Tag: Dusty Springfield

  • Just Dusty : The Real Dusty Springfield

    Just Dusty : The Real Dusty Springfield

      Dusty Springfield is probably the most iconic and inspirational British female singer EVER. Since her first hit “I Only Want to Be with You” charted in 1963, Dusty amassed twenty top 40 hits in a career that spanned over thirty years. Hits such as “Son of a Preacher Man,” “Stay Awhile,” “Some of Your…

  • What Have I (we) Done to Deserve This?

    What Have I (we) Done to Deserve This?

      For Throwback Thursday we replay a song that we are thinking of adopting as our Covid 19 anthem. “What Have I Done to Deserve This?” is a song by  English synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys, featuring singer Dusty Springfield.  It was released in 1987 and went to No 2 in the UK & US Charts, it helped…

  • Christine Keeler : ‘Nothing Has Been Proved’

    Christine Keeler : ‘Nothing Has Been Proved’

    Christine Keeler the ‘model’ who single-handedly almost brought down the British Government in 1963 when she was dating the married Secretary of State for War John Profumo at the same time she was stepping out with a ‘Cultural Attache’ cum spy  at the Russian Embassy , has died aged 75.   Just a teenager at the…