Editing Dusty Springfield (section)

=== 1963–1966: Early solo career ===
[[File:I Only Want to Be with You - ad 1964.jpg|thumb|upright|''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'' advertisement, 7 March 1964]] 
Dusty Springfield released her first solo single, "[[I Only Want to Be with You]]", co-written and arranged by [[Ivor Raymonde]], in November 1963.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GOOs7dT9VlwC&q=dusty%20springfield%20Ivor%20Raymonde&pg=PA81 |title=The Impossible Dream: The Story of Scott Walker and the Walker Brothers |page=81 |first=Anthony |last=Reynolds |publisher=Jawbone Publishing Corp |access-date=10 August 2010 |isbn=978-1-906002-25-1 |date=10 September 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="APRAOnly">{{cite web |publisher=[[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) |title='I Only Want to Be with You' at APRA search engine |url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=I%20Only%20Want%20to%20Be%20with%20You |access-date=28 June 2012}}</ref> The record was produced by [[Johnny Franz]] in a manner similar to [[Phil Spector]]'s "[[Wall of Sound]]";<ref name="20thcenturymasters">{{cite AV media notes |title=The Best of Dusty Springfield (The Millennium Collection) |last=Chin |first=Brian |year=1999 |others=Dusty Springfield |type=Inset |publisher=[[Mercury Records]] |location=USA |id=314 538 851-2}}</ref> it included rhythm-and-blues features like horn sections, backing singers, and double-tracked vocals along with [[String section|strings]], recalling Springfield's influences such as [[the Exciters]] and [[the Shirelles]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gulla |first=Bob |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YNae0zmGow4C&q=i%20only%20want%20to%20be%20with%20you%20phil%20spector&pg=PA364 |title=Icons of R&B and Soul [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of the Artists Who Revolutionized Rhythm |date=2007-12-30 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-0-313-34044-4 |pages=363–364 |language=en}}</ref> In January 1964, the single peaked at no. 4 on the UK charts during a lengthy (for the time) 18-week run.<ref name=everyhit /> In December 1963, [[New York City|New York]] disc jockey "Dandy" Dan Daniel of [[WMCA (AM)|WMCA]] nominated the single as a "Sure Shot" pick of records not yet charted, preceding [[Beatlemania]]. The single debuted on [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]'s [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] on the chart dated 25 January 1964, a week after the debut of [[the Beatles]]' first hit "[[I Want to Hold Your Hand]]" and in the same week as the debut of "[[She Loves You]]", positioning Springfield at the forefront  of the [[British Invasion]]. "I Only Want to Be with You" peaked at no. 12 during its ten-week chart run,<ref name=allmusic2>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dusty-springfield-mn0000159214/awards |title=Dusty Springfield – Awards |publisher=Allmusic. Rovi Corporation |access-date=3 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicradio77.com/wmca/surveys/1963/surveydec1163.html |title=WMCA Top&nbsp;Twenty-Five for December 11, 1963 |first1=Randy |last1=Price |first2=Peter |last2=Kanze |first3=Greg |last3=Lance |date=11 December 1963 |publisher=WMCA Good Guys (Allan Sniffen) |access-date=2 July 2012}}</ref> and ranked 48 in the year-end Top 100 of New York radio station [[WABC (AM)|WABC]].<ref name=WABC>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicradio77.com/Top1964.html |title=The Musicradio WABC Top&nbsp;100 of 1964 |publisher=WMCA Good Guys (Allan Sniffen) |access-date=2 July 2012}}</ref> The [[BBC]]'s 1964–2006 weekly chart-based music programme ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' debuted on 1 January 1964, with "I Only Want to Be with You" as the show's kick-off record.<ref name="musicianguide">{{cite web |title=Dusty Springfield Biography |date=24 July 2021 |publisher=Read steady girls! |url=http://readysteadygirls.co.uk/dusty-springfield/4524350811}}</ref> The single was certified [[music recording sales certification|gold]] in the UK,<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">{{cite book |first=Joseph |last=Murrells |year=1978 |title=The Book of Golden Discs |edition=2nd |publisher=Barrie and Jenkins Ltd |location=London |page=[https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/166 166] |isbn=0-214-20512-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/166}}</ref> and its [[B-side]], "Once Upon a Time", was written by Springfield.<ref name="APRAOnce">{{cite web |publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) |title='Once Upon a Time' at APRA search engine |url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Once%20Upon%20a%20Time |access-date=28 June 2012}}</ref><ref name=musicianguide />

Springfield's debut solo album ''[[A Girl Called Dusty]]''–featuring mostly covers of her favourite songs–was released on 17 April 1964 in the UK (but not in America).<ref name=mcmillan /> Tracks included "[[Mama Said (The Shirelles song)|Mama Said]]", "[[When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes]]", "[[You Don't Own Me]]", and "[[Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa]]".<ref name=musicianguide /> In May 1964, the album reached no. 6 in the UK–one of only two of her Top Ten non-hits albums.<ref name=everyhit /> After "I Only Want to Be with You", she had five more singles chart in 1964, with just "Stay Awhile" registering as a transatlantic success (UK no. 13/US no. 38). Its B-side, "Somethin' Special", was written by Springfield, later described as "a first-rate Springfield original" by [[AllMusic]]'s [[Richie Unterberger]].<ref name="APRASomethin">{{cite web |publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) |title='Somethin' Special' at APRA search engine |url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Something%20Special |access-date=28 June 2012 |archive-date=4 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004221037/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Something%20Special |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Unterberger">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r210315 |pure_url=yes}} |title=''Stay Awhile''/''I Only Want to Be with You'' – Dusty Springfield |last=Unterberger |first=Richie |author-link=Richie Unterberger |publisher=Allmusic. Rovi Corporation |access-date=28 June 2012}}</ref> She was quoted as saying "I don't really see myself as a songwriter. I don't really like writing... I just don't get any good ideas and the ones I do get are pinched from other records. The only reason I write is for the money–oh mercenary creature!"<ref name="Valentine66" /> The highest-charting of Springfield's 1964 releases were both [[Burt Bacharach]]-[[Hal David]] songs: "[[Wishin' and Hopin']]"–a US no. 6 hit which featured on ''[[A Girl Called Dusty]]''–and "[[I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself]]",<ref name=musicianguide /> which in July peaked at no. 3 on the UK singles chart (behind the Beatles' "[[A Hard Day's Night (song)|A Hard Day's Night]]" and [[the Rolling Stones]]' "[[It's All Over Now]]").<ref name=everyhit /> The dramatic and emotive "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" set the standard for much of her later material.<ref name=musicianguide /> In the autumn of 1964, Springfield peaked at no. 41 in the United States with "All Cried Out", but in her native Britain she hit big with "Losing You" (UK no. 9/US no. 91), which peaked in December–the same month in which the singer's tour of South Africa, with her group [[The Echoes (English group)|The Echoes]], was terminated following a controversial performance before an integrated audience at a theatre near [[Cape Town]], in defiance of the government's segregation [[Apartheid in South Africa|policy]]. Springfield was deported.<ref name=musicianguide /><ref name=rnb368>Gulla, p. 368.</ref> Her contract specifically excluded segregated performances, making her one of the first British artists to do so.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/woman-who-blazed-a-trail-for-female-singers-in-the-music-world/ |title=The Story of Dusty Springfield, Part One: Star Blazed a Trail for Female Sigers in the Music Worl |last=Campbell |first=Craig |date=23 October 2019 |website=The Sunday Post |access-date=23 April 2021}}</ref> In the same year, she was voted the year's top British Female Singer in the ''[[New Musical Express]]'' readers' poll, ahead of [[Lulu (singer)|Lulu]], [[Sandie Shaw]], and [[Cilla Black]].<ref name=mcmillan>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Springfield, Dusty |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]] |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin (writer) |year=1998 |edition=3rd |publisher=Muze UK |pages=5090–5092 |volume=7 |isbn=978-0-333-74134-4}}</ref> Springfield received the award again for the next three years.<ref name=musicianguide />
[[File:Dusty Springfield Sanremo 1965 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Springfield in 1965]]
In 1965, Springfield reached the UK Top 40 with three hit singles: "Your Hurtin' Kinda Love" (no. 37), "In the Middle of Nowhere" (no. 8) and the [[Gerry Goffin]]/[[Carole King]]-penned "Some of Your Lovin{{'"}} (no. 8),<ref name="everyhit" /> though none was included on her next UK album recorded with [[The Echoes (English group)|The Echoes]], ''[[Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty]]''. Released in October 1965, the [[LP record|LP]] featured songs by [[Leslie Bricusse]], [[Anthony Newley]], [[Rod Argent]] and [[Randy Newman]], and a cover of the traditional Mexican song "[[La Bamba (song)|La Bamba]]".<ref name="Eder">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r49953 |pure_url=yes}} |title=''Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty'' – Dusty Springfield |last=Eder |first=Bruce |author-link=Bruce Eder |publisher=Allmusic. Rovi Corporation |access-date=28 June 2012}}</ref> In November 1965, the album peaked at no. 6 on the UK chart.<ref name=everyhit /> Springfield's one appearance on [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]'s [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] in 1965 was "Losing You", which stalled at 91.

From 28 to 30 January 1965, Springfield took part in the [[Festival della canzone italiana|Italian Song Festival in San Remo]], reaching a semi-final with "Tu che ne sai?" (English: "What Do You Know?") while failing to qualify for the final.<ref name="Italian" /> During the competition, she heard the song "Io Che Non Vivo (Senza Te)", performed by one of its composers, [[Pino Donaggio]], and separately by US country music singer [[Jody Miller]].<ref name=rnb365>Gulla, p. 365.</ref> An English-language version, "[[You Don't Have to Say You Love Me]]", would feature lyrics newly written by Springfield's friend (and future manager) [[Vicki Wickham]] and another future manager, [[Simon Napier-Bell]].<ref name=rnb365 /><ref name=youdont>{{cite magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726073631/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/dustyspringfield/articles/story/6596336/you_dont_have_to_say_you_love_me |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/dustyspringfield/articles/story/6596336/you_dont_have_to_say_you_love_me |title='You Don't Have to Say You Love Me' Dusty Springfield |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=9 December 2004 |access-date=28 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 July 2008}}</ref> Springfield's dramatic recording of the ballad was released in March 1966 and reached number one in the UK in its fifth week on the singles chart.<ref name=everyhit /><ref name=youdont /> Success followed in the US,<ref name=allmusic2 /> where in July it reached no. 4 on ''Billboard'''s Hot 100, ranking 21 for the year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chairborneranger.com/top100/top100-1966.htm |title=Chareborneranger Presents the ''Billboard'' Top&nbsp;100 for 1966 |publisher=Chairborne Ranger (Dennis Mansker) |access-date=2 July 2012}}</ref> Springfield called it "good old schmaltz",<ref name=youdont /> and it became her signature song. In 1967, Springfield was nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary (R&R) Performance|Best Contemporary (R&R) Solo Vocal Performance – Male or Female]] award at the [[9th Annual Grammy Awards]], losing to [[Paul McCartney]] for "[[Eleanor Rigby]]". In 1999, "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" featured in an all-time Top 100 of songs as voted for by listeners of [[BBC Radio 2]].

{{blockquote|text=There, standing on the staircase at Philips studio, singing into the stairwell, Dusty gave her greatest ever performance – perfection from first breath to last, as great as anything by Aretha Franklin or Sinatra or Pavarotti. Great singers can take mundane lyrics and fill them with their own meaning. This can help a listener's own ill-defined feelings come clearly into focus. Vicki [Wickham] and I had thought our lyric was about avoiding emotional commitment. Dusty stood it on its head and made it a passionate lament of loneliness and love.|sign=[[Simon Napier-Bell]], "Flashback: Dusty Springfield", ''[[The Observer]]'' (19 October 2003).<ref name="Napier-Bell">{{cite news |url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0,,1062873,00.html |title=Flashback: Dusty Springfield |last=Napier-Bell |first=Simon |author-link=Simon Napier-Bell |work=[[The Observer]] |location=London |date=19 October 2003 |access-date=4 July 2012}}</ref>}}

In 1966, Springfield scored with three other UK hits, all varying in style: the snappy "Little By Little" (no. 17), a cover of [[Gerry Goffin]] and Carole King's poignant and reflective "[[Goin' Back]]" (no. 10), and the sweeping dramatic ballad "All I See Is You" (no. 9), co-written by [[Ben Weisman]] and Clive Westlake. The last peaked at no. 20 in the United States.<ref name=everyhit /> In August and September 1966, she hosted ''Dusty'', a six-part  [[BBC TV]] music/talk show series.<ref name="Bell">{{cite web |url=http://www.simonbell.com/TVseries.html |title=Dusty Springfield: Dusty Devotedly – Details of Dusty's TV Series' in the 60's |last=Bell |first=Simon |author-link=Simon Bell (singer) |access-date=28 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618101610/http://www.simonbell.com/TVseries.html |archive-date=18 June 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> A compilation of her singles, ''Golden Hits'', released in November 1966, peaked at no. 2 in the UK (behind the [[The Sound of Music (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] to ''[[The Sound of Music (film)|The Sound of Music]]'').<ref name=everyhit /> From the mid-1960s onward Springfield used the pseudonym '''"Gladys Thong"''' when recording backing vocals for other artists including [[Madeline Bell]], [[Kiki Dee]], [[Anne Murray]] and [[Elton John]].<ref name="Valentine66">{{cite web |url=http://www.cpinternet.com/~mbayly/article-gladys.htm |title=Dusty Changes Her Name to Gladys Thong |work=Disc & Music Echo |last=Valentine |first=Penny |date=24 September 1966 |access-date=1 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523144857/http://www.cpinternet.com/~mbayly/article-gladys.htm |archive-date=23 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="Randall32">Randall, (2009), [https://books.google.com/books?id=D2mCQpLstCkC&pg=PA32 pp. 32], [https://books.google.com/books?id=D2mCQpLstCkC&pg=PA57 57], [https://books.google.com/books?id=D2mCQpLstCkC&pg=PA173 173].</ref> Bell was a regular backing singer on early Springfield albums, and the pair, together with [[Lesley Duncan]], co-wrote "I'm Gonna Leave You" ,<ref name="APRAGonna">{{cite web |publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) |title='I'm Gonna Leave You' at APRA search engine |url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Im%20Gonna%20Leave%20You |access-date=2 July 2012}}</ref> the B-side of "Goin' Back".

During this period, Springfield was also known for her love of [[Motown]]. She introduced the Motown sound to a wider UK audience, both with her covers of Motown songs and by facilitating the first UK TV appearance for [[the Temptations]], [[the Supremes]], [[Martha & The Vandellas]], [[the Miracles]] and [[Stevie Wonder]] in a special edition of the 1963–66 British TV music series ''Ready Steady Go!'', produced by Vicki Wickham.<ref name="Randall2005">Randall, (Fall 2005).</ref> ''The Sound of Motown'' was broadcast by [[Associated-Rediffusion]]/[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] on 28 April 1965, with Springfield opening each half accompanied by [[Martha and the Vandellas]] and Motown's in-house band, [[the Funk Brothers]].<ref name="Randall2005" /><ref name= merseybeat>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019215931/http://www.merseybeat.co.uk/articles.php?cat=TV+Shows+%26+Documentaries |url=http://www.merseybeat.co.uk/articles-details.php?cat=TV+Shows+%26+Documentaries&id=581 |title=Ready, Steady, Go! |publisher=Mersey Beat Rock and Pop Memorabilia (Bill Harry, Jimmy Devlin) |archive-date=19 October 2008 |access-date=4 July 2012}}</ref> The associated touring Tamla-Motown Revue–featuring the Supremes, the Miracles and Stevie Wonder–had started in London in March and was, according to the Supremes' [[Mary Wilson (singer)|Mary Wilson]], a flop: "It's always... disheartening when you go out there and you see the house is half-full... but once you're on stage... You perform as well for five as you do for 500."<ref name="White">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/dancing-in-the-streets-of-britain-6149234.html?printService=print |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310083626/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/dancing-in-the-streets-of-britain-6149234.html?printService=print |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 March 2014 |title=Dancing in the Streets of Britain |last=White |first=Adam |work=The Independent |date=1 April 2005 |access-date=28 June 2012}}</ref> Wickham, a fan of the Motown artists, booked them for the ''Ready Steady Go!'' special and enlisted Springfield to host it.<ref name="White" />