Dusty Book

Dusty Springfield was one of the most successful female singers Britain ever produced, with a unique, instantly recognisable dusky voice and strength of character that kept this icon of the 1960s centre-stage right up to her death. Her story is truly fascinating. From her early days as a plump and bespectacled convent girl through to her transformation into a heavy- lidded, bee-hived blonde bombshell who took the world by storm, her love of music and lust for fame drove her into the hearts of millions of people around the world, but never quite brought her the happiness that should have followed. Lucy O'Brien, in this definitive, updated biography, captures the essence of the woman behind the glamour. Her struggles with her beliefs, drink and drug problem, low self image and weight problems led to her reputation as a "difficult" artiste, yet her successful heyday and her recent triumphant comebacks with the likes of The Pet Shop Boys, and the recording of one of her most successful and highly acclaimed albums, in the 1990s, pushed her back into the limelight just the cancer that would eventually kill her began to take hold. Dusty is an extremely well-researched biography which cleverly, affectionately and without a trace of schmaltz takes the reader into the soul of a woman who stood the test of time with a talent that continued to reach out to new generations of music lovers right up to her death and beyond.--Susan HarrisonRead More