Lynsey De Paul

Lynsey Rubin (born June 11, 1950 in London) is a songwriter and singer. Renowned for her keyboard skills and ability to write catchy songs, Lynsey first big hit the UK charts in 1972, initially as the writer of the Fortunes hit "Storm in a Teacup" and a couple of months later as the performer of her own song "Sugar Me". She was the first woman to be awarded an Ivor Novello Award for her song "Won't Somebody Dance With Me" with a second for "No Honestly".

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A prolific song-writer, Lynsey has written songs for many other recording artists. In a five year period ('72-'77) she wrote a total of 14 U.K. chart hits and her songs have hit the charts in the US, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Canada and Australia.

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Rock Bottom, which she wrote with Mike Moran, was the UK entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977. Although it only came second in the Eurovision Song Contest, it went on to become a top 20 hit in many European countries including France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland where it reached the top of the singles charts.

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Lynsey and Mike went on to write a number of songs such as "Let Your Body Go Downtown", a top 40 hit for the Martyn Ford Orchestra and the follow up "Going to a Disco" as well as "Without You" and "Now and Then" which appeared on the albums "Tigers and Fireflies" and "Just a Little Time", respectively.

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After a three year period of being based in the California in the late 70's/early 80's, Lynsey returned to England and while still writing songs, also branched out into producing, acting in musicals and plays, interviewing and TV presentation, drawing cartoons and even self defence and based on this later activity she produced a memorable video.

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Songwriter: A songwriter is someone who writes, in part or in full, the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. That is to say, a songwriter is a lyricist, a composer, or both. The word 'songwriter' is however more commonly used to describe one who writes popular songs than to de...

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St. Vincent De Paul	Saint Vincent de Paul French Priest	Saint Paul de Vence Doorway with Foliage	St. Vincent De Paul and the Sisters of Charity circa 1729
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Leaving for a Walk from "Paul Et Virginie" by Henri Bernadin De Saint-Pierre (1737-1814) 1823	Map of Mauritius Illustration from "Paul et Virginie" by Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre 1836	St. Paul	Paul Anka