DUSTY SPRINGFIELD, POP SINGER WHO BECAME INTERNATIONAL STAR.Byline: Stephen Holden The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times Dusty Springfield Dusty Springfield OBE (16 April, 1939–2 March, 1999) was a popular English singer whose career spanned four decades. She achieved her most notable success during the 1960s, with a successful comeback in the late 1980s. , the smoky-voiced English torch singer whose interpretations of pop ballads were suffused suf·fuse tr.v. suf·fused, suf·fus·ing, suf·fus·es To spread through or over, as with liquid, color, or light: "The sky above the roof is suffused with deep colors" with a heartbroken wistfulness, died Tuesday at her home in Henley-on-Thames, near Oxford, west of London. She was 59. The cause was breast cancer, said her agent, Paul Fenn. Springfield had one of the longest recording careers of any contemporary pop star, beginning in 1961 when she had the first of several hits with her folk-pop trio, the Springfields, and ending with her 1995 album, ``A Very Fine Love.'' She had most of her major hits in the 1960s when she was considered the British equivalent of Dionne Warwick; she recorded only intermittently after the early 1970s. Her career was briefly rejuvenated re·ju·ve·nate tr.v. re·ju·ve·nat·ed, re·ju·ve·nat·ing, re·ju·ve·nates 1. To restore to youthful vigor or appearance; make young again. 2. in 1987 when the English duo the Pet Shop Boys (Neil Tennant This article is about the musician. For the philosopher, see Neil Tennant (philosopher). Neil Francis Tennant (born July 10, 1954 in North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England) is an English musician, who, with his colleague Chris Lowe, make up the successful pop and Chris Lowe This article is about the musician. For the journalist, see Chris Lowe (journalist). Christopher Sean Lowe (born 4 October 1959, Blackpool, Lancashire, England) is an English musician, who, with his colleague Neil Tennant, makes up the successful pop duo, ), who were longtime fans, produced her Top Five hit, ``What Have I Done to Deserve This?'' They also wrote and produced ``Nothing Has Been Proved,'' the dense, swirling post-disco theme song that she sang on the soundtrack of the 1989 movie ``Scandal,'' about the Profumo sex scandal that had rocked the British government in the early 1960s. Springfield became an international pop star in 1964 with ``I Only Want to Be With You,'' a perky perk·y adj. perk·i·er, perk·i·est 1. Having a buoyant or self-confident air; briskly cheerful. 2. Jaunty; sprightly. perk early-Beatles-style love song. Other major '60s hits included ``Wishin' and Hopin''' (1964), and ``The Look of Love'' (1967), both written by Burt Bacharach This biographical article or section needs additional references for verification. Please help [ to improve this article] by adding additional sources. Unverifiable material about living persons must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. and Hal David, the team that supplied Warwick with most of her early hits. Springfield's sultry rendition of ``The Look of Love,'' from the soundtrack of ``Casino Royale,'' anticipated the heavy-breathing eroticism Eroticism Aphrodite novel of Alexandrian manners by Pierre Louys. [Fr. Lit.: Benét, 783] Ars Amatoria Ovid’s treatise on lovemaking. [Rom. Lit. of Donna Summer a decade later. Her best seller, ``You Don't Have to Say You Love Me'' (1966), was a big-belting tear-jerker that reached No. 4 on Billboard's singles chart and won her her first Grammy nomination. The country-soul ballad ``Son of a Preacher Man,'' her Top 10 hit from 1969, won her new respect and her second Grammy nomination after being prominently featured in the 1994 movie ``Pulp Fiction.'' Dusty Springfield was born Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien on April 16, 1939, in Hampstead, London. While attending British convent schools, she discovered the music of Peggy Lee, whose intimate come-hither style was a major formative influence. She got her professional start with an Andrews Sisters-style group called the Lana Sisters, but quit to form her own folk-pop group, the Springfields, with a friend, Tim Field, and her brother, Dion O'Brien, now known as Tom Springfield, who is her only survivor. Promoted as a British answer to Peter, Paul and Mary The trio Peter, Paul and Mary (often PP&M) is a musical group from the United States; they were one of the most successful folk-singing groups of the 1960s. The trio comprises Peter Yarrow, Noel "Paul" Stookey and Mary Travers. , the group had a popular British television show and scored several English hits before breaking through in the United States with a Top 20 single, ``Silver Threads and Golden Needles.'' While visiting New York with the trio, Springfield recalled many years later, she heard the Exciters' brash, aggressive song ``Tell Him'' coming out of a Broadway record store and decided that she wanted to go pop. ``I was deeply influenced by black singers from the early 1960s,'' she said. ``I liked everybody at Motown and most of the Stax artists. I really wanted to be Mavis Staples. What they shared in common was a kind of strength I didn't hear on English radio.'' Springfield subsequently broke up her folk group and signed as a soloist with Philips Records. Her first single for the label, ``I Only Want to Be With You,'' established her new direction. Springfield, with her teased beehive Beehive (star cluster): see Praesepe. beehive heraldic and verbal symbol. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 193] See : Industriousness hairdo and eyes heavily blackened black·en v. black·ened, black·en·ing, black·ens v.tr. 1. To make black. 2. To sully or defame: a scandal that blackened the mayor's name. 3. with mascara, was a 1960s pop fashion icon. From 1964 to 1967, when she left Philips, 11 of her singles hit the American pop charts. ``Son of a Preacher Man,'' a song that Aretha Franklin had rejected but later recorded, became Springfield's first single for Atlantic Records and was featured on her Atlantic debut album, ``Dusty in Memphis,'' which is widely regarded as a pop masterpiece. SPRINGFIELD SINGLES ``I Only Want to Be With You,'' 1963 ``Stay Awhile,'' 1964 ``I Just Don't Know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. What To Do With Myself,'' 1964 ``Losing You,'' 1964 ``Your Hurtin' Kind of Love,'' 1965 ``In the Middle of Nowhere,'' 1965 ``Some of Your Lovin','' 1965 ``Little by Little,'' 1966 ``You Don't Have to Say You Love Me,'' 1966 ``Going Back,'' 1966 ``All I See Is You,'' 1966 ``I'll Try Anything,'' 1967 ``Give Me Time,'' 1967 ``I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten,'' 1968 ``Son of a Preacher Man,'' 1968 ``What Have I Done to Deserve This?'' (with the Pet Shop Boys), 1987 ``Nothing Has Been Proved,'' 1989 ``In Private,'' 1989 - Associated Press CAPTION(S): Photo, Box Photo: Dusty Springfield in 1964. Box: SPRINGFIELD SINGLES (See text) |
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