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Dusty Springfield has been acknowledged around the world as the best female soul singer that Britain ever produced. With her oddly erotic, throaty voice, she racked up a string of hits from the 1960`s onwards. Born in London to Irish parents, Dusty grew up in and around London. Her early work included an all girl trio, The Lana Sisters, and, then, with her brother Tom Springfield (Dion O`Brien), The Springfields. Inspired by Phil Spector`s "wall of sound", Dusty recorded her first pop song "I Only Want to be with You" in 1963. It reached No. 4 in the charts and was the first song played on the new BBC TV pop show "Top of the Pops" (1964). The sixties brought a steady succession of top ten hits and a lifestyle to match. However, Dusty used to campaign to get the little known American soul singers a better audience in the UK which led to her own show "Ready, Steady, Go!: The Sound of Motown" (1965). In 1970, she moved to America and, although she attempted a few come-back tours, they never really worked. However, time in the studio did produce the seminal album, "Dusty in Memphis". A downward spiral of drugs and drink followed for most of the latter seventies but then she overcame these problems and, helped by lifelong fans The Pet Shop Boys, came back with songs such as "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" and the album "Reputation". Cancer was diagnosed in 1994 and, although it was kept at bay for quite a while, it finally got her.
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Quotes I have tried sex with both men and women. I found I liked it. I was a nothing kid. Not particularly good. Not particularly bad. Sometimes you have to let people down in order to get on, particularly in showbusiness. My affections are easily swayed and I can be very unfaithful. It`s marvellous to be popular, but foolish to think it will last. I find it an effort to keep up appearances. My sexuality has never been a problem to me but I think it has been for other people. I just decided I wanted to become someone else... So I became someone else. I`d love to retouch my whole life. Somehow I took whatever criticism there was very much to heart. I wouldn`t know how to handle serenity if somebody handed it to me on a plate. I`m the most misunderstood, misquoted person I know, honestly. Basically I`m a drag queen myself. A lot of people say I`m bent, and I`ve heard it so many times that I`ve almost learned to accept it. I couldn`t stand to be thought of as a big butch lady. But I know that I`m as perfectly capable of being swayed by a girl as by a boy. Hell, have I been a hell-raiser!Trivia Vanessa Carlton portrayed her in an episode of "American Dreams" (2002). Inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame for her outstanding contribution to British music and integral part of British music culture. [14 November 2006] "Where Am I Going?" is her most sought-after album, selling at anywhere from $60-$100 and up. It`s also her only discontinued set on CD. Not related to Rick Springfield. In late 1967 she was having tremendous trouble charting hits in the USA, so when Nancy Sinatra passed up a chance to record one of Lee Hazlewood`s compositions, Dusty "inherited" the song, and took the chance with open arms. However, despite the song not charting, it is still regarded as a now-hidden-treasure amongst Dusty criteria. The song was a theme to one of the most popular 1960s "youth" films, The Sweet Ride (1968), and was recorded in mid-to-late December 1967, then rerecorded on June 1, 1968, for single release. The song was "Sweet Ride". She was the very first artist to record The Carpenters` 1970 hit "(They Long To Be) Close To You", recording the track back in 1964 and intending it to be a follow-up to her #3 UK hit "I Just Don`t Know What To Do with Myself". However, it was held back from release, but eventually issued on her 1967 album "Where Am I Going?", with the beginning intro edited out of the final cut. One year later, Dionne Warwick tried her hand at covering the song, but her version proved unsuccessful. The original mix of Dusty`s version has only recently been released, on the UK 2-CD compilation "Classics & Collectibles". Ranked #24 on VH1`s 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll Part of her ashes were buried at Henley, the rest were scattered by her brother, Tom Springfield at the Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland. She refused to perform concerts in South Africa before segregated audiences, as required by that country`s apartheid system, and in fact was deported from South Africa in 1964 for performing before a racially mixed audience. She is known as the "White Queen of Soul". She is of Irish descent and she attended Catholic schools. She admitted to her bisexuality in a 1972 interview. She was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio in 1999. She was awarded O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) for her contribution to music in 1999, just before her death. | ||
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