[1] Her sister Christine Barnett was a recording artist and had released a number of singles on the Lexian label,[2][3] which included "Cry for You" and "Teenage Queen".

[4] In 1964 Lyn Barnett married Michael Puddefoot aka Mike Leyton, who sang in the Merseymen band.

[6] For the week ending 24 February 1962, Billboard reported that her version of "No Heart At All" was climbing rapidly in many charts.

[10] In 1962, her album which was credited to Lyn Barnett with Garth Young and his orchestra was released on Viking.

[11] The 7 July 1962 issue of Billboard reported that US Label Chancellor Records were very interested in her after Ron Dalton took her LP to the United States.

[12] On 31 March 1963, she was booked to appear at the Stars of the Royal Command Show at the Opera House in New Plymouth.

[17] Also that year Barnett had married Mike Leyton, who sang in the Merseymen band and at some stage they moved to Sydney.

[22] In 1970, The New Zealand Herald reported in its 4 July issue that she was based in Sydney and was engaged for a two-week stint at Tommo's Place.

[25] Also that year, Hammond Electrique by blind keyboard player Claude Papesch was released on the His Master's Voice label in Australia.

[31] Dormer wasn't even aware that she had died and he only found out about her death on Wednesday 19 July when he was included in her will.

[32] Even her younger sister Christine didn't know she had died until Lyn's nephew in New Zealand was contacted on 21 July.