Dusty Springfield
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Biography
[Edit]Britain's greatest pop diva, Dusty Springfield was also the finest white soul singer of her era, a performer of remarkable emotional resonance whose body of work spans the decades and their attendant musical transformations with a consistency and purity unmatched by any of her contemporaries; though a camp icon of glamorous excess in her towering beehive hairdo and panda-eye black mascara, the sultry intimacy and heartbreaking urgency of Springfield's voice transcended image and fashion, embracing everything from lushly orchestrated pop to gritty R&B to disco with unparalleled sophistication and depth. She was born Mary O'Brien on April 16, 1939, and raised on an eclectic diet of classical music and jazz, coming to worship Peggy Lee; after completing her schooling she joined the Lana Sisters, a pop vocal trio which issued a few singles on Fontana before dissolving. In 1960, upon teaming with her brother Dion O' Brien and his friend Tim Feild in the folk trio the Springfields, O'Brien adopted the stage name Dusty Springfield; thanks to a series of hits including "Breakaway," "Bambino," and "Say I Won't Be There," the group was soon the U.K.'s best-selling act.
After the Springfields cracked the U.S. Top 20 in 1962 with "Silver Threads and Golden Needles," the group traveled stateside to record in Nashville, where exposure to the emerging American girl-group and Motown sounds impacted Dusty so profoundly that in 1963 she left the Springfields at the peak of their fame to pursue a solo career. Her first single, "I Only Want to Be With You," boasted a dramatic sound and soulful melody worthy of a Phil Spector hit, and it quickly reached the British Top Five; it also fell just shy of the Top Ten in the U.S., where it became the first major record from a U.K. act other than the Beatles since the Fab Four's launch of the British Invasion. Her biggest American Top Ten hit, "Wishin' and Hopin'," was the first in a series of Springfield smashes from the pen of songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David; she would subsequently cover Bacharach/David classics including "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself," surpassed only by Dionne Warwick as the finest interpreter of the duo's songs.
Additionally charting with hits including "Stay Awhile" and "All Cried Out," by the end of 1964 Springfield was arguably the biggest solo act in British pop, winning the first of four consecutive Best Female Vocalist honors in NME; that same year, she also created a political furor after she was deported from South Africa for refusing to play in front of racially segregated audiences. Returning to England, in 1965 Springfield hosted the television special The Sound of Motown, a show widely credited with introducing the Sound of Young America to the their British counterparts, and continued racking up smashes like "Losing You," "Your Hurtin' Kinda Love," and "In the Middle of Nowhere"; in 1966, she scored her biggest international hit with the devastating ballad "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me," which topped the U.K. charts and reached the Top Five in the U.S. The soundalike "All I See Is You," another heart-wrenching evocation of unrequited love, soon reached the British Top Ten as well; it was followed, however, by the Bacharach/David-penned "The Look of Love," a bossa nova-inflected classic positively radiating with dreamlike sensuousness.
By 1968, however, Springfield's commercial fortunes were on the decline — in the wake of psychedelia and the Summer of Love, "girl singers" were now widely perceived as little more than fluff. In response, she signed to the American label Atlantic, traveling to Memphis to record with producers Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd, and Arif Mardin; the resulting album, issued in early 1969 as Dusty in Memphis, remains her masterpiece, a perfect marriage of pop and soul stunning in its emotional complexity and earthy beauty. Although the classic single "Son of a Preacher Man" cracked the Top Ten on both sides of the pond, the album itself was nevertheless a commercial failure, as was its fine 1970 follow-up, A Brand New Me, recorded in Philadelphia with the input of the songwriting/production team of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. After completing 1972's See All Her Faces, Springfield relocated from London to New York City, eventually settling in Los Angeles; there she signed to ABC/Dunhill and recorded 1973's Cameo, another critical success which like its predecessors made virtually no impact on the charts.
A projected follow-up, Longings, was abandoned prior to its completion, and apart from singing backup on Anne Murray's Together album, Springfield spent the mid-'70s outside of music while battling substance abuse problems. She finally resurfaced in 1978 with the Roy Thomas Baker-produced It Begins Again, followed a year later by Living Without Your Love; both attracted little notice, although the non-album single "Baby Blue" was a minor British hit in 1979. Apart from a handful of soundtrack contributions, Springfield was silent until returning to London in 1982 to record White Heat, an album firmly grounded in the prevailing synth-pop sound of its times; again, despite good critical notices, a comeback failed to materialize. She would release just a handful of singles over the next few years, including the 1984 Spencer Davis duet "Private Number," the 1985 ballad "Sometimes Like Butterflies," and a 1987 collaboration with Richard Carpenter, "Something in Your Eyes," which became a minor success in the U.S.
Upon returning to California in 1987, Springfield was contacted to collaborate with techno-pop innovators the Pet Shop Boys on a duet titled "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" The single was a global blockbuster, peaking at number two in both the U.S. and the U.K., and it introduced her to a new generation of listeners; Pet Shop Boys Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe also agreed to produce a handful of tracks for 1990's Reputation, which became Springfield's best-selling new album since her '60s-era peak. The follow-up, 1995's country-influenced A Very Fine Love, was recorded in Nashville; during sessions for the album, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and after months of radiation therapy the illness was believed to be in remission. By the summer of 1996, however, the cancer had returned, and on March 2, 1999, Springfield died at the age of 59; just ten days later, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Title: I Only Want To Be With You (Performed live on The Ed Sullivan Show/1964) - Single
Artist: Dusty Springfield
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop
Title: The Look Of Love: The Greatest Love Songs (CD2)
Artist: Dusty Springfield
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Come For A Dream: The U. K. Sessions 1970-1971
Artist: Dusty Springfield
Title: You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - Single
Artist: Dusty Springfield
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop, Classical
Title: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Dusty Springfield
Artist: Dusty Springfield
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop, Teen Pop
Title: The Look Of Love: The Greatest Love Songs (CD1)
Artist: Dusty Springfield
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: The Christmas Album
Artist: Dusty Springfield, The Springfields
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Reggae, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Dusty In Memphis (Deluxe Edition)
Artist: Dusty Springfield
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop, Teen Pop
Title: Ultimate Collection: Dusty Springfield
Artist: Dusty Springfield
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop, Teen Pop
Collections
Title: 90s Jams Hits More Talking
Genre: Breakbeat , Downtempo, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Grunge, Pop
Title: Anthems Soul Classics - Ministry Of Sound (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel, Disco
Title: Ministry Of Sound - Anthems Soul Classics (CD1)
Genre: Dancefloor, Club/Dance, Disco, Dance Pop, Progressive
Title: My Favourite Hits Of 1963 (CD3)
Genre: Soul, Blues, Jazz, Rock, Rock & Roll, World Music, Country, Pop, Pop Rock, Funk, Acoustic
Title: My Favourite Hits Of 1964 (CD3)
Genre: Soul, Jazz, Rock, Blues Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop, Pop Rock, Country Pop, Funk
Title: The Best Hits 80s-90s 2015 (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: KuschelRock 30 (CD1)
Genre: Vocal Jazz, New Wave, Pop, Alternative, Indie
Title: KuschelRock Vol. 30 (CD1)
Title: Love Child: Season 2 (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Soul, Rock, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Top Of The Pops 1964-69 (CD3)
Genre: Garage, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock & Roll, Pop, Funk
Title: Dj Hoody: Chalet Beat No 4 (Maierl Alm)
Genre: House, Deep House, Dancefloor, Disco, Dance Pop
Title: Dreamboats & Petticoats 10th Anniversary (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Pop
Title: Its The 60s (CD2)
Genre: Garage, Rock & Roll, World Music, Country, Psychedelic, Folk
Title: DMC Commercial Collection 408 (CD2)
Genre: Garage, Soul, Reggaeton, Latin, Disco, Theatre/Soundtrack, Trap
Title: First Dates The Album (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Punk, Country, Pop, Alternative, Funk
Title: Boom-Box - Changed The World (CD1)
Genre: Dancefloor, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Classic 60s Pop 3CD (CD1)
Genre: Rock & Roll, World Music, Country, Pop, Folk
Title: Summer Of Love Ultimate Collection 5CD (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, World Music, Country, Pop, Folk
Title: Mississippi Funk Fusion
Title: 60s Summer Of Love 3CD (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Garage Rock, Punk, Sunshine Pop
Title: My Favourite Hits Of 1965 (CD1)
Genre: Soul, Rock, Blues Rock, Country, Pop, Pop Rock, Funk, Acoustic
Title: My Favourite Hits Of 1966 (CD1)
Genre: Soul, Jazz, Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Latin, Pop, Pop Rock, Funk
Title: My Favourite Hits Of 1966 (CD5)
Genre: Soul, Rock, Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Latin, Pop, Pop Rock, Theatre/Soundtrack, Funk
Title: My Favourite Hits Of 1966 (CD7)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Blues Rock, Folk Rock, Garage Rock, World Music, Latin, Pop, Pop Rock, Folk
Title: My Favourite Hits Of 1968 (CD04)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Pop, Pop Rock, Theatre/Soundtrack, Acoustic
Title: Het Allerbeste Uit Radio 1 Classics 1000 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, World Music, Country, Funk, Bossanova, Folk
Title: Het Allerbeste Uit Classics 1000 2017 (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: 60s Beat And Pop Hits 2017
Genre: Soul, Blues, Rock & Roll, Country, Rockabilly, Pop
Title: Soul Classics - The Ultimate Collection (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel, Punk Rock, Reggae, World Music, Funk, Folk
Title: Golden Gems-80s
Genre: Soul, Jazz, Rock, New Wave, Disco, Synth Pop, Funk, Smooth Jazz
Title: Ministry Of Sound - Legends (3CD) (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: SmoothFM - Countdown Favourites (CD2)
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: 101 Party Hits 5CD (CD5)
Genre: Gothic Rock, New Wave, Post Punk, Country, Disco, Pop, Synth Pop, Alternative
Title: 101 Girls Night 5CD (CD3)
Genre: Hard NRG, Electropop, Hip Hop/R&B, Glam Rock, New Wave, Power Pop
Title: 100 Hits The Ultimate Love 2018 (CD4)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Country, Pop
Title: Billboard Top 100 Hits Of 1964 (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, Pop, Instrumental, Instrumental
Title: 101 Jukebox Hits (CD5)
Title: 101 Jukebox Hits (CD2)
Title: 101 Jukebox Classics 5CD (CD5)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel, World Music, Country, Western Swing, Funk, Folk, Easy Listening
Title: 101 Jukebox Classics 5CD (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel, World Music, Country, Western Swing, Funk, Folk, Easy Listening
Title: Ultimate No. 1 Mum (CD2)
Title: 80s Electronic Mixtape
Genre: Hard NRG, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, New Wave, Dancefloor, Dance Pop, Synth Pop
Title: The Greatest Sixties (CD01)
Genre: Pop
Title: Ultimate 60s Jukebox 5CD 2018 (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop, Funk
Title: 60s Jukebox - The Ultimate Collection (CD03)
Genre: Pop
Title: Just As Beautiful Carole King And Goffin (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop, Funk, Easy Listening
Title: All The Singing Ladies (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Ministry Of Sound: Anthems Mod Ska & Northern Soul (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Reggae, Ska
Title: Anthems Mod Ska And Northern Soul - Ministry Of Sound (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Reggae, Ska
Title: Greatest 80s Love Songs 2018
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Summer: The Ultimate Collection (CD3)
Genre: Pop
Title: Pop Hits (Warner Music Group)
Genre: Jazz, New Wave, Italo Disco, Pop, Synth Pop
Title: Epic Soul Ballads
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, New Wave, Disco, Synth Pop, Funk, Smooth Jazz
Title: Clubfete 80er: 63 Club And Party Hits Of The 80s (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Dancefloor, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: 63 Club & Party Hits Of The 80S (CD1)
Genre: Hard NRG, Alternative Dance, New Wave, Italo Disco, Eurodisco, Synth Pop
Featuring albums
Title: My Dream Duets
Artist: Barry Manilow
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop, Classical, Easy Listening
Title: Late Night Tales: Nightmares On Wax
Artist: Nightmares On Wax
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: PopArt: The Hits (Remastered)
Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Genre: Electronica, House, Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Late Night Tales - Lindstrøm / Late Night Tales - Lindstr?m
Artist: Lindstrøm / Lindstrom
Genre: Electronica
Title: Music From The Motion Picture Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels [Explicit]
Artist: Stock$
Genre: Pop
Title: Late Night Tales - Lindstrøm / Late Night Tales - Lindstrom
Artist: Lindström / Lindstrom
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor
Title: The L Word: The Second Season
Artist: The L Word: The Second Season
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia
Artist: Various
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Dancefloor, Disco, Pop
Title: Kitsuné Tabloid by Phoenix / Kitsune Tabloid by Phoenix
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Alternative Rock
Title: Volumen Seis
Artist: Café Del Mar / Cafe Del Mar
Genre: Ambient, Downtempo, Electronica, Jazz, Acid Jazz, Rock, Dancefloor, DJ/Remixes, Latin, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Magic Moments: The Definitive Burt Bacharach Collection (Disc 1)
Artist: Burt Bacharach
Genre: Pop
Title: Magic Moments: The Definitive Burt Bacharach Collection (Disc 2)
Artist: Burt Bacharach
Genre: Pop
Title: Simply … Dusty (Disc 1)
Artist: Blossom Dearie
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Folk Rock, Country Rock, Disco, Pop Rock
Title: Summer In The City (CD1)
Artist: Dreamboats, The Miniskirts
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Pop Rock
Title: Soul Sisters: The Very Best Of Female Soul Singers
Artist: Jessie Ware
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Funk
Title: The Best Of The Love Songs (CD2)
Artist: Petticoats, Dreamboats
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Chalet Beat No.4 - The Sound of Kitz Alps @ Maierl (Compiled by DJ Hoody)
Artist: DJ Hoody
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Dance Pop