I never bought any of Dusty Springfield’s records… not that I didn’t like them, just didn’t get into her music that much that I felt the need to buy it. She had a brilliant voice, recorded many, many hit records and had a career that lasted from 1963 right up until she was diagnosed with cancer in 1995. She died in 1999. But now I listen to her music a lot, it’s strange sometimes.. you start getting into someones music later in life and realise what a great talent they were.
I knew all her hit songs from the radio, she was on the TV often.. always wore a long ballgown and had tons of eye make up on, real sixties look. But every time I saw her performing on TV she did impress me with her voice. She had a very soulful voice, quite unique in a way.. very distinctive.
The next song in the desert island collection is called Spooky… not one of her major hits, in fact it’s hard to find much info on the song at all. I think it’s from 1970, but I’m not sure.. all I know is that it’s one of the best songs to chill out to that I’ve got. It was used on some TV commercial or other.. aren’t they all?… and after hearing it I went and got the song. Not much more to say about it really, it’s the end of a busy week and I feel like chillin’ out.. it’s Friday evening after all.. and one of the those Friday evenings when I wish I really were on a desert island. So I’ll post the song, then sit back with a coffee and let Dusty Springfield’s voice drift around my little office here, close my eyes and conjure up the image of sitting on the porch of my beach shack. Not many songs can free up your mind like this… so into the collection it goes, it’s real quality music., lovely voice.
