Dusty: The Classic Biography Revised and Updated

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Dusty Springfield was one of our greatest pop singers. From 1960s hits like I Only Want To Be With You, Son of a Preacher Man and You Dont Have To Say You Love Me to her 1980s collaboration with the Pet Shop Boys and beyond, she was a musical pioneer and the very essence of authentic white soul. A member of the US Rock and Roll and UK Music Halls of Fame, international polls have named Dusty among the best female pop artists of all time. Twenty years after her passing, she continues to fascinate and inspire. This completely revised and updated edition of Lucy OBriens classic biography has new photographs, a new introduction, fresh material and over 45 original interviews with close friends and people who worked with her, including Sir Tom Jones, Lulu, legendary arranger Ivor Raymonde, and the late, great Atlantic Records trio, Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin, with whom she recorded her classic album Dusty In Memphis. The book fully explores her life and legacy, from a troubled Home Counties childhood to 60s mod queen and solo star, to her struggles with addiction and mental health issues, to her status as an influential LGBT heroine and enduring pop icon.

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Lucy OBrien is a writer, broadcaster and academic. She has contributed to various titles including the Independent, MOJO, Q, the Guardian and the Sunday Times. She has written Madonna: Like An Icon (published in 13 languages and now in its second edition), She Bop (The Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop & Soul), and has contributed to such collections as Voicing Girlhood in Popular Music: Performance, Authority, Authenticity, and Mute Records: Artist. Business. History. She also teaches at the London College of Music, University of West London.