Dusty Springfield

Also known as María Isabel Catalina Bernadette O'Brien, Shann Lana

British singer (1939–1999)

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Person · Open Library

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A brand new me

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Acting · Enfield, Middlesex, England, UK

Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien, professionally known as Dusty Springfield, was an English pop singer and record producer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s.

Known for

40 Hidden Music Treasures at the BBC — Self (archive footage)2024
Dusty Springfield at the BBC: Volume Two — Self (archive footage)2023
Burt Bacharach at the BBC — Self (archive footage)2023
Carole King and her Songs at the BBC — Self (archive footage)2023
Dusty Springfield at the BBC — Self (archive footage)2013
Dusty Springfield: Once Upon a Time (1964-1969) — Performer2010
Just Dusty: The Real Dusty Springfield — Self2009
Classic Soul at the BBC — Self (archive footage)2007
Alma Cogan: Her Fabulous Story — Self (Archive Footage)2006
Original Up-Town Divas — Self (archive footage)2004

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Female
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1939
Active to: 1999

baroque popblue-eyed soulbritishcontemporary r&bphilly soulpop

Discography

I Only Want to Be With You / Once Upon a Time1963
A Girl Called Dusty1964
All Cried Out / I Wish I Never Loved You1964
Dusty1964
Dusty1964
I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself / My Colouring Book1964
I Only Want to Be With You1964
Losing You1964
O Holy Child1964
Stay Awhile / I Only Want to Be With You1964

Member of

The Lana Sisters1958–1960
The Springfields1960–1963

Official site Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 2,072,343
Total plays: 26,754,264

Recent publications · Crossref

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Key facts

Born: Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien , ( 1939-04-16 ) 16 April 1939, London , England
Died: 2 March 1999 (1999-03-02) (aged 59), Henley-on-Thames , England
Occupations: Singer songwriter record producer television presenter
Years active: 1958–1995
Genres: Pop blue-eyed soul country jazz R&B
Works: Dusty Springfield discography
Labels: Philips Mercury Hippodrome Parlophone Columbia Atlantic Phonogram ABC Dunhill United Artists 20th Century

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Wikidata facts

Official website: dustyspringfieldofficial.com
Image: Dusty Springfield (1966)b.png

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Commons category: Dusty Springfield
date of birth: 1939-04-16
date of death: 1999-03-02
name in native language: Dusty Springfield
start of work period: 1958-00-00
end of work period: 1995-00-00
birth name: Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien
pseudonym: Dusty Springfield

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Encyclopedic overview

Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (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. During her 1960s peak, she ranked among the most successful British performers on both sides of the Atlantic. Her image – marked by a peroxide blonde bouffant/beehive hairstyle, heavy makeup (thick black eyeliner and eye shadow) and evening gowns, as well as stylised, gestural performances – made her an icon of the Swinging Sixties.

Born in West Hampstead in London to a family that enjoyed music, Springfield learned to sing at home. In 1958, she joined her first professional group, the Lana Sisters. Two years later, with her brother Dion O'Brien ("Tom Springfield") and Tim Feild, she formed the folk-pop vocal trio the Springfields. Two of their five 1961–63 top 40 UK hits – "Island of Dreams" and "Say I Won't Be There" – reached No. 5 on the charts, both in the spring of 1963. In 1962, they also achieved success in the United States with their cover of "Silver Threads and Golden Needles". Her solo career began in late 1963 with the upbeat pop record "I Only Want to Be with You"—a UK No. 4 hit, and the first of her six transatlantic top 40 hits in the 1960s, along with "Stay Awhile" (1964), "All I See Is You" (1966), "I'll Try Anything" (1967), and two releases which are now considered her signature songs: "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" (1966 UK No. 1/US No. 4) and "Son of a Preacher Man" (1968/69 UK No. 9/US No. 10). The latter is featured on the 1968 pop and soul album Dusty in Memphis, one of Springfield's legacy-defining works. In March 2020, the US Library of Congress added the album to the National Recording Registry, which preserves audio recordings considered to be "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

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