From the very start of her solo career, it was Dusty
Springfield’s intention to make records in the style of
the black American artists that she admired, both
professionally and personally. She recorded her
version of a soul song at her first solo session and was
still recording soul songs on all of her albums, singles
and EPs throughout the 60s and into the 70s.
'Dusty Sings Soul' is a long overdue and carefully
curated collection of recordings from Dusty’s 60s
singles and albums, designed to demonstrate that she
was not only the UK’s finest female singer but also its
finest soul singer of her era and, for many, of all time.
There is no shortage of Dusty compilations out there,
but this is the first one to exclusively concentrate on
this particular side of her far-reaching work.
These are not ‘covers’, in that Dusty never directly
covered any record until the original had run its course.
Dusty simply recorded songs that she loved herself,
and that she hoped her fans would love. Dusty was a
big fan of many of the artists whose songs she
recorded, and helped to raise their profile in the UK
through her interpretations of their work.
For soul fans who love Dusty but who only want to hear
her singing soul, rather than the show tunes and/or pop
ballads that she was equally at home with, this will be
every bit as essential as her 'Dusty In Memphis' album
and the records she made in Philadelphia at the very
end of the 60s with Gamble & Huff.
