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Rock 'n' Roll Artists A-Z...Dusty Springfield

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Dusty Springfield’s voice has been labelled as that of the only white woman who can sing soul, and yet this reflects only one aspect of a woman who has successfully, convincingly and to much critical acclaim recorded jazz, blues, R&B, soul, pop, heavy metal, disco, techo, rock, dance, stage musical and even opera. Attempting to tie this singer down to a comfortable musical pigeon hole would not only be a fruitless task, it would actually prove impossible and ultimately result in misrepresentation.

Dusty’s training ground was as part of a female trio called The Lana Sisters. She responded to an advertisement for a third member to join an ‘established sister act’ and was accepted. Here she developed the art of harmonising, learned microphone technique, recorded, did some television and played live both in the UK and at American Airbases. By the time that Dusty was to become part of The Springfields, she was the only member that had ever sung on stage.

Dusty reflects on her time in The Springfields as a time of jolly and loud singing that wasn’t always in tune. The Springfields were successful on both sides of the Atlantic, recording commercial folk music. Dusty herself describes The Springfields as a group that were "pseudo everything" and working a niche that they had discovered was marketable for people that were cheerful and "jumped around a lot". The years of jumping around in her bedroom a la Cyd Charisse had found adult expression, and the jollity of The Springfields appeared to work.

By 1962 Dusty was becoming restless. After a trip to America she had heard The Exciters singing "Tell Him" and was gripped by what she describes as "the most exciting thing I had ever heard, the attack in it!" The Springfields were becoming increasingly caught between the tensions of pop and folk and Dusty finally left the trio in 1963.

Dusty was now free to explore her love of American Black music and her first solo single at the end of 1963, "I Only Want To Be With You" achieved gold status in the UK and began to reveal the link between soul and pop that Dusty was to make her own. The first album "A Girl Called Dusty" revealed the R&B love affair that Dusty enjoyed, producing a raw sound that enabled deeper exploration that singles unashamedly aimed at the commercial market perhaps could not provide. Hits flowed from here on in, the follow up single "Stay Awhile" peaked at number 13 and the third single "I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself" hit number 3, with only The Rolling Stones and The Beatles beating her to the top spot. Dusty was on a roller coaster of success, and from 1963 - 1969 she made the UK chart seventeen times, scoring ten top ten singles, her biggest being "You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me" which hit the number one spot in 1966, (number 4 in the USA) and remained on the UK chart for thirteen weeks. however the heavy touring and publicity appearances necessary for this level of success were taking a toll on her health, producing bouts of laryngitis that have followed Dusty at times of stress throughout her career.

To dismiss Dusty as a singles artist would be a mistake. The sixties saw all her albums making the top 50 in the UK, three of them in the top ten. Her appropriately titled "Golden Hits" hit the number two spot. Apart from "Golden Hits", her albums all had carefully crafted identities - separate from her singles which, with few exceptions, did not appear on the albums.

The sixties ended with the release of Dusty’s most famous and critically acclaimed album "Dusty In Memphis". Strangely, the album did not sell too well, only reaching number 43 in her home country. Now it is acknowledged as being one of the great albums of the decade.

The seventies saw crises in both Dusty’s career and personal life. She moved to the United States. Chart success eluded her and Dusty "retired" from show business in the mid seventies, leaving behind her, among other things, two unreleased albums of material.

Dusty made the first of several comebacks in 1978 with the album appropriately called "It Begins Again" which enjoyed moderate success but not enough to appease record company executives. Another album the following year flopped and Dusty was out of the public eye yet again. A few sporadic recordings in the eighties (including an album only ever released in the USA and Canada) did not catch the public’s imagination.

It was not until she joined the Pet Shop Boys in 1987 on their single "What Have I Done To Deserve This" that Dusty was back with a vengeance. The single was a huge success all over the world, reaching number two in the UK and the coveted number one spot on the USA Cashbox chart. Suddenly, a whole new audience were aware of Dusty and that voice.

Dusty’s collaboration with the Pet Shop Boys continued on two singles "Nothing Has Been Proved" and "In Private", both successful on the charts as well as an album, "Reputation". Unfortunately, nothing new came after this and Dusty slipped out of the public eye again.

1994 was the lead up to a new album, recorded in Nashville. A new greatest hits compilation was released, making the top 5 in the UK as well as a box set of both released and unreleased material. A documentary, "Full Circle", was also screened and the inclusion of "Son Of A Preacher Man" in the hit movie "Pulp Fiction" had Dusty Springfield on everyone’s mind again. But the new album failed to materialise.

It is now known that, at this time, Dusty was diagnosed as having breast cancer. The release of the album was postponed to allow her time to have treatment. Once she was given the all clear, "A Very Fine Love" was released in 1995 but the momentum had been lost and the album was not a success, suffering from unfair comparisons to the classic "Dusty In Memphis" album.

Sadly, the cancer returned and this time Dusty lost the battle in March 1999. In this same year she was awarded the OBE in the UK and inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in a ceremony in New York. These awards reflect the affection and esteem in which she is held. Her loss to many fans, the music industry and musicians alike should not be underestimated. We have lost a pioneer, a serious musician, a woman of major influence on the world stage and a woman who knew how to convey emotion to a depth that no other singer this century has managed. So genuine was this emotional intelligence that many fans feel we have lost a dear and much loved friend. We have lost the singer, but the music will live forever.

Discography

Albums

1964 - Stay Awhile - I Only Want To Be With You
1964 - Dusty
1965 - OoooooWeeee!!!
1965 - Something Special
1965 - Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty
1966 - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
1966 - Golden Hits
1967 - The Look Of Love
1969 - Dusty In Memphis
1970 - A Brand New Me
1973 - Cameo
1978 - It Begins Again
1979 - Living Without Your Love
Wishin' And Hopin'
1982 - White Heat
1995 - A Very Fine Love
1997 - The Dusty Springfield Anthology
1998 - The Very Best Of Dusty Springfield
1999 - Dusty In Memphis (deluxe edition)
1999 - Dusty In London
1999 - The Best of Dusty Springfield - 20th Century Masters - The Millenium Collection
1999 - Reputation and Rarieties
2001 - Love Songs
2001 - Beautiful Soul - The ABC/Dunhill Collection
2001 - The Ultimate Collection

Singles

1964
I Only Want To Be With You / Once Upon A Time
Stay Awhile / Something Special
Wishin' And Hopin' / Do Re Mi
All Cried Out / I Wish I'd Never Loved You
Live It Up / Guess Who
1965
Losing You / Here She Comes
In The Middle Of Nowhere / Baby Don't You Know
I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself / Some Of Your Lovin'
I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself / Your Hurtin' Kind Of Love
1966
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me / Little By Little
All I See Is You / I'm Gonna Leave You
1967
I'll Try Anything / The Corrupt Ones
The Look Of Love / Give Me Time
What's It Gonna Be / Small Town Girl
1968
Sweet Ride / No Stranger Am I
I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten / La Bamba
Wishin' And Hopin' / Stay Awhile [Double Hit series]
I Only Want To Be With You / All Cried Out [Double Hit series]
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me / All I See Is You [Double Hit series]
The Look Of Love / I'll Try Anything [Double Hit series]
Son Of A Preacher Man / Just A Little Lovin'
1969
Don't Forget About Me / Breakfast In Bed
Windmills Of Your Mind / I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore
Willie And Laura Mae Jones / That Old Sweet Roll (Hi-De-Ho)
In The Land Of Make Believe / So Much Love
Brand New Me / Bad Case Of The Blues
1970
Silly Silly Fool / Joe
I Wanna Be A Free Girl / Let Me Get In Your Way
Lost / Never Love Again
1971
Haunted / Nothing Is Forever
I Believe In You / Someone Who Cares
Son Of A Preacher Man / Windmills Of Your Mind [Oldies series]
1972
What Good Is I Love You / What Do You Do When Love Dies
1973
Who Gets Your Love / Of All The Things
Mama's Little Girl / Learn To Say Goodbye
Learn To Say Goodbye / Mama's Little Girl
1977
Let Me Love You Once Before You Go / I'm Your Child
1978
Give Me the Night / Checkmate
1979
Living Without Your Love / Get Yourself To Love
1980
It Goes Like It Goes / I Wish That Love Would Last
1982
Donnez Moi (Give It To Me) / I Am Curious
1984
Private Number (duet with Spencer Davis) / Don't Want You (Spencer solo)
1987
Something In Your Eyes (collaboration with Richard Carpenter) / Time (Richard solo)
What Have I Done To Deserve This? (duet with Pet Shop Boys) / A New Life (Pet Shop Boys only)
1988
As Long As We Got Each Other (duet with BJ Thomas)
1989
Nothing Has Been Proved / Nothing Has Been Proved (instrumental)
1995
Wherever Would I Be (duet with Daryl Hall) (promo only release)
Roll Away (promo only release)

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