- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Pan Books; 2nd Revised edition edition (10 Mar 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 033039343X
- ISBN-13: 978-0330393430
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 52,999 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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 Harrison --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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This edition of the biography of one of Britain's best ever female pop vocalists has been updated in tribute to the first anniversary of her death in March 1999. Too ill to attend her investiture at Buckingham Palace, Dusty Springfield received her OBE at her bedside in the last stages of her illness.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Lucy O' Brien outline's Mary O' Brien's (Dusty) life from day one when she was born in London in this wonderful book. It gives the information that the musical missed and puts rumours about Dusty to bed. Everything is outlined her, from her struggle to stardom with the Springfields and other groups, her press problems concerning her bisexuality, the infamous South Africa experience and alcohol and drug related problems to her born again life as a star with the Pet Shop Boys and finally her heartbreaking struggle against cancer. This well written book chronologically outlines the high and low lights of Dusty's life in a way that makes the pages turn on their own. Biographical writing at it's best!
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Lucy O'Brien presents a concise and well researched look at Dusty's life, and includes a useful discography. However, it leans toward the factual and dry, not capturing the complexities of her personality.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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all you want to know about the amazing lady that is dusty... great pictures and an in depth look into her life!..a great buy for any fan!
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