One of Pinkney's most successful songs, written in 1967 while a member of The Sharks, is How Could I Live, which was originally released as the b-side of Jeff Dixon and Marcia Griffiths' Words" single, and has since been recorded by artists including Myrna Hague, The Heptones, Richie Stephens, George Nooks, and Dennis Brown (as How Could I Leave).