Dusty Springfield

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Dusty Springfield at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam (1968)

Dusty Springfield , OBE (born April 16, 1939 in Hampstead , London , † March 2, 1999 in Henley-on-Thames , Oxfordshire ; real name Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien ) was a British pop and soul singer . Because of her soul voice, which is very unusual for a white man, she is called "The White Queen of Soul". She is considered one of the most successful singers in Great Britain and a style icon of the 1960s.

Early years

Springfield was born in 1939 as the second child of the British Indian- born accountant and tax advisor Gerard Anthony O'Brien (1904-1979; called "OB") and his Irish-born wife Catherine Anne Ryle (1900-1974; called "Kay"). Her older brother Dion (* 1934) later became known under the stage name Tom Springfield, primarily as a composer and producer . Springfield came from a very musical family and showed an early interest in singing and musical instruments .

From 1958 to 1960 she belonged to Riss Chantelle (real name Iris Long) and Lynne Abrams under the stage name "Shan" to the girl group The Lana Sisters, which released a total of eight singles on Fontana Records , a subdivision of Philips Records . None of the singles was commercially successful. From 1960 to 1963 she belonged to her brother Tom Springfield in the folk trio The Springfields , which had some hits in England and the USA.

Breakthrough and career

On November 8, 1963, Dusty Springfield's first solo single (Philips UK single BF 1292) was released on Philips Records with I Only Want to Be with You . The single made it to number 4 on the British charts at the beginning of 1964. A number of hit singles followed: Stay Awhile 1964 (UK number 13), Wishin 'and Hopin' 1964 (US number 6), I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself 1964 (UK number 3), Losing You 1964 (UK place 9), In the Middle of Nowhere 1965 (UK place 8), Some of Your Lovin ' 1965 (UK place 8), You Don't Have to Say You Love Me 1966 (UK place 1, US place 4 ), Goin 'Back 1966 (UK 10th place), All I See Is You 1966 (UK 10th place), I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten 1968 (UK 4th place) and Son of a Preacher Man 1968 (UK 9th place, US place 10).

In 1963 and 1964, Springfield presented the first episodes of the British music program Ready Steady Go and interviewed the Beatles , among others . As part of this show, she initiated the TV special Ready Steady Go Special '65 - The Sounds of Motown in April 1965 , with which she wanted to introduce American artists from the Motown label in Great Britain. Acts performed that were already established artists in the USA but still largely unknown in Europe , including The Supremes , Martha & the Vandellas , Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder .

On December 18, 1964, Dusty Springfield in South Africa was expelled from the country after she had completed only five of a total of seven planned performances in Cape Town and Johannesburg as part of their South Africa tour. She had refused to perform in front of a racially segregated audience in accordance with the apartheid that was in force at the time .

In January 1965 she took part with some other popular singers of her time such as Connie Francis , Petula Clark , Milva , Kiki Dee , Timi Yuro and Audrey Arno with the title Di fronte all'amore (Text: Umberto Bindi ) at the Italian Sanremo Festival , did not make it to the final.

In the following years she hosted several music programs on British television, in which she presented her own songs, but also sang her favorite songs and received guests. These were Dusty ( BBC 1966/67), It Must Be Dusty ( ATV 1968) and Decidedly Dusty (BBC 1969). She was also seen in sketches and comedy appearances, e.g. B. with Des O'Connor in Messing About On the River and 1972 with Engelbert and Jonathan Winters in The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters .

Springfield's only number 1 hit was You Don't Have to Say You Love Me in April 1966, which replaced the Spencer Davis Group's single Somebody Help Me at the top of the chart. Springfield also recorded some of their titles in French , Italian and German . When performing live, she occasionally performed titles in Portuguese and Spanish .

Dusty Springfield backstage at the Grand Gala du Disque Populaire (1968)

In addition to high-ranking singles, Springfield released a number of commercially successful and artistically acclaimed albums, including A Girl Called Dusty (1964) and Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty (1965). The albums Where Am I Going? (1967) and Dusty in Memphis (1969) were commercial failures, but are now considered genre classics. There were live performances with Jimi Hendrix , Tom Jones and Engelbert . In 1969/1970 she appeared on the Liberace Show , the Andy and Williams Show and the Johnny Cash Show . She presented herself in a style that permanently shaped her image: long, elegant evening dresses, long fingernails, lots of mascara and jewelry, teased hair and sweeping, dramatic gestures.

In 1967 she recorded the title track The Look of Love for the James Bond parody Casino Royale . For this song she was nominated for an Oscar in the category "Best Song" in 1968 , but lost to Talk to the Animals .

Her penchant for ballads , which has repeatedly emerged , was also expressed in the song I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten , which reached number 4 on the charts in July 1968 in her home country. But she also repeatedly recorded songs by American soul singers, such as Piece of My Heart by Erma Franklin , I Can't Hear You by Betty Everett , Oh No! Not My Baby by Maxine Brown , Doodlin by Baby Washington or Won't Be Long by Aretha Franklin . There were also versions of Garnet Mimms & the Enchanters It Was Easier to Hurt Her , Will You Love Me Tomorrow by The Shirelles , Mockingbird by Inez and Charlie Foxx, Wasn't Born to Follow by The Byrds (1971), the Mexican folk song La Bamba (1965), of Bacharach - David -Klassikers (They Long to Be) Close to You (1964), as well as a rendition of Richard Wagner's Tannhauser , Do not Speak of Love (1968).

Change to the USA

She was drawn to the United States again and again. She was particularly fascinated by the soul feeling of American Motown- oriented musicians, from the Supremes to Mary Wells to Dionne Warwick . As one of the few European singers, she managed without any effort to bring this musical feeling into her own interpretations. In 1968 she took in Memphis with Chips Moman one of their best albums: Dusty in Memphis contained four songs of the famous songwriting duo Carole King and Gerry Goffin , including the highly dramatic interpreted No Easy Way Down . She had even greater success with the Son of a Preacher Man , which climbed into the top ten on both sides of the Atlantic and is now a classic. The LP itself was not a success in the charts at the time - but is now repeatedly published as a CD reissue. In 1969 she stood for her LP A Brand New Me in the Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia.

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The 1960s were also increasingly characterized by scandals. Springfield fought with jazz drummer Buddy Rich , displayed diva allure at press conferences, was at times addicted to alcohol and cocaine , announced her bisexuality and attempted suicide . Her private problems also increasingly affected her stage presence.

1972 Dusty Springfield settled in Los Angeles and only produced new albums sporadically. Even more than before she turned to moody ballads when she wasn't working as a background singer for other performers. In 1978, 1979 and 1982 new albums were released before they more or less disappeared from the scene for a few years, interrupted by short, cyclical attempts at comeback .

Comeback and late years

In 1987 Springfield achieved another great success in collaboration with the Pet Shop Boys . The duet What Have I Done to Deserve This reached second place in both the English and American charts and number 4 in the charts in Germany.

In the following period, i.e. at the end of the 1980s or the beginning of the 1990s, she achieved a few more successes such as Nothing Has Been Proved (DE 52nd, UK 16th), In Private (DE 4, UK 14), Reputation (DE place 29, UK place 38) - all extracts from the album Reputation (DE place 21, UK place 18). In Private and Nothing Has Been Proved , both were repeated compositions by the Pet Shop Boys, who produced half of the album and acted as executive producers for the entire album . The title Nothing Has Been Proved also found use in the UK hit film Scandal , which processed the Profumo / Keeler sex scandal from the 1960s.

Springfield's grave in Henley-on-Thames

After a two-year break, Dusty Springfield reached the British charts again in 1993, this time at number 75 with the title Heart and Soul , a duet with fellow singer Cilla Black . In 1995 she sang the title song of the hit film While You Were Asleep , Wherever Would I Be, in a duet with Daryl Hall . The title reached both the British and German charts and came from their album A Very Fine Love , also released in 1995 , which was to remain their last album.

When Springfield died of breast cancer on March 2, 1999 , the New York Times wrote that the world had lost "the best pop singer Britain has ever produced." She was honored by the Queen that day. Ten days after her death, Dusty Springfield was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . After their cremation, Dusty Springfield's ashes were scattered in Henley-on-Thames and on the Irish cliffs of Cliffs of Moher . There is a grave site at the Parish Church of Saint Mary the Virgin in Henley-on-Thames.

Others

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1964 A Girl Called Dusty - - - UK6 (23 weeks)
UK 		-
Dusty - - - - US136 (36 weeks)
US
Stay Awhile - I Only Want to Be with You - - - - US62 (13 weeks)
US
1965 Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty - - - UK6 (12 weeks)
UK 		-
1966 You Don't Have to Say You Love Me - - - - US77 (10 weeks)
US
1967 Where Am I Going - - - UK40 (1 week)
UK 		-
1968 The look of love - - - - US135 (7 weeks)
US
Dusty ... Definitely - - - UK30 (6 weeks)
UK 		-
1969 Dusty in Memphis - - - UK-
gold
gold
UK 		US99 (14 weeks)
US
1970 From Dusty… with Love / A Brand New Me - - - UK35 (2 weeks)
UK 		US107 (13 weeks)
US
1978 It begins again - - - UK41 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
1990 reputation DE21 (12 weeks)
DE 		- - UK18th
silver
silver

(6 weeks)UK 		-
1995 A very fine love - - - UK43 (1 week)
UK 		-

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More albums

  • 1965: Ooooooweeee !!!
  • 1972: See All Her Faces
  • 1973: Time for Loving (Michel Legrand Orchestra feat. Dusty Springfield, Matt Monro and Michel Legrand )
  • 1973: cameo
  • 1978: Living without Your Love
  • 1982: White Heat
  • 2005: Live at the Royal Albert Hall

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1966 Golden hits - - - UK2 (36 weeks)
UK 		-
Dusty Springfield's Golden Hits - - - - US137 (3 weeks)
US
1988 Dusty - The Silver Collection - - - UK14th
gold
gold

(10 weeks)UK 		-
1994 Goin Back - The Very Best Of - - - UK5
gold
gold

(11 weeks)UK 		-
1998 Dusty - The Best Of - - - UK19th
platinum
platinum

(24 weeks)UK 		-
2004 The look of love - - - UK25th
silver
silver

(4 weeks)UK 		-
2 CDs
2006 At Her Very Best - - - UK31
silver
silver

(2 weeks)UK 		-
2009 Just Dusty - - - UK18 (11 weeks)
UK 		-
2014 Opus Collection - - - - US96 (4 weeks)
US

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More compilations

  • 1970: I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten
  • 1970: Wishin '& Hopin'
  • 1970: Attention! Dusty Springfield!
  • 1973: This Is ... Dusty Springfield Vol. 2 (The Magic Garden)
  • 1973: Disco de oro
  • 1974: Greatest Hits
  • 1975: Reflection 18 - Dusty Springfield!
  • 1975: Dusty Springfield Sings Burt Bacharach and Carole King
  • 1978: Sings Love
  • 1979: Greatest Hits
  • 1981: The Very Best of Dusty Springfield
  • 1984: Son of a Preacher Man
  • 1984: Dusty Springfield
  • 1986: Love Songs
  • 1990: Songbook
  • 1990: The Collection
  • 1993: Blue for You
  • 1996: Something Special
  • 1996: Am I the Same Girl
  • 1997: Hits Collection (UK:Double platinum× 2Double platinum )
  • 1997: Songbooks
  • 1997: The Dusty Springfield Anthology (3 CDs)
  • 1998: The Very Best of Dusty Springfield
  • 1999: The Best of Dusty Springfield
  • 1999: The BBC Sessions
  • 1999: Dusty in London (Lost British Recordings)
  • 2000: Simply ... Dusty
  • 2000: Classic Dusty Springfield
  • 2000: Son of a Preacher Man
  • 2001: Good Times (2 CDs)
  • 2001: Love Songs
  • 2001: Ultimate Collection
  • 2001: Beautiful Soul: The ABC / Dunhill Collection
  • 2002: Magic Movie Hits (with Hans Zimmer , Lisa Gerrard and James Horner ) (2 CDs)
  • 2002: Heart and Soul
  • 2003: Dusty Sings Classic Soul
  • 2003: Dusty Springfield for Café Après-Midi
  • 2004: Continental Dusty
  • 2004: Classics & Collectibles (2 CDs)
  • 2006: Complete A and B Sides 1963-1970
  • 2006: Gold (2 CDs)
  • 2006: The Dusty Springfield Story (2 CDs)
  • 2006: At Her Very Best (2 CDs)
  • 2007: The Silver Collection
  • 2007: The Best of Dusty Springfield Volume 1
  • 2007: The Best of Dusty Springfield Volume 2
  • 2007: The Complete BBC Sessions
  • 2008: Walk On By (The Greatest Hits)
  • 2008: 40 original hits (2 CDs)
  • 2008: Gold (2 CDs)
  • 2011: Goin 'Back the Definitive Dusty Springfield (Box with 4 CDs and 3 DVDs)
  • 2011: The Magic of Dusty Springfield (box with 3 CDs and 1 DVD)

Soundtrack

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1967 Casino Royale - - - UK35 (1 week)
UK 		US22 (? Where)
US
Composer: Burt Bacharach
from the movie Casino Royale

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Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1963 I Only Want to Be with You
Stay Awhile - I Only Want To Be With You 		- - - UK4 (18 weeks)
UK 		US12 (10 weeks)
US
1964 Stay Awhile
Stay Awhile - I Only Want To Be With You 		- - - UK13 (10 weeks)
UK 		US38 (7 weeks)
US
Wishin 'and Hopin'
A Girl Called Dusty 		- - - - US6 (13 weeks)
US
I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself
Dusty 		- - - UK3 (12 weeks)
UK 		-
All Cried Out
Dusty 		- - - - US41 (7 weeks)
US
Losing You
Ooooooweeee !!! 		- - - UK9 (13 weeks)
UK 		US91 (4 weeks)
US
1965 Your Hurtin 'Kind of Love
Ooooooweeee !!! 		- - - UK37 (4 weeks)
UK 		-
In the Middle of Nowhere
 - - - UK8 (10 weeks)
UK 		-
Some of Your Loving
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me 		- - - UK8 (12 weeks)
UK 		-
1966 Little by Little
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me 		- - - UK17 (9 weeks)
UK 		-
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me 		DE33 (½ month)
DE 		- - UK1 (13 weeks)
UK 		US4 (13 weeks)
US
Going back
 - - - UK10 (10 weeks)
UK 		-
All I See Is You
 - - - UK9 (12 weeks)
UK 		US20 (8 weeks)
US
1967 I'll try anything
 - - - UK13 (9 weeks)
UK 		US40 (8 weeks)
US
Give Me Time
The Look Of Love 		- - - UK24 (6 weeks)
UK 		US76 (4 weeks)
US
The Look of Love
The Look Of Love 		- - - - US22 (15 weeks)
US
What's it Gonna Be
The Look Of Love 		- - - - US49 (8 weeks)
US
1968 I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten
 DE40 (½ month)
DE 		- - UK4 (12 weeks)
UK 		-
Son of a Preacher Man
Dusty In Memphis 		DE38 (½ month)
DE 		AT10 (3 months)
AT 		CH3 (12 weeks)
CH 		UK9
platinum
platinum

(14 weeks)UK 		US10 (12 weeks)
US
1969 Don't Forget About Me
Dusty In Memphis 		- - - - US64 (6 weeks)
US
Breakfast at Bed
Dusty In Memphis 		- - - - US91 (2 weeks)
US
The Windmills of Your Mind
Dusty In Memphis 		- - - - US31 (8 weeks)
US
Willie & Laura Mae Jones
 - - - - US78 (3 weeks)
US
Am I the Same Girl
 - - - UK43 (4 weeks)
UK 		-
A Brand New Me
A Brand New Me 		- - - - US24 (12 weeks)
US
1970 Silly, Silly, Fool
A Brand New Me 		- - - - US76 (5 weeks)
US
How Can I Be Sure
 - - - UK36 (4 weeks)
UK 		-
1979 Baby blue
 - - - UK61 (5 weeks)
UK 		-
1985 Sometimes Like Butterflies
 - - - UK83 (4 weeks)
UK 		-
1987 What Have I Done to Deserve This?
 DE4 (14 weeks)
DE 		AT11 (2½ months)
AT 		CH5 (9 weeks)
CH 		UK2 (9 weeks)
UK 		US2 (18 weeks)
US
1987 Something in Your Eyes
 - - - UK84 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
1987 I Only Want to Be with You (1987)
 - - - UK83 (6 weeks)
UK 		-
1989 Nothing Has Been Proved
Reputation 		DE52 (5 weeks)
DE 		- - UK16 (7 weeks)
UK 		-
In private
reputation 		DE4 (30 weeks)
DE 		- - UK14 (10 weeks)
UK 		-
Chart entry in Germany only in January 1990
1990 Reputation
Reputation 		DE29 (17 weeks)
DE 		- - UK38 (6 weeks)
UK 		-
Arrested by You
Reputation 		- - - UK70 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
1993 Heart and Soul
 - - - UK75 (1 week)
UK 		-
1994 Goin 'Back / Son of a Preacher Man
 - - - UK76 (1 week)
UK 		-
1995 Wherever Would I Be
A Very Fine Love 		DE73 (10 weeks)
DE 		- - UK44 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
with Daryl Hall
Roll Away
A Very Fine Love 		- - - UK68 (2 weeks)
UK 		-

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More singles

  • 1964: Live It Up
  • 1964: wait and hope
  • 1964: Tanto so che poi mi passa
  • 1964: Guess Who
  • 1964: O Holy Child
  • 1966: Demain tu peux changer
  • 1967: If You Go Away
  • 1967: What's It Gonna Be
  • 1968: I Will Come to You
  • 1968: Sweet Ride
  • 1969: In the Land of Make Believe
  • 1969: I Think It's Going to Rain Today
  • 1970: Morning Please Don't Come (with Tom Springfield)
  • 1970: Lost
  • 1970: Let Me in Your Way
  • 1971: Haunted
  • 1971: What Good Is I Love You
  • 1971: Some of Your Loving
  • 1971: I Believe in You
  • 1972: Yesterday When I Was Young
  • 1973: Learn to Say Goodbye
  • 1973: Who Gets Your Love
  • 1973: Mama's Little Girl
  • 1974: Summer Is Over
  • 1978: A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day)
  • 1978: That's The Kind of Love I've Got for You
  • 1979: I'm Coming Home Again
  • 1980: It Goes Like It Goes (theme song of the film Norma Rae - A woman looks after her husband )
  • 1980: Your Love Still Brings Me to My Knees
  • 1982: Donnez moi (Give to Me)
  • 1984: Private Number (with Spencer Davis )
  • 1987: Something in Your Eyes ( Richard Carpenter )
  • 1988: As Long as We Got Each Other (with BJ Thomas )
  • 1995: Wherever Would I Be (with Daryl Hall )

EPs

  • 1964: Dusty
  • 1964: I Only Want to Be with You
  • 1965: Mademoiselle Dusty
  • 1965: Dusty in New York
  • 1966: You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
  • 1968: If You Go Away
  • 1972: Star Dusty
  • 1980: Classic Cuts
  • 1999: 5-Track Extended Play

Web links

Commons : Dusty Springfield  - Collection of Images

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  1. ↑ The Lana Sisters at Allmusic (English)
  2. ↑ The Springfields at Allmusic (English)
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Chart sources: DE Singles DE Albums AT CH UK US1 US2 / Soundtrack Casino Royale UK
  4. ↑ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (English) Dusty Springfield in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
  5. ↑ Dusty Springfield's grave. knerger.de
  6. ↑ Entry at coverinfo.de
  7. ↑ 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. Rolling Stone , December 2, 2010, accessed August 9, 2017 .
  8. ↑ a b c d UK gold / platinum database
personal data
SURNAME Springfield, Dusty
ALTERNATIVE NAMES O'Brien, Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British soul singer
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Hampstead , London, United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1999
Place of death Henley-on-Thames , Oxfordshire, UK