My birthmother named me after this song. Sadly, it is SHE that will be waiting at the gates of heaven for me.. her son...TERRY! I was taken from her when i was only 4 months old. Thanks mum for having me, though you were struggling as a teenage mother.

The first record that I ever bought and it remains with me at the age of 67. Just fabulous story, melody and performance. music as it should be.

A terrific death-rock classic.

Grown up listening to Twinkle, due to Twinkle and my Nan being best friends through school and some of her career, but unfortunately went seperate ways. Would have loved to of met her. So sad about her passing.

My Father was called Terry I was born in 1964 he died 3 months later. This song must have been heartbreaking for my mother to hear❤🌹🙏🏻💫

still remember this tear jerker from my teens!!

So sad to hear of Lynn's passing. I'm sure Terry was waiting at the Gate of Heaven for her. R.I.P. lovely lady

A strange and ethereal place and time. Not even quite the same dimension as we currently reside in.

I loved this when it first came out I still love it now . Sorry to hear she passed away RIP Twinkle.

One of the greats❤

What an impact she had on my teenage life....she wrote this song too was the first record I bought and still sounds great today

If my information is right Twinkle sang this live in front of all those thousands of people and she was only 15 years old (she was 3 months off her 16th birthday!).

RIP Lynn Ripley AKA Twinkle,remember this from 60s as she was such a looker when you saw her on TV singing this song.

A haunting song you never forget

Beautiful song

I heard this song on the radio today. First time I had ever heard it!

My brother is Terry and I hope he will be waiting for me. For ever 29 😢

Found out this song existed this week. Absolute banger.

She was a fantastic raw talent. She desperately needed a singing coach and a good manager.

Its a great song and I loved it when it came out and its still one of my favourite from all those years ago

always makes me wanna cry wen i hear this wonderful song

It's so weird my mom is called Lynn and my dad is called Terry who passed away in 2011 rip dad I know you will be at the gates of heaven for Mam 😭 when it's her time

Is it my immagination or was this lady 20+ years ahead of her time, this performance would not have been out of place in the early 1980s and sounds fresh even to this day

Terry. Twinkle. 1964. What a great Song !

RIP Twinkle, thank you for the wonderful memories

Saw her performing in my local town in about 1964. A lot of people, including myself, were very disappointed with her live performance, but I have always loved the words of this song

Twinkle, whose real name was Lynn Annette Ripley, was the only UK female singer of her generation to write her own material and here daunting debut single was recorded by Twinkle at the age of 16. It went Top 5, but a follow-up stalled at #21, after which Twinkle's star faded.

What a talented singer ,songwriter always stays just a great as when you first hear it.

Brilliant track

This a rather hard-to-find teen tragedy song -- haven't heard it since early 1964. Nice to have a video of Twinkle singing this song. Thanks for posting it, Tabbap!

“One day he’ll know how much I prayed for him to live” Beautiful lyrics and very touching

This song always reminds me of the Smiths' There Is a Light That Never Goes Out.

RIP Twinkle xxx

brilliant

I was 14 when this came out and my friends and I thought it was fabulous! In a macabre kind of way . . . we teeny boppers loved it.

this was my best mate favourite song when we were kids in the sixties, and yes his name was dave

One Brilliant, Ballad! To bad she has gone!

Terry Emerson, NZS not forgotten 1947-83.

The obit says that she was inspired to write this while being driven down the A3 in the back of her parents' limo, and seeing the bikers. Apparently Jimmy Page played on the record.

This was the pop era!

Lovely song I was named after it but glad I am

It was not to late for me by discovering this fav. song..thx for posting

I believe she was introduced to Decca records producer Phil Solomon by her boyfriend - Dec McCuskey of the Bachelors, yes a bit of a surprise ?, that was kept quite as he was 20 and she was only 15, she came from a well to do family and went to private schools, I believe as soon as the BBC banned the song it shot straight to #3 in the charts, help by pirate radio stations I think she is still the youngest female singer to have also written a song that got into the UK top 5.

My, how did I find this? A shot from the past , lovely

Amazing ❤

Castleford 1964, loved this song, going out with Rita cobb

thats a blast from the pas

So very 1960s she had a beautiful voice RiP Twinkle

❤I love this 🎵 listen to it as a child ❤

It is just so strange that somebody as talented as Lynn Annette Ripley twinkle did not become world-famous

Terry was my first love, this song makes me cry when I hear it😢

Great song, by the way, she was 14 when she wrote this song.

I just heard this song from shining vale on STARZ

Fun enough I was named after this song

why did they have to ban this from the BBC all those years ago i remember them doing it at the time,this will always be a timeless classic,,

This song was the a side of twinkle 45 that I had as a biy and I used to sing this and the boy of my dreams on the b side these two songs how iwish they I had known how they would have helped to influence my gender and life so many times I thought when I realised that I had found the right partner but it went wrong from 12 to about 21 after the last girlfriend i after talking to quite a few different people realised that i was gay and my future would be with a man that was the best thing that happened to me i came down to earth and was grounded by my arthur who died in 2010 now on my own but happy

Awesome singer

First record I ever bought, it was on the Decca label. The reason I bought it was because my Brothers name is Terry.

love it, the memories xxxx

I wonder if Terry met her at the gates ?

I was named after this record, lol

Another of my school day loves of my life lol

this was one of the records that got banned for awhile but it was still on juke box at squires coffee bar sherburn yorkshire

RIP Girl Good on yer

twinkle writes all her own songs

I SAW TWINKLE PERFORM THIS SONG IN MY HOMETOWN CORK CITY IRELAND 🇮🇪 IN THE SAVOY CINEMA CUM THEATRE IN 1965 SHE WAS A SUPPORTING ACT TO THE ROLLING STONES THE OTHER SUPPORTING ACT WAS THE BANSHEES BAND FROM BELFAST NORTHERN IRELAND A FANTASTIC WONDERFUL SPECIAL HAPPY GOLDEN MEMORY FOR ME 👍🏻💯❤

Sleep easy Lyn Ripley.

I remember this!

LIKE ALL 50s60s70s80s MUSIC WILL ALWAYS BE HERE TWINKLE WITH SONG TERRY BRILLIANT R I P DJ JOHNNY LEE 27 yrs aDJ IRELAND

Her backing group for live gigs was The Gonks (the UK version). Is this them? They definitely backed her in early 1965.

At one stage The BBC banned teen death songs on the basis they might influence suicides. Boys aged 15 to 24 were at high risk.

Love this song my name is Terry

Merci ch b a ses debuts merci

RIP a other of the sixties gone.

top 20 of saturday 19 december 1964

great song even better than the Leader Of The Pack more authentic for bikers and it's British

MERCI JE M APPELLE TERRY MAGNIFIQUE PRENOM ANGLOPHONE QUE J ADORE

RIP I am probably the only 28 year old American who actually likes this music

Golden lights is one of my favourite,she was sadly exploited by bad mangerment

Apparently Twinkle, was the one time girlfriend of the guy in the Bachelors! Another popular vocal group of the times.

Stretched out video makes her look dumpy - which she most certainly was not - she was a stunner!

daddy's beloved darling

IT WAS STILL IN BINNIES CAFE IN BARNSTAPLE

She was only 16ys when she. Wrote this song

It was banned on the BBC

My mum ,a original modett from Chelsea in the 60s tolded me this song was banned from the radio,cus people were killing themsleves over it ,yet it’s such a beautiful song and wasn’t Jimmy Paige (led zeppelin) playing guitar?

your right

I think she was the greatest

I had a crush on a boy called terry i was 11 years old lol

It just occurred to me that it may not have been the the the the conservative dress of 1964 but rather it may have been cold weather

This is basically a Magnetic Fields song

*-MORRISSEY-*

A Luvly Girl Sadly missed Im curious in the backing group. the guitarist nearest her, the one wearing spectacles, does any one know what make/model guitar he is playing ? Also a strange high up playing position.

Needs converting to original 4:3 ratio.

I accept I will probably get crucified for this, but it is only an observation and in no way meant to be rude to two Top Class Entertainers. Does any one else think that BRIAN CONNOLLY of the SWEET looked very similar to her,hair style etc, There is also a bit right at the beginning of this when she stars to sing..she smiles rather nervously, BRIAN does the same right at the beginning of one of the WIG WAM BAM videos Just an observation

she died, i dont know, what happened. so sad.

How many people have done this

Whatever happened to Johnsons Cafe and The Beachcomber? It seems an eternity ago - hang on, it is!

Who else is here after watching Save Me?

Interesting; I remember hearing this on the radio once when I was a kid. Whatever happened to her, and is Twinkle her real name?!