RELEASED 2014
LABEL Ace Records / Border Music
The previous volumes in our “Heard Them Here First” series focused on Elvis Presley, Cliff Richard, the Ramones and the New York Dolls. This edition features the original versions of numbers recorded by Dusty Springfield, the UK's premier female vocalist of the 1960s.
Dusty's expertise as an interpretive singer prevented her from being viewed as a cover artist and allowed her the luxury of recording the songs of her favourite American performers and writers.
The selection spans Marie Knight's ‘Nothing In The World', a super song Dusty recorded on her first LP, through to K.T. Oslin's ‘Where Is A Woman To Go’, a highlight of Dusty's swansong album. The Marie Knight track makes its CD debut here, along with ‘Love Me By Name’ by Lesley Gore, ‘Packin’ Up' by Margie Hendrix and Carla Thomas' ‘Every Ounce Of Strength’.
Reflecting Dusty's impeccable taste in music, our CD also includes songs by her preferred songwriting teams – Goffin & King and Bacharach & David – and several great examples from the Motown catalogue.
Track Listing:
DISC 1:
Needle In A Haystack - The Velvelettes
Packin’ Up - Margie Hendrix
Won’t Be Long - Aretha Franklin
Nothing In The World - Marie Knight
Can I Get A Witness - Marvin Gaye
Now That You’re My Baby - The Chiffons
You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me - The Miracles
Doodlin’ - Baby Washington
Welcome Home - Garnet Mimms
Some Of Your Lovin’ - The Honey Bees
Every Ounce Of Strength - Carla Thomas
That Old Sweet Roll (Hi-De-Ho) - The City
No Stranger Am I - Norma Tanega
Another Night - Dionne Warwick
The Magic Garden - The 5th Dimension
Girls It Ain’t Easy - The Honey Cone
Girls Can’t Do What The Guys Do - Betty Wright
Ain’t No Sun Since You’ve Been Gone - Gladys Knight & The Pips
Am I The Same Girl - Barbara Acklin
Crumbs Off The Table - The Glass House
You Can Do It - Evie Sands
Love Me By Name - Lesley Gore
Turn Me Around - Chi Coltrane
Where Is A Woman To Go- - K.T. Oslin
