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Dusty Springfield

The 60’s was a great era for female singers in the UK with the likes of Shirley Bassey, Petula Clark, Sandie Shaw, Helen Shapiro and Cilla Black all making a big impact. However perhaps the most fondly remembered of all is Dusty Springfield. I remember well her earlier incarnation as the girl singer in the Springfields. It was a very competent folk trio that was like the British equivalent of Peter, Paul and Mary. Indeed they had a top 20 twenty hit in the States with “ Silver Threads and Golden Needles ” before the Beatles which was completely unheralded then for a British group.   Though strangely this missed out completely in Britain, they soon established themselves there with " Island of Dreams ” (written by Dusty’s brother - now called Tom Springfield). They had become extremely popular, regularly appearing on radio and TV, when they suddenly broke up. There was no doubting that Dusty was the undisputed star of the group and having discovered the music of Tamla M