Dusty: An Intimate Portrait of a Musical Legend - Softcover

"The most definitive biography yet" -Choice magazine "A vivid portrait of a tortured soul" -Out in the City "A heart-breaking read" -Record Collector

This edition has been edited for an American audience. The book includes 32 color images and 24 black and white images. Dusty Springfield was the first female entertainer to come out as bisexual. The story of her lifelong struggle to come to terms with her sexuality will especially appeal to LGBT readers and reviewers. Springfield is one of the biggest musical stars of the 20th century. She has been inducted into both the U.S. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the U.K. Music Hall of Fame. Queen Elizabeth II named Springfield an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for her "services to popular music." Springfield had six top 20 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S. Springfield's Dusty in Memphis, featuring the hit single "Son of a Preacher Man," has been listed among the greatest albums of all time by Rolling Stone. Decades after its release, the album received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 2001. The U.K. edition of Dusty was named one of the Sunday Times's best musical biographies of 2014.It received great reviews from the Sunday Times and the Daily Telegraph as well as music and LBGT media.