the 60's, had to download this as my single is so scratchy now.This and Leader of the Pack.

Haven't heard this since the 60's. Bought back memoriesIts never played on the radio, so thanks for uploading

@victor6011 Hello, Victor, from the US. I'm 54, and these wonderful young folk with their technological knowhow have made getting old not so bad. I love this song, and it's the first time I've heard it.

❤Love you 😢😢😢

she looks like old photo,s of my mum xxx lovely song xx

I am 61 now and still alive!!. I like watching motorcycle racing but don't ride anymore. Thanks for your comments.

Yeah! Thanks Twinkle xx

Oh my goodness,i had forgotten this.!

Love this song...One of my grandaughters used to sing it when she was only 3...

A step back into the 60's great

I heard this once and love it

TWIKLE YOU ARE WITHOUT DOUBT A TRUE STAR,A LEGEND,AMEN,THANK GOD WE HAVE THESE VIDIEOS,AND MUSIC, WE WILL LOVE YOU FOR EVER