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Author : Lucy O'Brien
Release : 2019-08-22
Genre : Music
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 577/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Dusty by : Lucy O'Brien
Download or read book Dusty written by Lucy O'Brien. This book was released on 2019-08-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED, THE STORY OF DUSTY SPRINGFIELD TWENTY YEARS ON.
Author : Karen Bartlett
Release : 2014-06-17
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 637/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Dusty by : Karen Bartlett
Download or read book Dusty written by Karen Bartlett. This book was released on 2014-06-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known the world over for her unique musical style, distinctive look and a voice that propelled her into the charts time and time again, Dusty Springfield was undoubtedly one of the biggest and brightest musical stars of the twentieth century. Never one to be shy of the spotlight, Dusty broke the mould as the first female entertainer to publicly admit she was bisexual, and was famously deported from South Africa for refusing to play to segregated audiences during apartheid in 1964, just a year after the launch of her solo career. Combining brand-new material, meticulous research and frank interviews with friends, lovers, employees and confidants, journalist Karen Bartlett reveals sensational new details about the soul diva's unconventional upbringing, tumultuous relationships and unbridled addictions, including a lifelong struggle to come to terms with her sexuality. Named one of the Sunday Times's best musical biographies of 2014, this is the intimate portrait of an immensely complicated and talented woman - the definitive account of one of music's most legendary figures.
Author : Penny Valentine
Release : 2014-08-12
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 215/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Dusty Springfield: Dancing with Demons by : Penny Valentine
Download or read book Dusty Springfield: Dancing with Demons written by Penny Valentine. This book was released on 2014-08-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dusty Springfield led a tragic yet inspiring life, battling her way to the top of the charts and into the hearts of music fans world-wide. Her signature voice made songs such as "I Only Want to Be with You," "Son of a Preacher Man," and "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me," international hits. In Dancing with Demons, two of her closest friends, Valentine and Wickham, capture, with vivid memories and personal anecdotes, a Dusty most people never glimpsed in this no-holds-barred yet touching portrait of one of the world's true grand dames of popular music.
Author : Paul Howes
Release : 2012-08-28
Genre : Music
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 408/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Complete Dusty Springfield by : Paul Howes
Download or read book The Complete Dusty Springfield written by Paul Howes. This book was released on 2012-08-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on meticulous archive research and interviews with Dusty's friends and collaborators, Paul Howes details every song in Dusty's entire catalogue. This revised edition of The Complete Dusty Springfield includes new chapters on the Lana Sisters and the Springfields, expanded entries on Dusty's solo tracks and an in-depth analysis of Dusty's live work for TV and radio.
Author : Annie J. Randall
Release : 2008-11-17
Genre : Music
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 307/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Dusty! by : Annie J. Randall
Download or read book Dusty! written by Annie J. Randall. This book was released on 2008-11-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dubbed the "White Queen of Soul," singer Dusty Springfield became the first British soloist to break into the U.S. Top Ten music charts with her 1964 hit "I Only Want To Be With You"--a pop classic followed by many others, including "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" and "Son of a Preacher Man." Today she is usually placed within the history of the Beatles-led "British Invasion" or seen as a devoted acolyte of Motown. In this penetrating look at her music and career, Annie J. Randall shows how Springfield's contributions transcend the narrow limits of those descriptions and how this middle-class former convent girl became perhaps the unlikeliest of artists to achieve soul credibility on both sides of the Atlantic. Randall reevaluates Springfield's place in sixties popular music through close investigation of her performances as well as interviews with her friends, peers, professional associates, and longtime fans. As the author notes, the singer's unique look--blonde beehive wigs and heavy black mascara--became iconic of the mid-sixties postmodern moment in which identity scrambling and camp pastiche were the norms in swinging London's pop culture. Randall places Springfield within this rich cultural context, focusing on the years from 1964 to 1968, when she recorded her biggest international hits and was a constant presence on British television. The book pays special attention to Springfield's close collaboration and friendship with American gospel singer Madeline Bell, the distinctive way Springfield combined US soul and European melodrama to achieve her own musical style and stage presence, and how her camp sensibility figured as a key element of her artistry.
