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: 101 Hits: Long Hot Summer (CD5)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Pop, Funk
Title: 101 Hits Northern Soul 2018 (CD4)
Genre: Soul
Title: 101 Hits Northern Soul 2018 (CD3)
Genre: Soul
Title: The Greatest Mod And Northern Soul 4CD (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock & Roll, Easy Listening
Title: Dreamboats And Petticoats: The Golden Years (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, Disco, Pop
Title: Greatest Mod & Northern Soul (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Jazz, Disco, Pop
Title: NOW Thats What I Call Easy 2018 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, Disco, Pop, Lounge, Easy Listening
Title: NOW Thats What I Call Easy 2018 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, Disco, Pop, Lounge
Title: NOW Thats What I Call Easy 2018 (CD4)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, Disco, Pop, Lounge, Easy Listening
Title: Soul Greatest Hits: The Legendary Voices Of Soul Music (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Pop, Funk
Title: The Face Of The 80's
Title: Sampled Soul
Genre: Soul
Title: Top 40 Duets - The Ultimate Top 40 Collection (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: 80s Soul Classics
Title: Driven By The 60s (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop, Funk
Title: Driven By The 60s (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop, Funk
Title: Driven By The 60s (Box Set) (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Disco, Acoustic
Title: Driven By The 60s (Box Set) (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Disco, Acoustic
Title: Cover Me - The Eddie Hinton Songbook
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: British 20th Century Pop
Title: 60S Pop Artist (CD1)
Title: 100 Greatest Shower Songs (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Women Of The 80s: Pop
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, New Wave, Disco, Synth Pop
Title: The Best Soul In The World… Ever! (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Funk
Title: Chilled Pop (Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group)
Genre: Downtempo, Trip Hop, Jazz, Rock, Synth Pop, Funk, Classical, Smooth Jazz
Title: The Best Soul Album - In The World... Ever! (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Gospel, Rock, New Wave, Disco, Ska, Funk
Title: Die Slow Van Toen Vol. 7
Title: The Best Soul Album In The World… Ever! 2019 (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Select Mix 60s Essentials 11
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Gospel, Garage Rock, World Music, Funk, Folk
Title: 100 Greatest Love Songs 2020 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Vocal Jazz, Rock, World Music, Country, Eurodisco, Pop, Folk
Title: NOW 100 Hits Forgotten 60s (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Rock & Roll, Country, Funk, Acoustic, Classical
Title: Dreamboats & Petticoats - Silver Linings (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: 70s For Superstition Road
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Funk Rock, Disco, Psychedelic
Title: 100 Greatest 60s Classics (CD1)
Genre: Soul, Blues, Rock, Rock & Roll, World Music, Rockabilly, Pop, Folk
Title: 100 Greatest 60s Classics 2020 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: 100 Beautiful Songs For All Times (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Punk, Punk Rock, Alternative
Title: I Love Pet Shop Boys Vs Erasure Volume 1
Genre: Electropop, New Wave, Dancefloor, Italo Disco, Eurodisco, Pop, Dance Pop, Synth Pop, Classical
Title: British Pop Crate
Genre: Hard NRG, New Wave, Psychedelic Rock, Dancefloor, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop, Indie
Title: Stand By Me: Planet Pop Music (CD2)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: 80s Ballads 2020
Genre: Soul, Blues, Rock, New Wave, Post Punk, Disco, New Romantic
Title: Retro Remix Quality Vol. 324
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop, Retro
Title: Discotheque 2020
Genre: Deep House, Electro, Jazz, Synth Pop, Indie
Title: Odyssey: The Sound Of Ivor Raymonde Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Mastermix Classic Cuts 167 (After Dark)
Genre: Electroclash, Soul, Gospel, Rock, New Wave, World Music, Disco, Indie, Folk
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