"""Billboard"" 200, and at the time, went platinum (100,000 units) in Canada alone. ""Son of a Preacher Man"" helped the soundtrack album sell over 2 million copies in the US, and it reached No. 21 on the charts. During September and October 1969 Dusty hosted her third and final BBC musical variety series (her fourth variety series overall), ""Decidedly Dusty"" (co-hosted by Valentine Dyall). All eight episodes were later wiped from the BBC archives, and to date the only surviving footage consists of domestic audio recordings. By the start of the 1970s Dusty Springfield was a major star, though her"
"Dusty Springfield Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), professionally known as Dusty Springfield, was an English pop singer and record producer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s. With her distinctive sensual mezzo-soprano sound, she was an important singer of blue-eyed soul and at her peak was one of the most successful British female performers, with six top 20 singles on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and sixteen on the UK Singles Chart from 1963 to 1989. She is a member of the US Rock and Roll and UK Music Halls"
"James Ray (singer) James Ray (1941 – c. 1964), born James Jay Raymond, was an African American R&B singer of the early 1960s best known for the hit single ""If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody"", which went to number 10 on the US ""Billboard"" R&B chart. and number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962. He also recorded the original version of ""Got My Mind Set on You"", later a number-one hit for George Harrison. Born in Washington, D.C., Ray stood just 5' tall and first recorded as Little Jimmy Ray, releasing ""Make Her Mine"" on the"
"Richie Furay Paul Richard ""Richie"" Furay (born May 9, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member who is best known for forming the bands Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Bruce Palmer, and Dewey Martin, and Poco with Jim Messina, Rusty Young, George Grantham and Randy Meisner. His best known song (originally written during his tenure in Buffalo Springfield, but eventually performed by Poco, as well) was ""Kind Woman"", which he wrote for his wife, Nancy. Before Buffalo Springfield, Furay performed with Stills in the nine-member group, the Au Go Go Singers"
"Mixtures, plus two Britons: Donna Jones (vocals), from Manchester, and former stage musical actor Ray Hoskins, alias Ray Martin (vocals, guitar), from London. This group supported The Osmonds on tour and made two albums for Polydor in the UK and one for MGM in the US, but without any chart success. Jones and Flinn are currently members of The New Seekers. The Springfields The Springfields were a British pop-folk vocal trio who had success in the early 1960s in the UK, US and Ireland. They included singer Dusty Springfield and her brother, record producer Tom Springfield, along with Tim Feild,"
"Tonight"" spent 10 weeks on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, peaking at No. 36 in May 1982. David Lasley David Eldon Lasley (born August 20, 1947) is an American singer and songwriter, best known for his contributions as a background singer for such artists as Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor, Luther Vandross, Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick and Dusty Springfield. Lasley started his music career in his teens, forming a singing group with his sister and achieving some success in the Detroit area. In 1970 he joined the cast of ""Hair"", performing first in Detroit and then on tour. This led to a"
"Ray Pillow Ray Pillow (born July 4, 1937) is an American country music singer who has also worked as a music publisher and A&R representative. In his career, he has charted eighteen times on the ""Billboard"" country singles charts, with his highest-peaking song being the No. 9 ""I'll Take the Dog,"" a duet with Jean Shepard. After charting for the last time in 1981, Pillow founded Sycamore Records with Larry McFadden, and later worked in the A&R department of Capitol Records. Today, Pillow continues to perform as a member of the Grand Ole Opry and on popular classic country television"
"with a wide knowledge of folk music and the group had strong vocal harmonies as well as Dusty's powerful lead. Occupying a musical sphere comparable with that of the contemporary Peter, Paul and Mary they were signed to Philips Records and released their first single, ""Dear John,"" in 1961, followed by two UK chart hits with ""Breakaway"" and ""Bambino"" – like their other records, produced by Johnny Franz. The first recording contract the Springfields signed was offered by producer Johnny Franz at Philips Records in London. With early singles including ""Breakaway"" and ""Bambino"", and numerous television appearances, the trio soon"
"The Springfields The Springfields were a British pop-folk vocal trio who had success in the early 1960s in the UK, US and Ireland. They included singer Dusty Springfield and her brother, record producer Tom Springfield, along with Tim Feild, who was replaced by Mike Hurst. The trio formed in 1960, when Mary ""Dusty"" O'Brien, who had been a member of all-girl singing trio The Lana Sisters, joined her brother Dion O'Brien and Tim Feild, who had been working as a duo, ""The Kensington Squares"". Dion became Tom Springfield, and Mary became Dusty Springfield. Tom Springfield was a songwriter and arranger"
"performed by someone who was already well-known at the time of the Profumo affair; in 1963, Dusty was lead singer of the popular group the Springfields and was just about to launch her solo career. The lyrics of the song describe in roughly chronological order the actual course of events and mention, by first name only, the main characters involved: Mandy Rice-Davies, Christine Keeler and Stephen Ward, as well as Lucky Gordon, Johnny Edgecombe and Vickie Barrett. The song also references the popular culture of the time with the line """"Please Please Me's number one"""", a reference to The Beatles'"
"sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. ""Island of Dreams"" rose to the UK No. 5 at the beginning of 1963, and stayed in the charts for six months. The follow-up, ""Say I Won't Be There"", was also No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart. By this time, the Springfields were one of the most popular groups in the UK. The group had several chart hits and had recorded several foreign language records. However, Dusty Springfield felt limited by the group's folk act and Tom's lead role within the trio and, towards the end of 1963,"
"Westlake, which also reached the US Top 20. In August and September 1966, she hosted ""Dusty,"" a six-part music and talk show weekly BBC TV series. A compilation of her singles, ""Golden Hits"" released in November 1966, reached No. 2 in the UK. From the mid-1960s, Springfield would use the pseudonym ""Gladys Thong"" when recording backing vocals for other artists including Madeline Bell, Kiki Dee, Anne Murray and Elton John. Bell was a regular backing singer on early Springfield albums, and the pair co-wrote ""I'm Gonna Leave You"" with Lesley Duncan, which appeared as the B-side of ""Goin' Back."" Dusty"
"name. 10"" shellac (78-rpm) and 7"" vinyl (45-rpm) releases Ray McKinley Ray McKinley (June 18, 1910 – May 7, 1995) was an American jazz drummer, singer, and bandleader. McKinley got his start at age 9 working with local bands in the Dallas–Fort Worth area. He left home when he was 15 and played with Milt Shaw's Detroiters and the Smith Ballew and Duncan-Marin bands. His first substantial professional engagement came in 1934 with the Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra. It was with the Smith Ballew band in 1929 that McKinley met Glenn Miller. The two formed a friendship that lasted from 1929"
"Tom Springfield Tom Springfield (born Dionysius P. A. O'Brien, 2 July 1934, and known when young as Dion O'Brien) was a musician and songwriter from the 1960s' folk and pop music scene. He is the brother of the late pop star Dusty Springfield, with whom he performed in The Springfields. Springfield was born in Hampstead, London, and attended the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe from 1944 to 1950. He formed a vocal trio, The Springfields in 1960, with his sister Dusty and a friend, Tim Feild. The group broke up in 1963 and he became a record producer and songwriter"
"Away"". Though it was critically appreciated, it did not sell well in the US – it reached the top 40 in the UK. In November 1968, a similar fate befell ""Dusty... Definitely"", which was not issued in the US, it reached the UK top 30. Her choice of material ranged from the rolling ""Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone"" to the aching emotion of ""I Think It's Gonna Rain Today"". In that same year, Springfield had a UK No. 4 hit, ""I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten"", which was written by Clive Westlake. Its flipside, ""No Stranger"
"As a member of Poco: As a member of Souther-Hillman-Furay Band: Solo: Richie Furay Paul Richard ""Richie"" Furay (born May 9, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member who is best known for forming the bands Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Bruce Palmer, and Dewey Martin, and Poco with Jim Messina, Rusty Young, George Grantham and Randy Meisner. His best known song (originally written during his tenure in Buffalo Springfield, but eventually performed by Poco, as well) was ""Kind Woman"", which he wrote for his wife, Nancy. Before Buffalo Springfield, Furay"
"suggest around 1963, 1964 or later in the decade. James Ray (singer) James Ray (1941 – c. 1964), born James Jay Raymond, was an African American R&B singer of the early 1960s best known for the hit single ""If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody"", which went to number 10 on the US ""Billboard"" R&B chart. and number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962. He also recorded the original version of ""Got My Mind Set on You"", later a number-one hit for George Harrison. Born in Washington, D.C., Ray stood just 5' tall and first recorded as"
"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me ""You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"" (originally a 1965 Italian song by Pino Donaggio and lyricist Vito Pallavicini: '""Io che non vivo (senza te)"") is a 1966 hit recorded by English singer Dusty Springfield that proved to be her most successful hit single, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart and number four on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100; the song subsequently charted in the UK via remakes by Elvis Presley (No. 9/1971), Guys 'n' Dolls (No. 5/1976) and Denise Welch (No. 23/1995), with Presley's version, released in 1970, also"
"with his sister Dusty, ""Morning Please Don't Come"", Springfield essentially retired from the music industry as both a writer and performer. He lived in the USA for a period but currently resides in London. Tom Springfield Tom Springfield (born Dionysius P. A. O'Brien, 2 July 1934, and known when young as Dion O'Brien) was a musician and songwriter from the 1960s' folk and pop music scene. He is the brother of the late pop star Dusty Springfield, with whom he performed in The Springfields. Springfield was born in Hampstead, London, and attended the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe from 1944"
"Are You Jimmy Ray? ""Are You Jimmy Ray?"" is a song by British pop singer Jimmy Ray. It was released in February 1998 as the lead single from his 1998 self-titled debut album. The single entered the US ""Billboard"" Pop Songs chart on March 7, 1998 and eventually peaked at number 10. The song peaked at number 13 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. It has been Jimmy Ray's most popular single to date. Ray later re-recorded this song as ""Who Wants To Know"" on his second album ""Live To Fight Another Day"" in 2017. A music video went into"
"Fury with the Four Kestrels Billy Fury Ronald Wycherley (17 April 1940 – 28 January 1983), better known by his stage name Billy Fury, was an English singer from the late 1950s to the mid 1960s, and remained an active songwriter until the 1980s. Rheumatic fever, which he first contracted as a child, damaged his heart and ultimately contributed to his death. An early British rock and roll (and film) star, he equalled the Beatles' record of 24 hits in the 1960s, and spent 332 weeks on the UK chart, without a chart-topping single or album. AllMusic journalist Bruce Eder"
"Billy Usselton Billy Usselton (July 2, 1926 in New Castle, Pennsylvania – September 5, 1994) was an American jazz reed player. Usselton was proficient on tenor saxophone, clarinet, and oboe. He began playing professionally in high school with Bubbles Becker. Although his parents wanted him to attend college in Pennsylvania, he wanted to play for a living. He then played with Sonny Dunham in the 1940s before joining Ray Anthony in 1948-49 and again in 1951-52. In the interim, he joined Tommy Dorsey's band and recommended Mel Lewis after Buddy Rich was fired. After his second stint with Anthony, he"
"Waylon and Willie, as well as Jessi Colter's No. 1 crossover single, “I’m Not Lisa” and No. 1 albums ""I'm Jessi Colter"" and ""Diamond in the Rough."" A series of Top Ten albums and singles produced by Mansfield with both artists found a place on the charts and playlists in country and pop categories. The personal relationship between Jennings and Mansfield grew so close that one time the singer asked Mansfield if it would be OK to list him as next of kin on his emergency medical records. Mansfield also produced The Flying Burrito Brothers, David Cassidy, Don Ho, Nick"
"Collin Raye Floyd Elliot Wray (born August 22, 1960) is an American country music singer, known professionally as Collin Raye, and previously as Bubba Wray. Under the latter name, he recorded as a member of the band The Wrays between 1983 and 1987. He made his solo debut in 1991 as Collin Raye with the album ""All I Can Be"", which produced his first Number One hit in ""Love, Me"". ""All I Can Be"" was the first of four consecutive albums released by Raye to achieve platinum certification in the United States for sales of one million copies each. Raye"
"and Smoky Dawson. Dusty married singer-songwriter Joy McKean in 1951 and went on to become Australia's biggest selling domestic music artist with more than 7 million record sales. British-born country singer and yodeller, Frank Ifield, was one of the first Australian post-war performers to gain widespread international recognition. After returning to the UK in 1959 Ifield was successful in the early 1960s, becoming the first performer to have three consecutive number-one hits on the UK charts: ""I Remember You"", ""Lovesick Blues"" (both 1962) and ""The Wayward Wind"" (1963). ""I Remember You"" was also a Top 5 hit in the US."
"the Hot 100 during each of the seven consecutive years starting with 1964, continued until they broke up in 1970. One week after the Beatles entered the Hot 100 for the first time, Dusty Springfield, having launched a solo career after her participation in the Springfields, became the next British act to reach the Hot 100, peaking at number 12 with ""I Only Want to Be with You"". During the next three years, many more British acts with a chart-topping US single would appear. As 1965 approached, another wave of British Invasion artists emerged which usually consisted of groups playing"
"on Kapp Records. Billy Usselton Billy Usselton (July 2, 1926 in New Castle, Pennsylvania – September 5, 1994) was an American jazz reed player. Usselton was proficient on tenor saxophone, clarinet, and oboe. He began playing professionally in high school with Bubbles Becker. Although his parents wanted him to attend college in Pennsylvania, he wanted to play for a living. He then played with Sonny Dunham in the 1940s before joining Ray Anthony in 1948-49 and again in 1951-52. In the interim, he joined Tommy Dorsey's band and recommended Mel Lewis after Buddy Rich was fired. After his second stint"
"1950s and early 1960s including Ray Price. Paycheck, along with Willie Nelson, worked in Price's band the Cherokee Cowboys. He is featured as a tenor singer on recordings by Faron Young, Roger Miller, and Skeets McDonald. In 1960, he reached Top 35 status in ""Cashbox"" magazine's country charts as Donny Young with the tune ""Miracle Of Love"". From the early to mid-1960s, he also enjoyed some success as a songwriter for others, with his biggest songwriting hit being ""Apartment No. 9"", which served as Tammy Wynette's first chart hit in December 1966. In 1964, he changed his name legally to"
"Love Turns to Blue"" ""Getting It Right"" Reputation and Rarities Reputation and Rarities is the name of a repackaged/re-released version of British singer Dusty Springfield's 1990 studio album, ""Reputation"". In late 1987, there was a resurgence of interest in Springfield's career, which was a direct result of her work with Pet Shop Boys on the duet ""What Have I Done to Deserve This?"", released in November of the same year. The single reached #2 in the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and #2 in the UK Singles Chart, Springfield's highest simultaneous charting single ever. Springfield then worked with Pet Shop Boys"
"is known in the industry—a condescending term—as a one-hit wonder. But sometimes, just sometimes, once in a while, a one-hit wonder can make a more powerful impact than a recording star who's got 20 or 30 hits behind him. And Billy's hit song was called ""Red Hot,"" and it was red hot. It could blast you out of your skull and make you feel happy about it. Change your life. Billy Lee Riley Billy Lee Riley (October 5, 1933 – August 2, 2009) was an American rockabilly musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer. His most memorable recordings include ""Rock With Me"
"comedian Tony Hancock in all of the comedian's first TV series in 1956. He moved on to Philips Records, where he worked as producer with Frankie Vaughan, Marty Wilde and the Springfields. When Dusty Springfield went solo in 1963, he played her a tune he had written, which became her first big hit, ""I Only Want To Be With You"" under producer Johnny Franz. It reached no.4 on the UK singles chart, and he and lyricist Mike Hawker followed it up with Dusty's second hit single, ""Stay Awhile"". Raymonde continued working with Dusty Springfield through the 1960s, as well as"
"Duffy Power Duffy Power (born Raymond Leslie Howard; 9 September 1941 – 19 February 2014) was an English blues and rock and roll singer, who achieved some success in the 1960s and continued to perform and record intermittently later. Ray Howard was born in Fulham, South West London. He was discovered in 1959 by impresario Larry Parnes, singing at a talent show with his group Duffy and the Dreamers. He was renamed Duffy Power in the style of Parnes' other discoveries, such as Billy Fury, Marty Wilde, Vince Eager and Georgie Fame. He recorded a series of cover versions of"
"back to Scotland. The audition to play for Dusty Springfield was with Douggie Reece (bass), Micky Garrett (organ), Martin Gibbs (stand-in drummer for Tommy Frost) and Pete Clifford (lead guitar). After the audition, Bob Wackett replaced Tommy Frost on drums. Dusty's first Echoes were: Douggie Reece (bass), Micky Garrett (keyboards), Bob Wackett(drums), Pete Clifford (guitar). Throughout 1964, many shows were done with Springfield (including the tour of Australia with Gerry Marsden and The Pacemakers, Gene Pitney, Brian Poole and The Tremeloes), as well as a tour of America, this time with The Searchers and Eden Kane. Bob Wackett stayed with"