Editing Dusty Springfield (section)

=== 1958–1963: Career beginnings ===
{{main|The Lana Sisters|The Springfields}}
After leaving school, Springfield sang with Tom, her brother, in local folk clubs.<ref name="Welch">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-dusty-springfield-1078196.html |title=Obituary: Dusty Springfield |last=Welch |first=Chris |work=[[The Independent]] |date=4 March 1999 |access-date=27 June 2012}}</ref> In 1957, the pair worked together at holiday camps.<ref name="Welch" /> The next year, Springfield responded to an advertisement in ''[[The Stage]]'' to join [[The Lana Sisters]], an "established sister act", with Iris 'Riss' Long (also known as Riss Lana, Riss Chantelle) and Lynne Abrams (a.k.a. Lynne Lana), who were not actually sisters.<ref name="AMGLana">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=P1616081/biography |pure_url=yes}} |title=Lana Sisters |publisher=[[AllMusic]]. [[Rovi Corporation]] |access-date=27 June 2012}}</ref> Dusty adopted the stage name "Shann Lana" and "cut her hair, lost the glasses, experimented with makeup, (and) fashion" becoming one of the 'sisters'.<ref name="Gulla359">Gulla, p. 359.</ref>

As a member of the pop vocal trio, Dusty Springfield developed skills in harmonizing and microphone technique; she recorded, performed on television, and played at live shows in the United Kingdom and at United States Air Force bases in continental Europe.<ref name="rnb358" /><ref name="AMGLana" /> In 1960, she left the Lana Sisters and formed a folk-pop trio, [[The Springfields]], with Tom and [[Reshad Feild]] (both had been in The Kensington Squares), the latter of whom [[Mike Hurst (producer)|Mike Hurst]] replaced in 1962. The trio chose their name while rehearsing in a field in [[Somerset]] in the springtime and took the stage names Dusty, Tom, and Tim Springfield.<ref name=demons>Valentine and Wickham, p.</ref> Intending to make an authentic US album, the group travelled to [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] to record ''Folk Songs from the Hills''. The music Springfield heard during their visit–but particularly [[the Exciters]]' "[[Tell Him (Bert Berns song)|Tell Him]]", while in [[New York City]]–influenced her shift from folk and country towards pop rooted in [[rhythm and blues]].<ref name="demons" /> The band was voted the Top British Vocal Group in a ''[[New Musical Express]]'' poll in 1961 and 1962,<ref name="www.rocklistmusic.co.uk" /> although their two biggest hits were in 1963: "[[Island of Dreams (song)|Island of Dreams]]" and "Say I Won't Be There", both peaking at number five within five weeks of each other. The group appeared on the hip [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] music series ''[[Ready Steady Go!]]'', which Springfield often presented in the earlier days of its run.<ref name="Gulla360">Gulla, p. 360.</ref>

Dusty left the band after their final concert in October 1963.<ref name="demons" /> After the break-up of the Springfields, Tom continued songwriting and producing for other artists, notably [[Music of Australia|Australian]] folk-pop group [[The Seekers]], producing, writing, and/or co-writing their four defining mid-1960s hits "[[I'll Never Find Another You]]", "[[A World of Our Own]]", "[[The Carnival is Over]]", and "[[Georgy Girl (song)|Georgy Girl]]". He also wrote additional songs for Dusty–most famously her 1964 UK hit "Losing You", with [[Clive Westlake]]–and released his own solo material.<ref name="AMGTom">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=P127598/credits |pure_url=yes}} |title=Tom Springfield – Credits |publisher=Allmusic. Rovi Corporation |access-date=1 July 2012}}</ref>