Jeannette-Thérèse Obstoj (5 June 194926 March 2015) was a British lyricist, video-maker, music video director, poet and graphic artist. She is best known for her work as a lyricist, usually working in collaboration with musician

Rupert Hine Rupert Neville Hine (21 September 1947 – 4 June 2020) was an English musician, songwriter and record producer. He produced albums for artists including Rush, Kevin Ayers, Tina Turner, Howard Jones, Saga, the Fixx, Bob Geldof, Thompson Twin ...

. The Hine/Obstoj team wrote songs for

Tina Turner Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an American-born Swiss retired singer and actress. Widely referred to as the " Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", she rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue before ...

I Might Have Been Queen "I Might Have Been Queen" is a song written for Tina Turner as the first track on her highly successful '' Private Dancer'' album, and later included as a re-mixed version, with an additional lyric added to the bridge, on her '' What's Love Got ...

", " Break Every Rule"),

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(" Arrested by You"), and

Wilson Phillips Wilson Phillips is an American pop group formed in Los Angeles in 1989. The group consists of Carnie Wilson and Wendy Wilson, the daughters of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, and Chynna Phillips, the daughter of John and Michelle Phillips of ...

Eyes Like Twins ''Wilson Phillips'' is the debut album by American vocal group Wilson Phillips, released in 1990 by SBK Records. The album was enormously successful in the U.S. where it peaked at #2 on the LP chart for ten weeks starting August 4, 1990. Overal ...

"), as well as writing all the songs on Hine's solo albums ''

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, Waving Not Drowning'' and ''

Wildest Wish to Fly ''The Wildest Wish to Fly'' is a solo album by Rupert Hine. It was originally released in 1983 on A&M Records and Island Records and re-released on CD in 2001 on VoicePrint. The album peaked at #31 on the Swedish album chart. Track listing All ...

'', and on the three albums Hine released using the identity

Thinkman Rupert Neville Hine (21 September 1947 – 4 June 2020) was an English musician, songwriter and record producer. He produced albums for artists including Rush, Kevin Ayers, Tina Turner, Howard Jones, Saga, the Fixx, Bob Geldof, Thompson Twi ...

. Obstoj also occasionally wrote lyrics for songs by

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, including their 1986 hit " Secret Separation", with music for these tracks being credited to the band as a whole. Obstoj also worked as a video producer/director, lensing several of Hine's video clips, as well as selected videos by The Fixx, including “Less Cities More Moving People”, “

Stand or Fall "Stand or Fall" is a song by new wave/rock band the Fixx. Released in 1982, it was the third of four single releases from the group's debut album, ''Shuttered Room''. "Stand or Fall" became the group's first charting hit. In the United States, ...

” and “ One Thing Leads to Another”. Obstoj died on 26 March 2015 after a short and sudden illness.

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