A Girl Called Dusty

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A Girl Called Dusty
Studio album by Dusty Springfield
Released	1964
Recorded	London, UK 1963-1964
Genre	Pop
Length	?:?
Label	Philips Records
Dusty Springfield chronology
A Girl Called Dusty (1964) Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty (1965)
Cover of the US version of the album, Dusty

A Girl Called Dusty was the debut album of British singer Dusty Springfield. It was released in the UK on Philips Records in 1964.

Dusty Springfield had been a member of the girl group The Lana Sisters from 1958 to 1960, and the folk-pop trio The Springfields from 1960-1963, in the latter case with her with her brother Tom Springfield. During that time she had toured outside of London, and even Britain. While in the US she was exposed to soul music, which was to have a profound impact on her subsequent life and career. Although The Springfields were moderately successful, with songs such as Island Of Dreams, Bambino and Silver Threads And Golden Needles (a #16 US country hit), their style of music limited the wide range of material that Dusty Spingfield wanted to sing. Therefore, in 1963, Springfield decided to begin a career as a solo singer.

Her first single, I Only Want To Be With You, was actually recorded while still a member of The Springfields, and was released one week after their final concert. The song was a success in both Britain and the US, and led to the recording of A Girl Called Dusty which was released in 1964. The album contained a mix of mostly straightforward pop songs and a few Motown influenced numbers, such as When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes, Will You Love Me Tomorrow and Mockingbird. It also marked Springfield's first collaboration with well known songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David, as well as Gerry Goffin and Carole King, whose songs Springfield continued to record for the rest of her career.

At the time, A Girl Called Dusty was not released to the US market. Instead, Philips released a compilation of singles and tracks recorded for the album as Stay Awhile/I Only Want To Be With You. It was named after her first two singles, which had been Top 20 hits in the US. Later in 1964 Philips released Dusty, a version of A Girl Called Dusty with a different tracklisting and different tracks, some of which had been included on Stay Awhile/I Only Want To Be With You.

In 1997, two years before Springfield's death, A Girl Called Dusty was released internationally on CD for the first time, with eight bonus tracks not on the original LP release.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Mama Said"
2. "You Don't Own Me"
3. "Do Re Mi"
4. "When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes"
5. "My Colouring Book"
6. "Mockingbird"
7. "Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa"
8. "Nothing"
9. "Anyone Who Had A Heart"
10. "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"
11. "Wishin' And Hopin'"
12. "Don't You Know"
13. "I Only Want To Be With You (Alternate Mix)"
14. "He's Got Something"
15. "Every Day I Have To Cry"
16. "Can I Get A Witness"
17. "All Cried Out"
18. "I Wish I'd Never Loved You"
19. "Once Upon A Time"
20. "Summer Is Over"

• Track 13 was not included on the original release, and the version on CD is different than the single release of 1963.
• Tracks 14-20 were only included on the 1997 CD re-issue of A Girl Called Dusty