THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD
1,789) Twiggy — “Over and Over”
Here’s an absolutely fabulous “exquisite [’67] pop composition[] with [a] subtle arrangement[], and Twiggy’s voice is immediately captivating”. (Forced Exposure, https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/twiggy-beautiful-dreams-ep-7-/MR.7301EP.html) What more do you need to know? It’s Twiggy!
Richie Unterberger writes:
Twiggy[‘s two ’67 singles] were produced by Tommy Scott, perhaps best known to British Invasion fans for having both produced and written some songs for Them [see #188, 253, 1,252, 1,275, 1,345]; he also wrote or co-wrote [the singles, “Over and Over”] a collaboration with Phil Coulter, who wrote Them’s great “I Can Give You Everything” [see #188] with Scott. . . . [Twiggy’s singles] are slight if atmospheric songs with a period Swinging London pop/rock flavor . . . . Twiggy’s voice is thin and shaky, but does have a fetching fragility, and it should be noted that these weren’t one-offs; she made other records, off and on, over the next two decades.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-snapshot-of-swinging-london-mw0001438742
Mark Deming tells us of Twiggy:
Years before the word “supermodel” was in common use, Twiggy was one of the first women to achieve international stardom for her work as a fashion model, and her slim figure and gamine beauty sparked a new trend in modeling . . . . Twiggy was also one of the first well-known models to enter into a career in show business, and has made a name for herself as an actress and recording artist. Twiggy was born Leslie Hornby in North London . . . . [Her career in modeling was launched by happenstance when, at the age of 16, she treated herself to a new hairstyle at the House of Leonard, an exclusive hair salon in Mayfair. . . . [O]ne of the shop’s stylists suggested she would be a good choice to model in an upcoming ad for the salon. Photographer Barry Lategan took some shots of Hornby for the salon that caught the attention of Deidre McSharry, a noted fashion journalist, and a few weeks later, McSharry ran a story about Hornby for the British tabloid the Daily Express that declared her “the Face of ’66.” Adopting the professional name Twiggy (taken from her childhood nickname “Twigs”), Hornby quickly became one of the most sought-after models in Europe . . . and fame in America and Japan soon followed. Twiggy’s big blue eyes, rimmed with long black lashes, and androgynous figure created a unique look that came to define the London fashion scene in the Swinging Sixties. In 1970, Twiggy retired from modeling, and Ken Russell cast her in the starring role of his campy homage to musicals of the 1920s and ‘30s, The Girl Friend. . . . [which] found Twiggy not just acting but singing and dancing as well . . . . Three of Twiggy’s songs from the soundtrack album . . . were released as singles, and later in 1971 she cut a one-off single . . . “Zoo Dee Zoo Zong” . . . . In 1974, Twiggy became the star of her own musical variety series on BBC television, and . . . she signed a[] . . . recording contract . . . and her self-titled debut album, dominated by country-styled material, was released . . . in 1976. The album was a commercial success in the U.K. . . . [She] cut[] a single with longtime friend David Essex in 1978 and ma[de] an appearance on the soundtrack to the children’s series Captain Beaky and his Band . . . . Through much of the 1980s, Twiggy focused on her acting . . . In 1983, [she] made her Broadway debut in a production of My One and Only . . . The show was a critical and popular success, earning Twiggy a Tony nomination . . . .
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/twiggy-mn0000804589#biography
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