TWYLA HERBERT
Twyla Herbert (July 27, 1921 – July 11, 2009) was an American songwriter known for her long songwriting partnership with the singer Lou Christie. Herbert was born in Riverside, California. Christie was 15 years old when he met Herbert, a “bohemian gypsy, psychic, and former concert pianist”, at an audition in a church basement in his hometown, Glenwillard, Pennsylvania. Over 20 years older than he was, with flaming red hair, she was a self-described clairvoyant and mystic who allegedly predicted which of their songs would become hits. (More from Wikipedia)
Lou Christie wrote most of his own hit songs, along with his songwriting partner Twyla Herbert (and that is quite a story in itself: She was 20 years older than Christie and a classically trained musician who was also a self-proclaimed mystic). As such, he is one of the first singer-songwriters in popular music, a fact that John Lennon has remarked on, among others.
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