Dusty Springfield.An icon.Her posthumous induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame,in New York City in March 1999,was the final confirmation of her enduring status as one of the greatest female singers in the history of popular music.Her distinctive fashion style was imitated by a generation of young female fans,and her voice by an army of aspiring singers who could never sound like her,so unique was her sensuous yet powerful sound.She was a performer who was equally capable of performing the tender ballads of Bacharach and David,Gerry Goffin,but especially Carole King,as belting out up-tempo soul favourites with all the power,finesse and fervour of her own black music idols.
Mary O'Brien (Dusty) will always be my British Queen Of Soul
.