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=== 1967–68 === [[File:Dusty Springfield blue plaque.jpg|thumb|Plaque, 38–40 Aubrey Walk, London]] As with Springfield's chart success in the previous three years, there was minimal agreement in 1967 and 1968 between UK and US releases. The closest Springfield got to a transatlantic hit during this period was the spirited "[[I'll Try Anything]]", which charted in the spring of 1967 (UK no. 13/US no. 40). The follow-up single, "Give Me Time"–the singer's last traditional-sounding sweeping ballad–peaked outside the UK Top 20 (no. 24) and stalled at 76 in the United States. However, the single's B-side – the smokey-sultry [[Burt Bacharach|Bacharach]]-[[Hal David|David]] song "[[The Look of Love (1967 song)|The Look of Love]]", recorded for the [[James Bond]] parody film ''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]''–emerged as one of Springfield's five defining US 1960s hits.<ref name="The Look of Love">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/the-look-of-love-mt0000197012 |title='The Look of Love' – Dusty Springfield, Reg Guest |last=Greenwald |first=Matthew |publisher=Allmusic. Rovi Corporation |access-date=2 July 2012}}</ref><ref name="Songfacts">{{cite web |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=10717 |title='The Look of Love' by Dusty Springfield |publisher=Songfacts (Carl Wiser) |access-date=2 July 2012}}</ref> For "one of the slowest-tempo hits" of the sixties, Bacharach created the "sultry" feel by the use of "minor-seventh and major-seventh chord changes", while Hal David's lyrics "epitomised longing and, yes, lust."<ref name="The Look of Love" /> The song was recorded in two versions at the [[Philips Records|Philips]] Studios in London. The soundtrack version was released on 29 January 1967. The single version charted briefly in July, then re-entered ''Billboard'''s Hot 100 in early September, peaking at no. 22. However, it reached the Top Ten in several markets across the US, reaching number one in San Francisco ([[KFRC (defunct)|KFRC]] and [[KOIT|KYA]]) and [[San Jose, California]] ([[KLIV]]) as well as no. 2 in Boston ([[WBZ (AM)|WBZ]]), among other cities.<ref name=discography>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028140503/http://www.wonderboymi.com/Discographies/ds60s.html |url=http://www.wonderboymi.com/Discographies/ds60s.html |title=Dusty Springfield The 1960s |publisher=wonderboymi.com (Steve Albin, Donald Martin, Tom Coen, Paul Howes) |archive-date=28 October 2008 |date=24 August 2004 |url-status=usurped |access-date=28 June 2012}}</ref> "The Look of Love" received an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Song|Best Song]].<ref name=infoplease>{{cite web |url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0149089.html |title=1967 Academy Awards |publisher=Infoplease ([[Pearson PLC]]) |access-date=3 July 2012}}</ref> In August and September 1967, Springfield headlined the second season of her BBC TV series ''Dusty'' (also known as ''The Dusty Springfield Show''), in which she welcomed guests and performed songs, among them a rendition of "[[Get Ready (The Temptations song)|Get Ready]]" and her then-recent hit "I'll Try Anything".<ref name=everyhit /><ref name="Bell" /> The series attracted a healthy audience but was seen as not keeping up with changes in pop music.<ref name=mcmillan /> Springfield's next LP ''[[Where Am I Going?]]'' (October 1967)–her first album of new material since 1965–experimented with various styles including a "jazzy", orchestrated version of "[[Sunny (Bobby Hebb song)|Sunny]]" and an acclaimed cover of [[Jacques Brel]]'s "[[Ne me quitte pas]]" ("[[If You Go Away]]").<ref name="Viglione">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r49957 |pure_url=yes}} |title=''Where Am I Going'' – Dusty Springfield |last=Viglione |first=Joe |publisher=Allmusic. Rovi Corporation |access-date=3 July 2012}}</ref> Though critically appreciated, the album peaked at 40 in the UK and failed to chart in the US.<ref name=mcmillan /><ref name="Viglione" /> In November 1968, a similar fate befell ''[[Dusty... Definitely]]'',<ref name=mcmillan /><ref name="Unterberger2">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r49958 |pure_url=yes}} |title=''Dusty... Definitely'' – Dusty Springfield |last=Unterberger |first=Richie |publisher=Allmusic. Rovi Corporation |access-date=3 July 2012}}</ref> which was not issued in the US, though it reached no. 30 in the UK during a six-week chart run.<ref name=everyhit /> Material ranged from the rolling "Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone" to the achingly emotive cover of [[Randy Newman]]'s "[[I Think It's Gonna Rain Today]]".<ref name=mcmillan /><ref name="Unterberger2" /> Also in 1968, Springfield scored with one of her biggest UK hits of the decade: the dramatic "[[I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten (song)|I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten]]",<ref name=everyhit>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/dusty%20springfield/ |title=Artist: Dusty Springfield |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=28 June 2012}} Note: Click on tab to access Albums charting.</ref> written by [[Clive Westlake]].<ref name="APRAClose">{{cite web |publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) |title = 'I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten' at APRA search engine |url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=I%20Close%20My%20Eyes%20and%20Count%20to%20Ten |access-date=28 June 2012}}</ref> The single peaked at no. 4 in August 1968. Its flip side, "No Stranger Am I", was co-written by American singer-songwriter [[Norma Tanega]]–known for her transatlantic 1966 Top 30 folk-pop hit "Walkin' My Cat Named Dog"<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book |first=David |last=Roberts |year=2006 |title=British Hit Singles & Albums |edition=19th |publisher=Guinness World Records Limited |location=London |isbn=1-904994-10-5 |page=549}}</ref>–and Norma Kutzer.<ref name=musicianguide /><ref name="APRAStranger">{{cite web |publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) |title='No Stranger Am I' at APRA search engine |url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=No%20Stranger%20Am%20I |access-date=29 June 2012}}</ref> By late 1966, Springfield was in a domestic relationship with Tanega.<ref name="Randall121">Randall, (2009), pp. vii, 113, [https://books.google.com/books?id=O4kFsOnFQqMC&q=%22Norma+Tanega%22 121], 125, 129, 135, 141, 185, 187.</ref> Springfield's 1968 TV series ''It Must Be Dusty'' was broadcast on ITV in May and June; episode six featured a duet performance of "[[Mockingbird (Inez & Charlie Foxx song)|Mockingbird]]" with singer-guitarist [[Jimi Hendrix]], fronting his band [[The Jimi Hendrix Experience|the Experience]].<ref name="Bell" />
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