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==Legacy== She was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] two weeks after her death. Her friend [[Elton John]] helped induct her into the Hall of Fame declaring, "I'm biased but I just think she was the greatest white singer there ever has been... every song she sang, she claimed as her own".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rock On The Net: Elton John |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-j/eltonjohn_main.htm |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=www.rockonthenet.com}}</ref><ref name="McMahon">{{cite web |url=http://www.cpinternet.com/~mbayly/article26.htm |title=Dusty Joins the Greats of Rock & Roll |last=McMahon |first=Barbara |work=[[London Evening Standard]] |date=16 March 1999 |access-date=1 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923210846/http://www.cpinternet.com/~mbayly/article26.htm |archive-date=23 September 2015}}</ref> Of the female singers of the [[British Invasion]], Springfield made one of the biggest impressions on the US market,<ref name="harmony">{{cite book |title=The Harmony Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock |url=https://archive.org/details/harmonyillustrat00mike |url-access=registration |last=Clifford |first=Mike |edition=6th |publisher=Harmony Books |date=13 November 1988 |page=[https://archive.org/details/harmonyillustrat00mike/page/162 162] |isbn=978-0-517-57164-4}}</ref> scoring 18 singles in the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 from 1964 to 1970 including six in the top 20.<ref name=allmusic2 /><ref name="Randall3" /> [[Quentin Tarantino]] caused a revival of interest in her music in 1994 by including "Son of a Preacher Man" on the ''[[Pulp Fiction (soundtrack)|Pulp Fiction]]'' soundtrack, which sold over three million copies.<ref name=pulp>{{cite web |url=http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Reviews/Reviews.asp?ID=6223 |title=Pulp Fiction: 10th Anniversary 2-Disc Collector's Edition (1994) |first=Rob |last=Giles |date=11 August 2005 |access-date=29 June 2012 |publisher=Michael D's Region 4 DVD (Michael Demtschyna)}}</ref><ref name=martinkelner>{{cite web |first=Martin |last=Kelner |title=Accidental Heroes: Dusty Springfield |url=http://www.martinkelner.com/accidental_heroes/Dusty_Springfield_31.shtml |date=21 November 2001 |publisher=Martin Kelner |access-date=29 June 2012}}</ref> In the same year in the documentary ''Dusty Springfield: Full Circle'', guests of her 1965 ''Sound of Motown'' show credited her efforts with helping to popularise US soul music in the UK.<ref>''Dusty Springfield. Full Circle'' Documentary film. Vision Records, 1994</ref><ref name="FullCircle">{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dusty-Springfield-Full-Circle-VHS-Springfield/dp/B00004SX8K |title=''Dusty Springfield β Full Circle'' [VHS]: Dusty Springfield |last=Sutherland |first=Sam |website=Amazon UK |date=15 May 2000 |access-date=5 July 2012}}</ref> In 2008, country/blues singer-songwriter [[Shelby Lynne]] recorded a tribute album featuring ten of Springfield's songs as well as one original. The album, titled ''[[Just a Little Lovin']]'', featured two tracks selected from Springfield's debut, four from ''Dusty in Memphis'' and four from her back catalogue. Lynne's album received critical acclaim, charted at number 41 on the US Billboard Charts and was nominated for a [[Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical|Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical)]]. Springfield was popular in Europe and performed at the [[Sanremo Music Festival]]. Recordings were released in French, German, and Italian. Her French works include a 1964 four-track extended play with "Demain tu peux changer" (also known as "[[Will You Love Me Tomorrow|Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow]]"), "Je ne peux pas t'en vouloir" ("Losing You"), "L'Γ©tΓ© est fini" ("[[Summer Is Over (Dusty Springfield song)|Summer is Over]]"), and "Reste encore un instant" ("Stay Awhile").<ref name="French">{{cite web |title=Dusty Springfield's French Recordings |publisher=Ready Steady Girls! (Graham Welch) |url=http://www.readysteadygirls.eu/#/dusty-springfield/4522748722}}</ref> German recordings include the July 1964 single, "Warten und hoffen" ("Wishin' and Hopin{{'"}}) backed with "Auf dich nur wart' ich immerzu" ("I Only Want to Be with You").<ref name="German">{{cite web |title=Dusty Springfield's German Recordings |publisher=Ready Steady Girls! (Graham Welch) |url=http://www.readysteadygirls.eu/#/dusty-springfield/4522716847}}</ref> Italian recordings include "Tanto so che poi mi passa" ("Every Day I Have to Cry") issued as a single.<ref name="Italian" /> Her entries at the Sanremo festival were "Tu che ne sai" and "Di fronte all'amore" ("I Will Always Want You").<ref name="Italian">{{cite web |title=Dusty Springfield's Italian Recordings |publisher=Ready Steady Girls! (Graham Welch) |url=http://www.readysteadygirls.eu/#/dusty-springfield/4523960669}}</ref> Springfield is known to have brought many little-known [[Soul music|soul]] singers to the attention of a wider UK record-buying audience. In April 1965, she hosted a special [[Motown Records|Motown]] edition of the hugely popular British TV music series ''[[Ready Steady Go!]]'', featuring the first national TV performances of many top-selling Motown artists.<ref name="queen">{{Cite book |last=Randall |first=Annie J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O4kFsOnFQqMC |title=Dusty!: Queen of the Postmods |date=2008-10-20 |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |isbn=978-0-19-988704-0 |pages=51 |language=en}}</ref> Although her music was not directly associated with the British music/dance movement [[northern soul]], her efforts were seen as a contributing factor in the formation of the genre.<ref name="Classic" /> Springfield is a cultural icon of the [[Swinging Sixties]], where she "was an instantly recognisable celebrity".<ref name="Welch" /><ref name="BBCObit">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/67646.stm |title=Obituary: Cancer Claims 'White Queen of Soul' |work=BBC News |access-date=2 July 2012 |date=3 March 1999}}</ref> In public and on stage, she developed a joyful image supported by her peroxide-blonde bouffant hairstyle, [[evening gown]]s and heavy make-up that included her much-copied "panda eye" mascara. She borrowed elements of her look from blonde glamour queens such as [[Brigitte Bardot]] and [[Catherine Deneuve]] and pasted them together according to her own taste.<ref name="Randall16">Randall, (2009), [https://books.google.com/books?id=D2mCQpLstCkC&pg=PA3 p. 16].</ref><ref name="rnb361">Gulla, p.361.</ref> By the 1990s, she had become a [[camp (style)|camp]] icon,<ref name="britannica" /> especially with her ultra-glamorous look and this, combined with her emotive vocal performances, won her a powerful and enduring following in the gay community.<ref name="rnb356" /><ref name="Smith" /> Besides being a prototypical female for [[drag queens]], she was presented in the roles of the 'Great White Lady' of pop and soul and the 'Queen of [[Mod (subculture)|Mods]]'.<ref name="cole13" /><ref name="Smith2">{{cite book |year=1999 |first=Patricia Juliana |last=Smith |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4bxltKXsftIC&q=%22Dusty+Springfield%22 |title=The Queer Sixties |chapter='You Don't Have to Say You Love Me': The Camp Masquerades of Dusty Springfield |pages=105β126 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |location=London |isbn=978-0-415-92168-8}}</ref>
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