She was deported from South Africa because she wouldn’t sing to segregated audiences. She had it written into her contract that she wouldn’t sing to segregated audiences. Well done Dusty
The Beatles had the same rule, hence why they never played in Alabama or Mississippi during their touring years 1964-1966. They almost cancelled a show in Florida over it.
If you listen to rap, Cypress Hill used the music from this song on their song "Hits From the Bong". The song was also used in a famous scene from Pulp Fiction. Really it's been used in to many places to mention in a UA-cam post.
Dusty is the original, but this song has been covered by almost every female blues / jazz singer out there. The Etta James version is very silky-similar, while the honky-tonk versions by Aretha Franklin and Tina Turner are well worth listening to. AND- this IS one song that I'd LOVE to hear Annie Lennox cover.
Preachers' kids are human, too. Scandalous! :) I liked this song when it was on the radio and was surprised by how well it's aged. Ms Dusty Springfield's sultry voice is perfect for it. Love that gospel choir background, too. Great reaction.
'Spooky' is my favourite of hers, after having watched 'Lock, stock, and two smoking barrels', which featured the song - I remember thinking, 'damn, that is good...' ✌️😄
Along with other British soul singers like Joe Cocker, and Eric Burdon (The Animals) there is Dusty Springfield. What a soulful voice this woman had. A huge star in the 1960s, Dusty was one of the biggest female artists in the world. Please react to more of her music.
Dusty Springfield was huge in the 60s in a range of styles. Try her "Wishin' and Hopin'" for early 60s pop or her version of "Spooky" for jazzy hotness.
Dusty Springfield had one of the best most talented female voices ever. Absolutely beautiful and versatile. I've played the song for people and they didn't know who it was but knew they had heard it, and then realized it was used in the movie "Pulp Fiction," and a rather long sampling of it was used so it's easily remembered for many thanks to "Pulp Fiction."
@@leonardshevlin7260 I haven't retained all I've heard and at this point in my life she's all wrapped up in 'Liege & Lief' by Fairport Convention, which was acid-etched into my dna. I got to see them at the troubador after richard thompson left.. I got to speak to her but only asked her to ask swarbrick to play his mandolin. one of those rethink moments.
Dusty Springfield was a British female singing and recording artist from London. She was heavily influenced by US Pop, Soul, Gospel and Blues singers from the USA. She died aged 59, from Breast cancer.
@@paulobrien9572 Yup, that’s why I called her British, not as some would “English”. The same way I’m not English either but I am British. She was born and grew up in the U.K. and lived in London until her working life started.
One of the coolest effects in this song is created in the producing, with the subtle volume rise that happens throughout the song, kind of like 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago, or that 80's movie hit from Phil Collins.
Dusty was a woman ... white and British, although she could sound Black and American to my ears at times. But I love the idea of this song being sung by a man. Would lend some oomph to lines "stealing kisses from me on the sly." Not to mention "checking to see how much we've grown" LOL.
I was so hesitant to watch a reaction to one of my all time favorite songs. I'd be likely to be a lil irrational if y'all didn't appreciate the rich subtlety smooth decadence of Dusty. How fun to hear your impressions 🖤
This song got a second life when it was in a scene in Pulp Fiction. Quentin Tarantino said he probably wouldn’t have filmed that scene had he not gotten permission to use the song. Thankfully he did🙏🏼
Though I go back prior to, this song reminds me of the movie Pulp Fiction and Uma Thurman. Dusty was gorgeous and had great stage presence and a unique and incredible voice..
Dusty Springfield was a girl. Her real name was Mary O'Brien. She was Irish and lived in England. She had huge hits in the 60's. Then faded away. She had a brief comeback, but died of cancer in 1999. She recorded 29 Albums. And had many hit singles. Her own Television Show and many concert performances. Her voice was unique. Many mistook her for an American Gospel singer.
The Pulp Fiction sound track gave this song a huge comeback in the 90`s. Pulp Fiction Son Of A Preacher Man Scene ua-cam.com/video/i0vqgN2re0k/v-deo.html
Dusty recorded it first, but Aretha Franklin also sang it. Dusty Springfield is one of the most famous British female singers to come from England (probably 2nd only to Kate Bush).
@@jhamler1 They're more famous among young people because they're more recent but she was huge in the 60s when this was recorded and all those singers you mentioned, and I'm a fan of them all, would have listened to Dusty. She opened the door for white female soul singers. Annie Lennox's first hit, pre-Eurythmics as part of The Tourists, was a cover of Dusty's I Only Want To Be With You.
@@jhamler1 when I say "famous" I mean more than name recognition (I mean influence, stature, talent, accomplishments, etc.). Dusty Springfield and Kate Bush are pioneers for women in the music industry. Kate Bush is a legend, an icon and a musical genius. By the time Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour discovered her at the age of 15, she had already written over 250 songs. A brilliant and innovative composer, lyricist, singer (with a 4-octave voice), pianist, dancer, mime, choreographer, record producer, video producer & director - she even helped develop the first cordless headset microphone that she used on tour. Hugely influential and highly respected by musicians worldwide, Kate was one of the first female musicians to take total production and artistic control over her work. She was the first woman to have a self-written #1 song. First woman to have an album debut at #1. First woman to have a Top 10 album in each of the last four decades. She has had 25 Top 40 singles, 10 albums on the Top 10 Albums Charts, nominated 13 times for British Phonographic Industry awards and 3 Grammy awards, an Ivor Novella Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music, and appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2013 for her honored services to music. In September of 2020 Kate was honored as a fellow of the prestigious Ivors Academy for songwriters and composers. In 2014 she returned to the stage and sold out over 100,000 tickets in less than 15 minutes (a record for the Hammersmith Apollo). Her 22 performances were highly acclaimed (named as "the #1 live music event of the year" by many music publications) and in 2014 she became the first woman to have 8 albums in the top 40 charts at the same time (third behind only Elvis and The Beatles). So, let me know if Adele ever gets to that level and we'll talk.
@@mvellis3863 Okay. I stand kinda/sorta corrected thanks to that Wikipedia page you just transcribed.. Nothing against Kate Bush but she was just never that big of a deal here in clueless America. Running Up A Hill is the only song that really made an impact over here (35 years ago, mind you) whereas Adele is currently making people take their pants off for no good reason.
@@jhamler1 Don't know what your pants reference refers to but I'm talking about a musician's contribution to the art of music. Despite Kate not being well know by the American general public (in contrast to a huge percentage of American musicians who revere and respect her) she is an icon in many other parts of the world. Not only is she a pioneer in the music industry who blazed a path for women musicians to break into the industry and become producers and have more control over their own work, but her innovation, influence, artistic genius, and originality put her on a level equivalent to many of her male counterparts such as David Bowie and Peter Gabriel. Adele may have a great voice, but her music is not much more than pablum for the masses.
We're on holiday and been on the road for hours and the kids are restless. "let's have a singalong" and Dusty comes on the radio. Yay, it's "Sound of a Creature Man".
I think you started at the right place to listen to Dusty, recently bought an original U.K copy of the album, the whole album is brilliant not a bad track on it.. Recorded at the legendary Muscle Shoals studio in Alabahama. Dusty was one of the great female voices.
One of my all time favourites. There's as much soul in this song, from the whitest of English women, than anyone could ever put into a song. I think if Aretha or Whitney ever did it.....and hell I would have loved to have heard that.........It would be up there with Grapevine or Dock of the Bay.
You have NO IDEA how much I still enjoy the look on young black dudes faces when I tell them that it was sung by a white English lady. 😂😂😎 Dusty Springfield... still shocking the hell out of people after 53 years!! 💯😎
@@pastorofmuppets22 Sorry about that. It was offered to Aretha Franklin who turned it down. First recorded and released by Dusty Springfield in November 1968. There have been 178 cover versions including Aretha Franklin on the 15th January 1970.
I first heard this song back in 1996 when Sinbad did a comedy stand up with the same title. When the showed this song played and I’ve been hook ever chance.
I loved Dusty since my childhood in England, the single reservation being some chagrin when her vocal trio with brother Dion O'Brien, aka Tom Springfield(she was actually Mary O'Brien), the Springfields, supplanted the superior original version of 'Spanish Harlem' on British radio with their own, a routine phenomenon as with white artists covering black artists Stateside; Pat Boone's somewhat insipid Little Richard covers fared better than the originals almost everywhere too. Dusty's smoky, sultry but cool voice and delivery was always a pleasure to listen to, and fans will always mourn her premature passing of breast cancer weeks before her 60th birthday in 1999. More Dusty: 'I Only Want to be With You', her first solo hit, late '63; 'You Don't Have to Say You Love Me', same era as '...Preacher Man'; 'What Have I Done to Deserve This', Pet Shop Boys, feat. Dusty, a career reboot of sorts after a long drought. I was very happy to learn of her close friendship with Canadian gay icon Carole Pope of Rough Trade at the time, thinking excellence befits excellence, and great minds slink alike down the boulevards, back-alleys and byways. Dusty's friend Elton John also helped induct her into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a couple of weeks after her death. 8'>)
You mentioned Annie Lennox... her voice is so special that Peter Jackson purposed, from the getgo, that she do the main song in his upcoming LOTR films... the closing song *"Into The West"* . Only her♡
Dusty was in a group, The Springfields, with her brother Tom Springfield and Tim Field. They were a more folk group. She went solo in 1963, recorded this in 1968.
She was the first maybe ONLY white woman and English! To be signed by Motown in the 60s, before people saw her everyone assumed she was a black American woman, bit got a shock when she appeared on TV with a blond beehive hair do a white mini skirt black eye liner and was a young white English girl! I think that's funny... Just another reason people should "never judge a book by it's cover"! She was as Smoking hot/sex symbol in her day (and Also it came out afterwards she was in fact a Lesbian!) So you were spot on with the androgenous voice.. plus I'd imagine she probably smoked like everyone did back then lol.. Great review! You should watch some of the Videos for these old tunes as you get a much better feel for the performers and ambiance of the day.. Think she along with MOST British artists at that time campaigned AGAINST racism in America and South Africa etc and brought black music to the main stream in her case Motown but other like Eric Clapton/Cream and Peter Greene's Fleetwood Mac among many others for Blues music etc. (She ended up dieing tragically young of I think Bowel cancer or something similar) Cheers from London England 👍❤️😎🏴
Dusty Springfield - "Son of a Preacher Man" from the album 'Dusty In Memphis'. "Son of a Preacher Man" is on Rolling Stone's list of the greatest songs of all time and has been covered by Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, and Ike & Tina Turner among many others.
If y'all seen the movie Pulp Fiction you've heard this song. It was played during one of the scenes in that movie. Great movie to watch if you haven't seen it!
I may not always like Tarantino's movies and think he's a fucking weirdo but one thing I will never complain about is the soundtracks to his films. He always absolutely nails the song selection.
Im an Immigrant, me and my girlfriends would play this song as a party song in the 90s in Sweden! Such an amazing vibe, loving song and about true love ❤
This song was a huge hit in the '60s; takes me back to my childhood. Dusty was British, but had a sound like a lot of the US pop-country artists of the time. Songs like "Harper Valley PTA" by Jeannie C. Riley and "Ode to Billie Joe" ("Tallahatchie Bridge") by Bobbie Gentry were contemporaries of this one.
You Bet that I have this song from my schooldays in my library. "The Look Of Love" was in the 1st James bond movie with the title Casino Royal (1967) The theme song "Casino Royal" was done by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. Both of those are great.
Also from Dusty, "The Look of Love". That also fits the "movies" theme, since it was in the 1968 version of "Casino Royale". (The one that was a parody of James Bond films, rather than an official entry.)
Dusty was the first to release this song but you probably have heard the Aretha Franklins version. both great versions but i prefer Dusty's. Funny thing is Aretha was offered the song first and turned it down but then recorded it after hearing Dusty's version and liking it
She was deported from South Africa because she wouldn’t sing to segregated audiences. She had it written into her contract that she wouldn’t sing to segregated audiences. Well done Dusty
The Beatles had the same rule, hence why they never played in Alabama or Mississippi during their touring years 1964-1966. They almost cancelled a show in Florida over it.
@@andrewft31 Good. Their loss, our gain.
👍😇✌️
@@andrewft31 AWESOME
Makes sense. Her girlfriend was black. Loved Dusty. Still do.
Dusty Springfield is British and had several big hits in the 60’s, this one was in 1969. There’s so much more for you to listen to from Dusty.
She was born in England but to Irish parents her real name is Mary O'Brien
@@paulobrien9572 So that makes her English
And her brother is musician/actor Rick Springfield. ❤️💋
@@cathyhall1350 Rick's real last name is Springthorpe Dusty's is O'Brien they're not related
@@robinlabouche2230 Yes, but her throat is Irish.
I love the way Dusty sings this. It's like she's whispering in your ear, letting you in on a secret. Beautiful.
Yes. It's a memory. But that boy is long gone.
If you listen to rap, Cypress Hill used the music from this song on their song "Hits From the Bong". The song was also used in a famous scene from Pulp Fiction. Really it's been used in to many places to mention in a UA-cam post.
My favorite Cypress Hill track lol
Takin hits from the booooooong
Dusty is the original, but this song has been covered by almost every female blues / jazz singer out there.
The Etta James version is very silky-similar, while the honky-tonk versions by Aretha Franklin and Tina Turner are well worth listening to. AND- this IS one song that I'd LOVE to hear Annie Lennox cover.
And Angelina Jordan, but Dusty's original is fantastic. Love her music, and singing.
Joan Osborne does a KILLER live version. Highly recommend. 🤘💜💚💛✌️
My favourite is the Mavis Staples cover
didnt realize this wasnt the OG well done!
i mean was the og but yall get it
When the backup singers come in for the first time I get the chills, since I was a kid. This song is amazing on every level.
Those are The Sweet Inspirations - Elvis' backup singers..
@@mochs3869 The horns kick ass
Preachers' kids are human, too. Scandalous! :) I liked this song when it was on the radio and was surprised by how well it's aged. Ms Dusty Springfield's sultry voice is perfect for it. Love that gospel choir background, too. Great reaction.
Dusty Springfield probably the only British female singer who could genuinely sing soul. Fantastic. Try "You don't have to say you love me"
I love that song. There is a great live video of her singing this song, with some dramatic arm movements.
That's because she has the soul of an Irish woman she was born in England but to Irish parents her real name is Mary O'Brien
@@paulobrien9572 Sure like English aint got soul!!
Lulu, Alison Moyet, Kiki Dee, Elkie Brooks, back in the day.
'Spooky' is my favourite of hers, after having watched 'Lock, stock, and two smoking barrels', which featured the song - I remember thinking, 'damn, that is good...' ✌️😄
Along with other British soul singers like Joe Cocker, and Eric Burdon (The Animals) there is Dusty Springfield. What a soulful voice this woman had. A huge star in the 1960s, Dusty was one of the biggest female artists in the world. Please react to more of her music.
Wait Joe cocker is English, I had no clue. I'm kinda shocked since he's a big pro usa guy.
I agree with all except Irish..born in engkand
@@meghanschuler4739 Yes, Joe was English, born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
Dusty Springfield was huge in the 60s in a range of styles. Try her "Wishin' and Hopin'" for early 60s pop or her version of "Spooky" for jazzy hotness.
Spooky is such a smooth jam. Love it!
I absolutely loved this song when I heard her on the radio as a kid.classic and 👍
Dusty Springfield had one of the best most talented female voices ever. Absolutely beautiful and versatile. I've played the song for people and they didn't know who it was but knew they had heard it, and then realized it was used in the movie "Pulp Fiction," and a rather long sampling of it was used so it's easily remembered for many thanks to "Pulp Fiction."
yes...the original. The great legendary Dusty Springfield. 60's. British girl. fabulous voice.
"Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" is a song written by the English folk-rock singer and songwriter Sandy Denny.
you should hear it.
What's your favorite of Sandy's recordings of her best song?
@@leonardshevlin7260 I haven't retained all I've heard and at this point in my life she's all wrapped up in 'Liege & Lief' by Fairport Convention, which was acid-etched into my dna. I got to see them at the troubador after richard thompson left.. I got to speak to her but only asked her to ask swarbrick to play his mandolin. one of those rethink moments.
Yes!
What a beautiful track. Sandy was and is a legend. What a voice. Have a good Xmas Stephen 👍
Dusty Springfield had the soulful Pop voice.Strong but also velvety smooth. A one off a voice that never goes out of fashion.
Such a great song! I could listen to it over & over.
Dusty Springfield was a British female singing and recording artist from London. She was heavily influenced by US Pop, Soul, Gospel and Blues singers from the USA. She died aged 59, from Breast cancer.
She was born in England but to Irish parents her real name is Mary O'Brien
@@paulobrien9572 Yup, that’s why I called her British, not as some would “English”. The same way I’m not English either but I am British. She was born and grew up in the U.K. and lived in London until her working life started.
Lex's reaction when Dusty started singing is what nade this reaction epic!
This is the definition of Blue Eyed Soul.
One of the coolest effects in this song is created in the producing, with the subtle volume rise that happens throughout the song, kind of like 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago, or that 80's movie hit from Phil Collins.
Dusty was a woman ... white and British, although she could sound Black and American to my ears at times.
But I love the idea of this song being sung by a man. Would lend some oomph to lines "stealing kisses from me on the sly." Not to mention "checking to see how much we've grown" LOL.
I was so hesitant to watch a reaction to one of my all time favorite songs. I'd be likely to be a lil irrational if y'all didn't appreciate the rich subtlety smooth decadence of Dusty. How fun to hear your impressions 🖤
This song got a second life when it was in a scene in Pulp Fiction.
Quentin Tarantino said he probably wouldn’t have filmed that scene had he not gotten permission to use the song.
Thankfully he did🙏🏼
Went way too far down the comments to see Pulp Fiction reference.
Though I go back prior to, this song reminds me of the movie Pulp Fiction and Uma Thurman. Dusty was gorgeous and had great stage presence and a unique and incredible voice..
Joss Stone performing Dusty Springfield's 'Son of a Preacher Man' at the UK Music Hall of Fame on 14/11/06. Must see video.
Dusty Springfield was born Mary O'Brien in Ireland. What a smoky 'black' voice for an Irish girl - rare talent
Fabulous arrangement and recording quality!!!!!
I love Dusty!
The drumming in this song is so freaking perfect.
Thank the godly musicians of American Sound Studio in Memphis!!
Dusty Springfield was a girl. Her real name was Mary O'Brien. She was Irish and lived in England. She had huge hits in the 60's. Then faded away. She had a brief comeback, but died of cancer in 1999. She recorded 29 Albums. And had many hit singles. Her own Television Show and many concert performances. Her voice was unique. Many mistook her for an American Gospel singer.
Dusty’s comeback was with the Petshopboys .
The Pulp Fiction sound track gave this song a huge comeback in the 90`s.
Pulp Fiction Son Of A Preacher Man Scene
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Dusty recorded it first, but Aretha Franklin also sang it. Dusty Springfield is one of the most famous British female singers to come from England (probably 2nd only to Kate Bush).
Really? Annie Lennox, Adele, and Amy Winehouse are all more famous than both Dusty and Kate Bush. And that just the gals whose names start with A.
@@jhamler1 They're more famous among young people because they're more recent but she was huge in the 60s when this was recorded and all those singers you mentioned, and I'm a fan of them all, would have listened to Dusty. She opened the door for white female soul singers. Annie Lennox's first hit, pre-Eurythmics as part of The Tourists, was a cover of Dusty's I Only Want To Be With You.
@@jhamler1 when I say "famous" I mean more than name recognition (I mean influence, stature, talent, accomplishments, etc.). Dusty Springfield and Kate Bush are pioneers for women in the music industry. Kate Bush is a legend, an icon and a musical genius. By the time Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour discovered her at the age of 15, she had already written over 250 songs. A brilliant and innovative composer, lyricist, singer (with a 4-octave voice), pianist, dancer, mime, choreographer, record producer, video producer & director - she even helped develop the first cordless headset microphone that she used on tour. Hugely influential and highly respected by musicians worldwide, Kate was one of the first female musicians to take total production and artistic control over her work. She was the first woman to have a self-written #1 song. First woman to have an album debut at #1. First woman to have a Top 10 album in each of the last four decades. She has had 25 Top 40 singles, 10 albums on the Top 10 Albums Charts, nominated 13 times for British Phonographic Industry awards and 3 Grammy awards, an Ivor Novella Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music, and appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2013 for her honored services to music. In September of 2020 Kate was honored as a fellow of the prestigious Ivors Academy for songwriters and composers. In 2014 she returned to the stage and sold out over 100,000 tickets in less than 15 minutes (a record for the Hammersmith Apollo). Her 22 performances were highly acclaimed (named as "the #1 live music event of the year" by many music publications) and in 2014 she became the first woman to have 8 albums in the top 40 charts at the same time (third behind only Elvis and The Beatles). So, let me know if Adele ever gets to that level and we'll talk.
@@mvellis3863 Okay. I stand kinda/sorta corrected thanks to that Wikipedia page you just transcribed.. Nothing against Kate Bush but she was just never that big of a deal here in clueless America. Running Up A Hill is the only song that really made an impact over here (35 years ago, mind you) whereas Adele is currently making people take their pants off for no good reason.
@@jhamler1 Don't know what your pants reference refers to but I'm talking about a musician's contribution to the art of music. Despite Kate not being well know by the American general public (in contrast to a huge percentage of American musicians who revere and respect her) she is an icon in many other parts of the world. Not only is she a pioneer in the music industry who blazed a path for women musicians to break into the industry and become producers and have more control over their own work, but her innovation, influence, artistic genius, and originality put her on a level equivalent to many of her male counterparts such as David Bowie and Peter Gabriel. Adele may have a great voice, but her music is not much more than pablum for the masses.
Dusty is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
This is the original. Classic. No one ever better than Dusty. She was British but came to Nashvillle to sing this and other songs. All time soulful.
I have always loved her voice.
This song has such good vibes. Always in my playlist.
Dusty was the Queen of smooth!
💖💖💖 Beautiful sound, Beautiful Song, Beautiful Voice.
I absolutely agree
We're on holiday and been on the road for hours and the kids are restless. "let's have a singalong" and Dusty comes on the radio. Yay, it's "Sound of a Creature Man".
WoW ha to be over 40 years since I heard this song! Thanks for bringn me back in time and reminding me about this song! ❤️😁
Love this song. Its like early Motown for me.
I think you started at the right place to listen to Dusty, recently bought an original U.K copy of the album, the whole album is brilliant not a bad track on it.. Recorded at the legendary Muscle Shoals studio in Alabahama. Dusty was one of the great female voices.
Thank for the all the good music from old Germany near Hamburg! It's an original from Dusty. RIP.
Love Dusty! Great, great song all around. Great lyrics, sound, and voice. It's an easy 10! Thanks for posting.
That intro is timeless.. Turn it up and let Dusty tell you all about it..
Pick it, pack it
Fire it up, come along
And take a hit from the bong...
Love this sample in Hits from the Bong also
The Instrumentals SO REMIND me of Otis Redding's "Dock of the Bay".... Soooo Smooth!
One of my all time favourites. There's as much soul in this song, from the whitest of English women, than anyone could ever put into a song.
I think if Aretha or Whitney ever did it.....and hell I would have loved to have heard that.........It would be up there with Grapevine or Dock of the Bay.
Aretha did do this song around the same time
One of the best female blues singers 🙂
Finally... I made this request many many many months ago.. This is the original song, Dusty Springfield is the Original..
This is from the Pulp Fiction movie, one of my favorite movies ever.
"Such a different era!" .. Chil', you should only know.
You have NO IDEA how much I still enjoy the look on young black dudes faces when I tell them that it was sung by a white English lady. 😂😂😎 Dusty Springfield... still shocking the hell out of people after 53 years!! 💯😎
It was sung by Aretha Franklin and Dusty covered it.Dusty even used the same background singers Aretha originally did it with
@@pastorofmuppets22 Sorry about that. It was offered to Aretha Franklin who turned it down. First recorded and released by Dusty Springfield in November 1968. There have been 178 cover versions including Aretha Franklin on the 15th January 1970.
I first heard this song back in 1996 when Sinbad did a comedy stand up with the same title. When the showed this song played and I’ve been hook ever chance.
Dusty a British 🇬🇧 singing legend
Loooove this song! Never gets old either.
this was in Pulp Fiction
Good stuff. I'll watch it again. It is indeed smooth like good whiskey
I loved Dusty since my childhood in England, the single reservation being some chagrin when her vocal trio with brother Dion O'Brien, aka Tom Springfield(she was actually Mary O'Brien), the Springfields, supplanted the superior original version of 'Spanish Harlem' on British radio with their own, a routine phenomenon as with white artists covering black artists Stateside; Pat Boone's somewhat insipid Little Richard covers fared better than the originals almost everywhere too.
Dusty's smoky, sultry but cool voice and delivery was always a pleasure to listen to, and fans will always mourn her premature passing of breast cancer weeks before her 60th birthday in 1999.
More Dusty: 'I Only Want to be With You', her first solo hit, late '63;
'You Don't Have to Say You Love Me', same era as '...Preacher Man';
'What Have I Done to Deserve This', Pet Shop Boys, feat. Dusty, a career reboot of sorts after a long drought.
I was very happy to learn of her close friendship with Canadian gay icon Carole Pope of Rough Trade at the time, thinking excellence befits excellence, and great minds slink alike down the boulevards, back-alleys and byways.
Dusty's friend Elton John also helped induct her into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a couple of weeks after her death. 8'>)
You mentioned Annie Lennox... her voice is so special that Peter Jackson purposed, from the getgo, that she do the main song in his upcoming LOTR films... the closing song *"Into The West"* . Only her♡
Great number... pure classic.
Love how you 2 had completely different reactions this is classic song.
Dusty was in a group, The Springfields, with her brother Tom Springfield and Tim Field. They were a more folk group. She went solo in 1963, recorded this in 1968.
I don’t know where you guys are getting your suggestions from but your choices for the reactions are awesome 👍
Best wishes from Barcelona! Son of a preacher
The movie Pulp Fiction made this song popular again..
Lex's face was great when she started singing!
Dusty was a British Icon and legend!
Cypress Hill sampled the whole song for their hit "Hits from the Bong". that is an amazing song yall should react to.
❤️❤️❤️Dusty ❤️❤️❤️ PERFECTION
The song was in the movie Pulp Fiction,
"If Love Is a Red Dress (Hang Me in Rags)", 1994, by Maria McKee -- powerhouse vocals, slow song
This song has been covered many, many times....but this is the original. This song is also sampled on Cypress Hill's "Hits from the Bong"
She was the first maybe ONLY white woman and English! To be signed by Motown in the 60s, before people saw her everyone assumed she was a black American woman, bit got a shock when she appeared on TV with a blond beehive hair do a white mini skirt black eye liner and was a young white English girl! I think that's funny... Just another reason people should "never judge a book by it's cover"! She was as Smoking hot/sex symbol in her day (and Also it came out afterwards she was in fact a Lesbian!) So you were spot on with the androgenous voice.. plus I'd imagine she probably smoked like everyone did back then lol..
Great review! You should watch some of the Videos for these old tunes as you get a much better feel for the performers and ambiance of the day.. Think she along with MOST British artists at that time campaigned AGAINST racism in America and South Africa etc and brought black music to the main stream in her case Motown but other like Eric Clapton/Cream and Peter Greene's Fleetwood Mac among many others for Blues music etc. (She ended up dieing tragically young of I think Bowel cancer or something similar)
Cheers from London England 👍❤️😎🏴
hits from the bong...
Reggie Young on guitar, Gene Chrisman on drums and Tommy Cogbill on bass. What a band they had at American Sound. 👌🏼
Dusty Springfield - "Son of a Preacher Man" from the album 'Dusty In Memphis'. "Son of a Preacher Man" is on Rolling Stone's list of the greatest songs of all time and has been covered by Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, and Ike & Tina Turner among many others.
Wishin' and Hopin' is a classic 60's pop song by Dusty - I love it!
you should follow this one up with ( The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia ) by Vicki Lawrence
If y'all seen the movie Pulp Fiction you've heard this song. It was played during one of the scenes in that movie.
Great movie to watch if you haven't seen it!
I may not always like Tarantino's movies and think he's a fucking weirdo but one thing I will never complain about is the soundtracks to his films. He always absolutely nails the song selection.
You need to watch her live. Beautiful and very talented lady
Son of a preacher man was on the soundtrack for the movie Pulp Fiction
Im an Immigrant, me and my girlfriends would play this song as a party song in the 90s in Sweden! Such an amazing vibe, loving song and about true love ❤
I knew someone who ran a cafe, and said every morning, part of the ritual, was to play this while putting out the chairs and setting up for the day.
in the 80s Dusty collaborated with Pet Shop Boys, the song "In Private" is worth a listen 🎶
"What Have I Done to Deserve This" is very good too!
definitely!
I listed "In Private" because Dusty Springfield is the singer on it. It's PSB doing the music but it's her record.
This is a fave for me - so sensual and rich (and I'm a preacher's kid myself).
This song was a huge hit in the '60s; takes me back to my childhood. Dusty was British, but had a sound like a lot of the US pop-country artists of the time. Songs like "Harper Valley PTA" by Jeannie C. Riley and "Ode to Billie Joe" ("Tallahatchie Bridge") by Bobbie Gentry were contemporaries of this one.
what you guys may have heard before is a song by Cypress Hill called "Hits From The Bong" that heavily samples the intro from this song.
Dusty in Memphis has that timeless sound. I highly recommend “Memphis Soul Stew”, by King Curtis. Just make sure it’s the studio version.
What a voice.
Dusty, a British singer of Irish heritage - fantastic pipes - check out her greatest hits.
Crazy you can hear this sampled in Cypress Hills hits from the bong
You Bet that I have this song from my schooldays in my library. "The Look Of Love" was in the 1st James bond movie with the title Casino Royal (1967) The theme song "Casino Royal" was done by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. Both of those are great.
Also from Dusty, "The Look of Love". That also fits the "movies" theme, since it was in the 1968 version of "Casino Royale". (The one that was a parody of James Bond films, rather than an official entry.)
Dusty was a woman born in England this song came out in 1969
I think she was an o Brian also . Mary o'Brien. ( Irish parents)
@@shanenolan8252 Yes she was one of our clan
Hits from the bong - cypress hill uses this songs beat from the beginning
Dusty was the first to release this song but you probably have heard the Aretha Franklins version. both great versions but i prefer Dusty's. Funny thing is Aretha was offered the song first and turned it down but then recorded it after hearing Dusty's version and liking it
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