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Lynsey de Paul
Often claimed to be the UK's first female professional songwriter, Lynsey de
Paul went on to pen a string of Top 20 hits, win two Ivor Novello Awards and
represent Great Britain at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1977. Starting out as
an art student who designed album sleeves, de Paul was recruited by music mogul
Don Kirshner to write for his acts, and had her first big success when The
Fortunes made the Top 10 with her track Storm In A Teacup in 1972. She became a
star in her own right shortly after, when her first solo single Sugar Me reached
Number 5 and was later covered by Na...
