FIRST TIME Hearing Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man || An Instant Classic!!

[@setonhillstudios]

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[@irmaoksanen6830]

You Don't Have to Say You Love Me shows the power of her voice and her range. One of the best.

[@dagmar.6954]

This is one of the great British female singers from the 60's. She had such a beautiful unique voice & covered many genres (blue-eyed soul, pop ,ballads, country, jazz). "Son Of A Preacher Man" is her most famous song. But she had a lot of hits such as "Wishin' & Hopin'", "I Only Want To Be With You", "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me", "I'll Try Anything", "The Look Of Love", "The Windmills Of Your Mind", "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" & many more.

[@SuperKevin57]

Dusty at Mussel Shoals.

[@RalphWigg1]

Dusty recorded this in Memphis, 1968. She was one of the England's most under-rated & under-valued performers.

[@kierstenridgway4634]

I didn't read the entire novel, but I for one am glad that people get to hear this music for the first time now.

[@333wheeler]

A lot of Americans thought she was a soul singer before they got to see her . The list of hits is very long . Any of her Best of albums with the songs in some sort of chrono order is best way to explore the discog. She even did a thing with the "Pet shop Boys in the later stages .

[@safariloverinnc5156]

You Don't Have To Say You Love Me...another great one by Dusty!!

[@bevieann61]

I Only Want to Be With You , Wishin and Hopin were my favorites by her she's soulful and fun loved watching her on TV when I was a kid lol

[@carolburnett190]

This was sort of my theme song when it came out. I received my first kiss at eleven by the 15-year-old son of a preacher man! It brings back sweet memories.

[@setonhillstudios]

Haha 🤣 Love it!

[@Newfie-zc7ug]

Dusty was a sensational singer back when I was a teen...............her voice still stands the test of time ,today ,as you can clearly hear :)

[@GrandmaZeppelin]

I’m 60 years old, have loved this song forever and have NEVER heard , or paid attention to, the bass line! Excellent details from your perspective, as usual!☮💜

[@setonhillstudios]

Thanks so much!!! Really appreciate it! ❤️

[@StuartBearden]

Been loving Dusty over 60 years 😊

[@jeffreyflint6286]

Same here brother.

[@Shabenn]

Dusty got a dusty voice, sexy, sultry and smooth.

[@davidmalarkey1302]

Dusty had a superb voice and was a music icon.

[@Ozarkprepper643]

This song reminds me of Jeannie Riley's Harper Valley PTA. Besides the grin.... It is quite appropriate for what's happening today.

[@victorsixtythree]

Dusty Springfield was an English singer who had signed with Atlantic Records. Her first album at Atlantic was "Dusty in Memphis" which included "Son of a Preacher Man". The song was originally intended for Aretha Franklin, and Aretha later released her own version. Fun fact - it was around that time that Dusty Springfield suggested to Atlantic Records that they should sign a newly formed band out of England called Led Zeppelin.

[@kimmycook2698]

My fav by the lovely Dusty Springfield, but there are many to enjoy from her. Also featured on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack.

[@tonybaker55]

Dusty was a great singer, but she had a rival called Cilla Black and in the end Cilla became more successful. Both of them released their first singles in 1964.

[@sunryse111]

This song comes from Dusty's 1969 album, Dusty in Memphis. The recording sessions were supervised by Jerry Wexler. Performing with Springfield were back-up singers the Sweet Inspirations and members of an informal group of American Sound Studios studio musicians known as the Memphis Boys, which included guitarist Reggie Young and bassist Tommy Cogbill. The songs for the album were written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, Randy Newman, and Burt Bacharach and Hal David. This one, however, was written by John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins, actually with Aretha Franklin in mind.

[@llschnitz]

Dusty with Richard Carpenter “Something in Your Eyes”.

[@kellypickle]

Dude, how is this even possible?? I am so sad for your generation seriously And I’m so happy that I raised my son to listen to every kind of music we could find. I really think it’s truly important to educate our children because nobody else is going to educate them musically the way you can! I am so proud of my sons😢 open-mindedness and ability to appreciate musical genres. He doesn’t necessarily listen to, but can appreciate the talent and the skill and what it means. I will never forget sitting with him as a 15-year-old. It was almost Christmas and I think he was 13. He’d been playing the guitar for a couple years . And we watched “meet me in St. Louis” When Judy Garland started singing, have yourself a very little Christmas both of us had tears running down our cheeks. I think it clicked for him at that point. That just because it’s not a genre you listen to doesn’t mean it doesn’t have something to offer you. music is a gift and there’s so much of it! just cannot imagine not knowing who Dusty Springfield is. Dusty is magic.

[@setonhillstudios]

Haha 🤣 How it’s possible! I have no idea! 🤷🏻‍♂️ I listened to mostly rap/hip-hop and progressive rock growing up! Just now venturing out and loving it!

[@kellypickle]

Well, I actually know how it’s possible. When we were growing up, we were forced to listen to music. We didn’t want to listen to. Nobody had headphones to turn off all the outside world. We didn’t scroll through millions of songs and decided which ones we liked!every once in a while an album got released and your brother‘s friend had it and he brought it over and if you liked it, you listen to that song on the radio and then you maybe went and bought the album and then maybe you went to a show or maybe your parents had albums . It’s probably not stuff you would listen to, but it was music so you played it. We were exposed to so much music. I swear to God, my stepdad was in the Navy and had John Phillips Souza albums. We listened to them now you won’t catch me listening to them today, but I did listen to them.

[@robincarlysle-vo7pi]

@@kellypickle This is the reason I can even listen to Buck Owens in 2024, because my old man did back in the 1960s and it was. Playing on the turntable at home back in that day

[@6916dog]

​@@setonhillstudiosBetter late than never. Enjoy your musical odyssey.

[@MAGIKMARTIAN9526]

SO TRUE, I've listened to everything from Elvis to Metallica and in between since I was able to pick which station on the radio I was going to listen to lol I was a '80s teenager and believe me when I fired up Elvis or any of the old rock and roll they would cut my friends would cut eyes at me like what is what are you doing and through the '70s and Bee gees I was listening to all this in the '80s and '90s, let me tell you if you want or need some lines to swoon a girl or get a date older music has some stuff that's out of this world.

[@bufordt.justice6741]

heard this song first time on Pulp Fiction and i said who is this??? next day i bought her album. such a cool, sexy, badd ass voice and song.

[@setonhillstudios]

Definitely a banger and her voice is incredible!! Can’t wait to hear more from her! Have a great one! 😁

[@timothyweers8054]

She had a great album when she was signed to Philips records. I have the album I Only Want To Be With You/ Stay Awhile. Which has a great assortment of songs from the day.

[@bella-xp7qd]

She recorded this for her 5th album in Memphis Tennessee. A fixture on British television, Springfield presented many episodes of the hip 1963-66 British TV music series Ready Steady Go! and, between 1966 and '69, hosted her own series on the BBC and ITV.

[@beckybggibson2556]

KD Lang “ crying” the most beautiful voice ever!!

[@RegenaCox-yy1rl]

When I was about 16 years old and was going to church Sundays and Wednesdays our preacher had 3 teenage sons. You figure it out. That's when this song came out.

[@deannajones3849]

Love this one! She was known as blue eyed soul!

[@josephgallagher945]

Pulp Fiction soundtrack👍

[@llschnitz]

The song was written for Aretha who being a preachers kid felt it was too sexual. She complimented Dusty on her vocals and later ended up recording the song anyway. The Memphis Sound was so popular that a year later Elvis would go there to record two of his most soulful albums known as “Elvis in Memphis”. Stones and a few other big artists did the same. Female Queen of Blue Eyed Soul.

[@sourisvoleur4854]

I'm subscribed! Great reaction. Love listening to your stuff.

[@setonhillstudios]

Thanks for the sub and really appreciate you hanging out! Have a great day! 😄

[@Monica-sw9ld]

I was little when this song came out. I thought she was saying 'son of a creature man', so that's how my cousin and I belted it out. 😂 I still do! 😉😂

[@forwardpeace]

I can't describe what she had, but she could put a song across like nobody else!

[@SherryMartin-l6u]

Dusty had her own TV show back in the day. She and Tom Jones were great friends and guest starred on each other's shows. He always said she was one of the most under rated female singers back then.

[@heyhey1956]

Dusty singing with her brothers The Springfields - 'Island Of Dreams' kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJmpXoCno5J7e7M

[@Laura_Martin42]

We had the Swampers!! I live about a mile from Muscle Shoals Sound Studios.

[@redpine8665]

You mentioned the bass on this. I don't know if he played on this one, but John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin played bass on some Dusty tracks, and even in concert for a time. He was a session player before Led Zep.

[@setonhillstudios]

Oh wow!! That’s awesome! Appreciate the insight and thanks for hanging out! 😁

[@timwilmot6433]

Dusty Springfield Lead Vocals TOMMY COGBILL Bass Gene Chrisman Drums Reggie Young Guitar Bobby Emmons Organ, Electric Piano Bobby Wood Piano The Sweet Inspirations Background Vocals

[@kimcutts6153]

🇬🇧 "I Only Want To Be With You" "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" & "Wishing And Hoping" by Dusty Springfield, are other songs you might want to check out. Btw, Dusty was from the UK. 🎶🎼♥️

[@MAGIKMARTIAN9526]

CHECK OUT HER DOING "SPOOKY"

[@itchyandred4131]

Love her, love this song she is also in a video with the pet shop boys called " what have I done to deserve this" made later in her too short life from the 80's ✌️

[@brewstergallery]

Ned from Spain saying I am so happy to see you digging Dusty ! Thanks Steve ! She was a massive 1960s icon and even had her own show. She was a UK superstar, and had a great feel for R n B / Soul as well as pop and ballads. Other masterpieces include " The Look of Love ", " What's it Gonna Be", " Stay Awhile", " Little by Little", " See All Her Faces ", the main thing was her battle to get the UK studio guys to play more like US Rock n Soul bands. The guys on this were The Memphis Boys and produced by the legendary Tom Dowd. The documentary " Tom Dowd and the Language of Music" is a must for you Steve. There's also a great one on Dusty too called " Definitely Dusty " ! She was amazing, groundbreaking but unfortunately gone too soon.

[@jeffreyflint6286]

I loved this when i first heard it way back when!

[@jamesdamiano8894]

She does a cover of a song called Goin’ Back which Nils Lofgren also covered. You should check him out including the song The Sun Hasn’t Set On This Boy Yet. He’s had a solo career but has also played with Bruce Springsteen and in Ringo Starr’s All-Star Band.

[@DarleneD-y3t]

That's gotta be the 60's. I remember when it came out. I was a kid

[@M68BI]

I believe 68, one of the greatest yrs for music in my opinion.

[@OneOddTodd63]

The single was released in 1968. The song was written by John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins. They wrote a lot of songs together. Great content as always Steve.

[@lynnieiapichino1121]

☮️💙💙💙🔥🔥🔥😎

[@0101tuber]

You were wondering what sort of musicians played for artists like this. Search for Glen Campbell wrecking crew. That was what they called the top shelf studio musicians then. There is a documentary about them titled The Wrecking Crew (2008)

[@M68BI]

Dusty (Mary Kathryn O'Brien) from UK was ond of the greatest singers ever. Inducted into Rock n Roll Hall of Fame shortly after her passing. Very many good songs I only Wanna b With you, You dont have to Say u Love Me, Wishing and Hoping and great covers which her and Linda Ronstadt are noted for doing covers as good or better than the original.

[@dogsoldiertoo1099]

British soul.

[@paul.etedder2439]

Dimash Kudaibergen is the Man .

[@stevecrisell108]

Quality.

[@brianmiller616]

Similar vocals: Billie Holday and Alannah Myles. Check them out

[@DarleneD-y3t]

Dusty has kind of a weird story. A long time ago in the 60s some hippies came rolling through. They had a bus caravan and they were going to summertown Tennessee to start a farm. Dusty hooked up with them and went along. I was awfully young but I remember it was a big thing back then. We weren't used to having hippies in Tennessee.turns out they did settle in summertown and they do have a farm there to this day.I don't know how long she was with them. But she was for a while. Dusty Springfield has always been too cool

[@paulmorris8762]

you have to see Dusty when after being absent for 5 yr Anne Murray met her in London in a theatre and they did songs together then Anne had Dusty perform with full orchestra kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnjRpJ-cjrSMaNEfeature=shared

[@firedoc5]

This song is mood-mover. If you ever knew any preachers' kids, you know how they can be. LOL (Just kidding). A point of interest, that "doubling" or over-dubbing was first done by Les Paul for his wife Mary Ford. Richard Carpenter used it a lot for Karen and in some ways improved upon on it.

[@kellypickle]

The sound quality here is unfortunate

[@setonhillstudios]

Yeah, it’s not the best unfortunately!

[@zzz987654321]

Dusty was one of a great stable of female singers under EMI London - they were all amazing, however if you want to look into the studio musicians, you should start by Googling the named Vic Flick- he is the most famous unknown guitarist I know- played on hundreds of chart toping songs and movie themes and very few people know his name- BTW, Jimmie Page and Jeff Beck also did lots of studio work at EMI for others at the time - have fun!

[@robincarlysle-vo7pi]

Every artist you critique seems to shock you. makes me wonder what you listen to on your own. hope it isn't death metal haha. Dusty started out in a folk trio with her brother Tom back in the early 1960s

[@kathybowles495]

The third member was Tim Feild.

[@setonhillstudios]

Death Metal is definitely a wild ride! 🤣

[@robincarlysle-vo7pi]

@@setonhillstudios Loved your reaction on Procol Harums Whiter Shade of Pale live video I've watched it half a dozen times just to see your shock responses Very funny stuff . My favorite song of all time written and sung by Gary Brooker my favorite singer also . rip. I'm a drummer myself with over 50 years experience and I see that we think alike a lot of the time when analyzing other people's performances. Interesting

[@robincarlysle-vo7pi]

@@kathybowles495 Yeah Tom was shocked to find that Dusty and her brother who were both kind of private people at heart were actually both gay. She made quite a jump from folksy music to the soul sound she's known for. Did you know her brother wrote the music for the song Hey There Georgie Girl.

[@robincarlysle-vo7pi]

Oops I meant to say Tim, not Tom

[@llschnitz]

The song was written for Aretha who being a preachers kid felt it was too sexual. She complimented Dusty on her vocals and later ended up recording the song anyway. The Memphis Sound was so popular that a year later Elvis would go there to record two of his most soulful albums known as “Elvis in Memphis”. Stones and a few other big artists did the same. Female Queen of Blue Eyed Soul.