SHARPS & FLATS : SPRINGFIELD REMEMBERED.Byline: Fred Shuster She was constantly late, rarely sure of her talent and never realized just how much loyalty she inspired, says Fred Perry Frederick John Perry (May 18, 1909 – February 2, 1995) born in Stockport, Cheshire. was an English tennis player and three-time Wimbledon champion. He was the World No. , the late Dusty Springfield's lighting designer and pal for 22 years. Perry joined Springfield's organization in 1964 as ``I Only Want to Be With You'' was rising in the pop charts on both sides of the Atlantic. ``The first time I met with her, she was terribly glamorous,'' said Perry, a longtime Burbank resident. ``We talked about everything but the lighting, and we clicked. That was the start of a long and beautiful friendship.'' Springfield died March 2 at age 59 after a long battle with cancer. Perry returned to Britain this week to attend today's funeral. ``She was always late,'' Perry recalled. ``She would arrive on stage at the precise moment the orchestra would strike up. Once after missing the tour bus, she'd hired a car and driver. They're driving across the moors, and they see this yellow and brown bus with instruments and costumes showing through the back window. So she follows alongside, stops the bus to get on, and it turns out to be Cilla Black Cilla Black OBE (born 27 May, 1942) is an English singer-songwriter and television personality, born Priscilla Maria Veronica White to a Protestant father and a Catholic mother in Liverpool. and an entirely different tour.'' ``But she never thought she was any good,'' Perry said. ``She was very shy, very closed, and you really had to be in her confidence to get to know her well. She was very vulnerable and never realized the loyalty she inspired in people.'' Perry last saw Springfield, who spent about 15 years in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , about six years ago. A life in Fulson We were sad to hear of the death of West Coast bluesman Lowell Fulson Lowell Fulson (March 31, 1921–March 6, 1999) was a big-voiced blues guitarist in the West Coast tradition. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He also recorded for business reasons as Lowell Fullsom and Lowell Fulsom. last weekend. Fulson, 77, died of heart disease at his Lancaster home. Best-known for his oft-covered hit ``Reconsider Baby,'' cut in Dallas with David ``Fathead'' Newman on tenor sax and later recorded by Elvis Presley, guitarist-singer Fulson was a mainstay of Los Angeles' Central Avenue postwar music scene of the late '40s and '50s. He also co-wrote ``Tramp,'' which was a hit on Stax Records Stax Records is an American record label, originally based out of Memphis, Tennessee. The label was founded in 1957 by Jim Stewart as Satellite Records. In 1961, upon realizing that there was another record company named Satellite, the label changed its name to for Otis Redding Otis Ray Redding, Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an influential American deep soul singer, best known for his passionate delivery and posthumous hit single, "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay. and Carla Thomas Carla Thomas (born December 21 1942, in Memphis, Tennessee) is often referred to as the Queen of Memphis Soul. Career At the age of 17, she recorded a duet with her father Rufus Thomas, "Because I Love You," which became a Southern hit and gave the Satellite record label . In 1993, Fulson received five W.C. Handy Awards. |
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