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Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien OBE [2] (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), better known by her stage name Dusty Springfield, was an English singer. With her distinctive mezzo-soprano voice, she was a popular singer of blue-eyed soul , pop and dramatic ballads , with French chanson , country , and jazz also in her repertoire.
In 1997, the album was re-released (this time in America as well) as Reputation and Rarities, and included the entire Reputation album, along with two tracks recorded for the album, but never used or released until then, the ballads "Any Other Fool", written by Diane Warren and Robbie Buchanan, and "When Love Turns to Blue", a collaboration with British pop duo Climie Fisher.
Dusty (Philips, September 1964) UK #3 [17] Dusty in New York (Philips, May 1965) UK #13 [17] Mademoiselle Dusty (Philips, July 1965) UK #17 [17] If You Go Away (Philips, August 1968) Note: The above chart placements are from the UK EP chart. The EP chart, which was separate from the singles chart and album chart, ran from 1960 to 1967.
The trio formed in 1960, when Mary "Dusty" O'Brien, who had been a member of all-girl singing trio the Lana Sisters, joined her brother Dion O'Brien and Tim Feild, who had been working as a duo, the Kensington Squares. [1] Dion became Tom Springfield, and Mary became Dusty Springfield.
A Very Fine Love was to be promoted by the TV documentary Full Circle, a 90-minute career retrospective featuring British comedians Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French interviewing Springfield in their inimitably irreverent way – Springfield herself was a big fan of French & Saunders' and their goonish sense of humor – as well as interviews ...
The US debut, issued some three months later, was technically a compilation of tracks from A Girl Called Dusty, her first two UK singles, and other Springfield recordings. Her US label, the American arm of Philips Records , decided to include the singles on an album, rather than following the British practice of leaving them as singles.
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