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Dusty Springfield

Legendary English pop vocalist Dusty Springfield died Tuesday night at her home in Oxfordshire, England after a five year battle with breast cancer.

Springfield was 59.

The singer started her career with the folk group the Springfields and went on to score her first solo hit in 1963 with "I Only Want To Be With You." She followed with a string of hit singles, including 1969's "Son of a Preacher Man," which later resurfaced on the soundtrack to "Pulp Fiction." Springfield became one of Britain's biggest selling artists of the 60s, but spent much of the 70s living quietly in America. In 1987, the Pet Shop Boys recruited Springfield for the hit single "What Have I Done To Deserve This."

The singer was slated to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in two weeks.

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Dusty Springfield

Springfield, who was nominated but not approved for the Hall Of Fame this year, is back home in England battling cancer. Nona Hendryx commented, "(I thought) Because of Dusty's condition at the moment that it would be a wonderful thing to give her the feeling that people cared about her." [600k QuickTime]

People do.

Last fall, Mercury/Chronicles records released a three-CD box set entitled, "The Dusty Springfield Anthology" which includes seventy-seven of the singers hits. Also, Loser's Lounge, a monthly art event in New York City, did a tribute to Springfield by faithfully recreating the song "Dusty In Memphis," among other Springfield classics, with such artists as Jill Sobule, Susan Cowsill, and John Flansburgh from They Might Be Giants in attendence.

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