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Dusty Springfield

Beloved British songstress had a voice that could chill the spine and warm the heart, on a catalogue of classic songs.

Biography

Britain's greatest pop diva, Dusty Springfield (born Mary O'Brien on April 16, 1939, and raised on an eclectic diet of classical music and jazz) was also the finest white soul singer of her era, a performer of remarkable emotional resonance whose body of work spans the decades and their attendant musical transformations with a consistency and purity unmatched by any of her contemporaries; though a camp icon of glamorous excess in her towering beehive hairdo and black mascara, the sultry intimacy and heartbreaking urgency of Springfield's voice transcended image and fashion, embracing everything from lushly orchestrated pop to gritty R&B to disco with unparalleled sophistication and depth. ~ Jason Ankeny

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