Bootleg Friday: Dusty Springfield At the BBC

Whether you like Amy Winehouse, Adele or Duffy; if you're a fan of the British female soul singer, then all roads lead back to Dusty Springfield.Springfield, like the R&B besotted Brits of her generation, sang her versions of American soul with love and enormous respect. What she brought to it was a pop sensibility informed by her very catholic tastes - everything from Gershwin, Rodgers & Hart and Cole Porter to Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Glenn Miller. The woman knew great music, and it c...

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