I was a trumpet player with Dusty's group from 1965 to the early seventies and to see all of these video s brings back so many good memories of working with her I am still sorry those days are gone. I thank you for putting all her videos on the web. Derek Andrews.
Wow, Derek Andrews oh, you are so lucky to have been in that era and to actually have known her and played with her. Thank you so much because you're right that era is so gone and it's so sad I hope it will come back and thank you because if you were a part of that that brings me closer to my father.
Don't know if you played trumpet on "The Look of Love" but that particular song is one for the ages no question about it. What a moment for us all, crikey.
The trumpet part of the arrangement in "Wishin' and Hopin'" is (to me) a major hook in the record itself. I imagine you played it more than a few times!
Being an American growing up in Alabama during the 1960's and 70's and also being Gay I have claimed Dusty Springfield for years as my favorite female singer of all time. Now in my 60's I not only claim it but know it. What a voice ! What a talent ! I miss her so ,so very much and will until the day I die.
We are an African-American family who adored Dusty Springfield. And we still do. She was absolutely unique and there will never be another. Thank you for uploading this great documentary! 🎤🎹🎶
Terry,gorgeous and talented dusty springfield was a white woman with and amazing soul singing voice..first time i heard her 's voice,i.was sure she was a black.lady
I have loved Dusty's songs, all of my life and i also admired her dress sense, so much so, that i have imitated her style for years! I buy original 1960s clothing from a charity shop where i live. They have a great vintage section, upstairs!! I was so upset when we lost her back in 1999 that i just burst into tears when i heard of her sad passing on the Radio Two News. I was preparing dinner and when i heard the sad news, i had to take a little time out from my task, to compose myself. I have never been affected by a star's passing such as i was with Dusty, before or since. ..... Incidentally, i think she was very brave for refusing to perform to segregated audiences! Segregation is an evil concept as this was how the holocaust, was first conceived. Thank you for showing us this great Memo of a great superstar! xxxxxx
From Holland with love. 🇳🇱❤️ Dusty was my absolute favorite, with the most pure, unique and beautiful voice I ever heard, and will not come. They can.not. make this music now. That soul . is. GONE💩 ‘I just dont know what to do...’ was my top ever.What an artist!
Had this song played at my 50th anniversary party simply because I thought it was gorgeous, and it was popular when my hubby was in Vietnam...memories! Married in 65, and this was playing on the radio! The song was You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me....thought I needed to add that fact! When the Pet Shop Boys say you are the best ever that is an honor!
I graduated from H.S. in 1964. She was and still is one of my favorites. It was touch and go for a while though. I thought I was going to drive my parents insane playing her songs over and over again. One of England's true treasures. And ours too.
@Searlait Loughlin Thank you for this. I knew some of it but not all. I was extremely saddened when she died right before being inducted into the R & R Hall of Fame.
I saw her at a small venue in NY in 1980. Tables around a small stage , intimate setting, everyone there idolized and adored Dusty. She sounded great, told some stories and all of a sudden Rock Hudson is standing next to me beside the stage holding hands with her as she sang to him and it was everything. A bond like two soldiers that had fought together on the battlefield have that time can't erase.
I worked next door to a record company in the 70's and was given a vinyl album with songs that were never released. I treasure this album. I believe some of the songs were with the Pet Shop boys. Phenomenal!
I will be 73 years of age soon and remember all of Dusty's introduction and career in the US.She was introduced to American AM radio and later TV at about the time of the Beatles invasion.She was fantastic ! Her songs were played 24/7 on AM radio. She had hit after hit and was so popular she was soon seen on the TV variety shows accross the nation.We could see just how charismatic and beautiful she really was. When she teamed up with Burt Bacharach, who had a winning songwriting and respected song writing team,the sky was the limit and that is exactly where she landed.We loved her every bit as much as our British friends and we miss her early ! Peace !
Ahhh Dusty! Fell in love with her as a kid living in England. The woman still thrills and sends shivers all these decades later. Rest in peace beautiful angel.
Simply my favorite and the greatest female singer of the 20th century. Absolutely peerless. To Vicki Wickham: Yes, the lyrics on one hand to "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" ARE rubbish. On the other hand, they perfectly convey romantic compromise which also rends the heart. Just great.
Gorgeous voice, lovely lady, still got her 45's. I was about 16 when I heard her on the hit parade. Her sexual orientation is her business, no one else's
I've always liked her voice. She was such a natural no matter what song she sang, she made it her own. Thank you for posting this video, I was riveted during the entire thing.
Dusty In Memphis: I've owned this album for so many years. Having seen this documentary, I realize the exceptional album she should have recorded would own the title, Dusty In Motown. The possibilities, the magic, the results would have been incredible. Her voice was powerful, sultry, smooth, smoky, yearning. I have no favorite song of hers. There are too many that matter to me.
I likes her special voice. In the 60. I heard her her songs so as Cilla Black. Beatles. The song I Only want to be with you. The best song I liked so much. Can never forget her.
Great documentary, Dusty was the real deal, as a small boy I clearly remember her, she made an impact on me, and she did absolutely the right thing insisting on not playing to segregated audiences.
I am English but was at the time working in Ireland, travelling to a very important business meeting. i heard on the radio of Dusty''s death. cannot remember the radio station but it put on a full hour of Dusty music, I just parked and listened, missed the meeting and didn't give a f*ck
Thanks for the post. There were a number of very, very good female singers from the UK in the 1960's who all had deserved success (Petula Clark, Sandy Shaw, Cilla Black for example) and then there was Dusty Springfield in a league of her own to my mind. The greatest white female soul singer of her era and probably any era - the only female singer who I suggest could be considered in the same class as Arethra Franklin. I understand Dusty herself never thought she was at the level and was plagued with self-doubts throughout her career, but I am sure her many fans would have no trouble with that comparison.
Thank you for posting this. It was most interesting. I loved several of her singles when I was a kid, particularly "Wishin' and Hopin'". I dismissed "The Look of Love" as a "lounge song" for old people but I now consider it to quite possibly be her best record; the sound of her vocal on that one is almost ethereal. "Just a Little Lovin'" is my fave from the Dusty in Memphis album. I hope she made some good money from her success with Pet Shop Boys; she deserved it. It is kind of sad that her sexuality was a topic of controversy (as usual in that era) and that it brought her so much personal angst. Speaking of sexuality, did anyone else notice that her brother was hot as hell? What a charmer.
So pleased I found this, she was so multifaceted and complex so much more than just a voice. One of the best things I ever did was stop and take notice.
I was born in1960, but I clearly remember dusty Springfield you don't own me, son of a preacher man, etc hearing it all on am radio. Here I am 57 years later and how things have changed!!!! Like the song " in the. Year 25-25.
She kicked the Door Open for every Blue Eyed Soul Singer from Duffy, Lisa Stansfield, Natasha Bedingfield, Jessi J., Joss Stone, Amy Winehouse (RIP), and of course Adele.
Natasha Bedingfield and Jessi J never were "blue eyed soul singers"...but maybe Annie Lennox or Alison Moyet yes...though the bulk of their back catalog is "Pop"...let's not mix things...
@@shombie2737 Well, Linda's been on my mind, quite a bit, and I lost count listening to Dusty of the songs I remember Linda recording. I think Linda must have been a fan.
I love Dusty!! She is one of my favorite singers . My friends laugh at me when i listen to her. But i don''t care. I tell them to shut up!!! And i keep playing her. Then to torture them i start playing Petula Clark, another singer i adore.. lol
It took so much to create those great songs. First a great tune, an amazing singer to bring it to life along with very talented musicians and singers doing it all live in the studio Unlike todays poor excuse for music! . Dusty and Petula , so glad you love them!
Hey fuzzy one I'm so glad thought you love Dusty Springfield and Petula Clark like I've said before when I first saw this it brought me back closer to my father because I was one out of five children that liked this and got teased a lot and like you I don't care because people are discovering these artists all the time and I'm happy to say I loved this artist before it was popular in my time
I love Dusty and I think she (along with Martha Reeves) is very underrated. When talking about great female talents of the sixties Aretha, Dionne, Tina, Diana, & Streisand all of which whom I love too
"Dusty In Memphis" a Dusty Springfield masterpiece in a career filled with Classic Works remaining timeless works of art, radio & music industry in general didn't support her great works as they should have but connoisseur's of the greats did. Interesting going through Dusty Springfield youtube posts appears the great Diva's fame is bigger than ever!
She was sooooo good, her songs were as important as the Righteous Brothers and their Unchained Melody. I was either not yet born or too young to care about music when Dusty had many of her hits, but no singer ever touched me in the way that Dusty did. When she passed away to breast cancer, I felt a deep loss. Never having seen her preform, feeling such sadness makes little sense but for the fact that music, why we like certain singers and why we carry memories tied to songs can't be explained it just is a fact of life. RIP you sweet and beautiful person.
Of course it makes sense, she touched you with her music, you's be a cold stone if she doesn't touch your soul. Same happens to me with Karen Carpenter and Judy Garland
From the very first time I heard Dusty. I immediately false in love with her voice for singing. Still do today. When I was young would sing to her songs on the radio. She will always be remembered. Still #1. Will always love Dusty. She is the best.. ALWAYS
I agree with Simon...she truly was the greatest pop singer of all time and I will take it a step further. I believe no pop singer on either side of the ocean could ever touch her and as far as I'm concerned...no one ever will. But even though that style of singing is passe, she still nails you to the floor whenever you hear her sing...whatever you hear her sing. The voice is unmistakable and still stands as a bastion among her peers and all who followed. Her closest allies and partners struggle trying to encapsulate just what it was that she had that made her stand out and such a phenomenon. How does one explain such talent? To say she had it all is too trite and far too simplistic but she did have it all you know...and she had each ingredient that goes to make up that talent in abundance. She also had each element in every category in abundance and that is a true rarity. Her BBC performances, collectively are the best of the best in my opinion. I have every video and audio performance that is in the public domain but one...and that is unfortunately out of print and held tightly by collectors...and yet, I go back to those old B&W TV shows again and again and again.
I have loved my father's music since I don't know when and one of his artists but he loved was Dusty Springfield Cab Calloway Sam Cooke Otis Redding Elvis Tom Jones so many more and I was the one out of five children that loved his music and I was the I guess what they would call now a nerd. But this Canadian nerd is proud of it cuz I loved and still love this type of music oh, and proud. Dusty Springfield stood up for rights of people God bless
PS, so sorry I am still watching this, totally enthralled I know. 1 Hour 4 minutes 45 seconds. I had to come back again to say this I totally know how she feels I would often not put my contact lenses in or have my glasses on when I modeled because I was very shy. I know a lot of people when you tell them that they don't think you're shy they don't understand but I do, because I was in the same situation but with me I was modeling with her she could have done anything singing modeling whatever I just think she was awesome. Thank you for bringing this out I am having a wonderful time listening to this and I'm going to let you go and get back to it thank you again, love from Canada.❤🇨🇦
Going in my oldest sister crates of music, I saw numerous albums of Dusty. Fast forward, I see where Luther Vandross gets his Remakes from. Burt and Carol are great writers!!!
*I love listening to female voices* . . .I put B'jork, AceOfBase(blond), Shireen, Grimes, LadyMorte, AuroraAksnes as my top female singers along with Maria Carey.....I can't see how I missed O'Brian's voice after all these years of searching out 'perfect' voices. 22+ years old am i, and i have to say, she blows every female's voice out of the water(except for Bjork and Carey---they're very close).
As a child,I thought -because of the name and sound that Dusty was from the U.S.. Later I was a little surprised when I found out she was from England.
Mary O'Hara - Great voice, and possibly the best ever female vocal deliverer of songs, of all time. Its all in the nuance ... the timing ... the timbre of the voice ... and most of all, the vocal flow and the confidence. And who would ever have known - As a catholic, she shares the pedestal of distinct uniqueness with such other luminaries as Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lydon, and George O'Dowd.
Dusty springfield,I'm a blk American soul sist.i accepted you brits.soul sist.and petula clark,is a soul sist.too rest n peace soul sist.i miss you and.your fab.voices and you're music too
✨🌿September ‘64’ at the Brooklyn Fox Theatre , Murray The “K” s Shows were a real honor to attend as a young boy with the great diversity of entertainment presented. “Dusty” -was fabulous !!! 🌿✨🤣🥊
@@doconnor1354 Yes, and if she was a diva, as they say in the video, that wouldn't endear her to people. Las Vegas was nothing to sneer at, career-wise - all the greats put on shows there and were paid princely sums. Many of the biggest artists from the UK settled in LA because of taxes. It is sad it didn't work out for her.
I learned how to put on mascara from Dusty Springfield, I use an old pair of glasses, took off the arms and just hold them up to my face so I could see what I was doing. It was a brilliant idea, thanks Dusty. RIP. 🙏🏻
When I was a kid in the 60s, mascara came in a cake and had to be mixed with water. But water was inconvenient, whereas ... um, spit ... was always available.
I must admit to musing, is there another shy dusty out there? Dusty's voice was unique, and of course, there will only ever be one Dusty, but the talent is out there. She had a wondrous and lustrous voice that enraptured you, it embraced you, and you identified so closely, you had or were experiencing those same feelings. Her life was complex and she identified with that complexity. She is so sadly missed by myself and many others. I pray she rests in peace and finally found the happiness she so much sort in life.
If you want to see more of the B&W performances, get a copy of "Dusty Springfield: Live at the BBC," which has the best cuts from her live show. You will never be the same!