Doris D & The Pins were a Dutch-British disco/pop girl group which enjoyed success in the Netherlands and Belgium and to a lesser extent in Germany during the first half of the 1980s.
The central figure of the female group was the British singer and dancer Doris D (born Debbie Jenner on 22 February 1959 in Skegness, United Kingdom) who was briefly in 1980 the face of the American group Lipps Inc. on Dutch and German television by lip-synching the song "Funkytown" (the real performer being Cynthia Johnson).
[1][2] Songwriters and producers Hans van Hemert and Piet Souer (famous thanks to the commercial success of the pop trio Luv') and Martin Duiser took a liking to Jenner when they saw her dancing on television and offered her to become the lead singer of a female formation.
[1][2] Souer and Van Hemert composed the disco-pop song "Shine Up" and had it recorded by Doris D. Background vocals were recorded by the singer Saskia (of the duo Saskia & Serge, popular in the Netherlands) and not by The Pins, who were content to do playback and dance on "Shine Up" during stage or television performances.
[1][2] From 1983, producer Jacques Zwart (husband of Marga Scheide of Luv') took care of the artistic direction of Doris D & The Pins.