Dusty.

[mickd1961]

Hours of magical stuff on BBC2 tonight listening to the magnificent Dusty Springfield, our greatest ever British singer in my opinion.

I’m getting old, this reduced me to tears…..

https://youtu.be/S_xsMpEFLS0

[kettering_baggie]

MOTD was better than ever, no boring rubbish to listen to from the awful pundits.

[kettering_baggie]

Mick, I thought a thread entitled ‘Dusty’ was going to be about the bass player in ZZ Top! There are a number of female British singers that I prefer to Dusty Springfield, Sandy Denny for one, Annie Haslam for another but each to their own.

[mickd1961]

Mick, I thought a thread entitled ‘Dusty’ was going to be about the bass player in ZZ Top! There are a number of female British singers that I prefer to Dusty Springfield, Sandy Denny for one, Annie Haslam for another but each to their own.

I think Dusty's versatility was amazing Kets.

I absolutely love "Northern Lights by Renaissance from 1978, I listen to it a few times every week even now and that's what I associate Annie with.

[albion68]

Mick, I thought a thread entitled ‘Dusty’ was going to be about the bass player in ZZ Top! There are a number of female British singers that I prefer to Dusty Springfield, Sandy Denny for one, Annie Haslam for another but each to their own.

sandy denny had a unique voice..all time favourite along with Mandy prior..more recently Kate rusby.

[Omegstrat6]

Dusty Springfield is one of my own favourite singers too although it's not just her voice that makes a lot of her songs for me but also that particular 60s style orchestration/arrangements given to them. One of the few "blue eyed soul" artists who could pull it off.

Read her biography a couple of years ago which was interesting but she had quite a sad life really. Quite apart from issues over her ***uality she could also be riven by insecurities over her singing. Whilst perfectly capable of doing songs in one take she would sometimes insist on re-doing particular sections or phrases that she was not happy with and then they'd have to splice the different vocals together. I think Brian Wilson would do similar if I remember rightly too?

[Epsombaggie]

Sandy Denny for me. Remember seeing her with Fairport at Mothers in 1969. I was hooked & loved all her stuff thereafter

[boingy]

Definitely one of our best Mick. Shirley Bassey is our British Diva though. My mother was obsessed with her.