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• The secret life of Dusty Springfield.

The life and times of British singer Dusty Springfield are recounted The singer who died in March 1999, twelve days before her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame contributed greatly to the new wave of pop music coming out of London during the sixties. The atmosphere which surrounded the music business in regards to her personal life and sexual choices are addressed.

• The Advocate. The National Gay & Lesbian Newsmagazine
• Nbr. 1999, September 1999

• Personality Test: Beverly Morrow-Jones

As executive director of Visit Pittsburgh, Beverly Morrow-Jones is head cheerleader for our region's scenic, historic and cultural attractions. Like a Hollywood agent who won't take "no" for an answer, she talks up the city through direct marketing, advertising campaigns, billboards or radio and TV interviews. A lyric soprano, she attended Oberlin College in Ohio on a full scholarship, singing opera during the week and belting out Dusty Springfield and Laura Nyro songs with a rock band on the weekends. I love jazz and if I have sort of a mythical second life I'd probably want to sing blues and standards in a club," she says. "That would be loads of fun.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• March 09, 2011

• Shelby, Dusty, demons, and dreams: Dusty Springfield danced with personal demons all her life. Now Shelby Lynne is channeling Dusty's music for a new generation. Is she channeling Dusty's demons too?

[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Doing press is "kind of a nightmare" for Lynne, and when The Advocate ventured out talk about her new CD, Just a Little Lovi...

• The Advocate. The National Gay & Lesbian Newsmagazine
• Nbr. 2008, April 2008

• Listening Post / Brief Reviews of Select Releases

Country/Roots Shelby Lynne, "Revelation Road" (Everso). Delving into heartache and epiphany with her usual expertise, Shelby Lynne's 12th studio album is "her most personal yet" -- a description routinely employed in reviews since "I Am Shelby Lynne," the 1999 breakthrough that helped earn the Alabama-raised artist a Grammy in 2001. Her torchy yet honeyed vocals and bold yet introspective songwriting have earned her praise, as has her defiance of Nashville's "corporate country" machinations. Lynne's Grammy was for Best New Artist, even though it was her sixth album, which helped illuminate overall music-biz foolishness. An assertive singer of roots rock, folk pop, gritty soul or jazzy honky-tonk, Lynne wisely shucked any Carrie Underwood-esque makeover attempts or treacly La...

• Buffalo News
• October 24, 2011

• Legends of Songwriting to Share Victoria Stage

DAYTON -- Dozens who might need no introduction will be represented when three of the most prolific and successful songwriters in history share the Victoria Theatre stage Saturday night. The Carpenters, George Benson, Kermit the Frog, the Righteous Brothers, Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Willie Nelson, Ella Fitzgerald, David Bowie, Ray Charles, R.E.M., Tony Bennett, Sarah Vaughn, Johnny Mathis, Luther Van-dross, The Monkees, The Fifth Dimension, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Aaron Neville, Linda Ronstadt, The Ronettes, Dusty Springfield, Teddy Pendergrass, Dolly Parton, The Animals and Art Garfunkel are just a few who have recorded songs by Barry Mann, Jimmy Webb and Paul Williams.

• Dayton Daily News
• April 22, 2011

• The Dusty Springfield Anthology.

Maybe it's the sultriness. The urgency in the gentlest whisper, the subtlety in her boldest proclamations of love, loss, heartache, and ascendancy. Ma...

• The Advocate. The National Gay & Lesbian Newsmagazine
• Nbr. 1997, January 1997

• Eight Days a Week

C. MUSEUM OF HISTORY-Here's a novel proliotional idea for film festivals, one that Asheville and Cucalorus might consider stealing: Winston-Salem's RiverRun International Film Festival, scheduled to take place April 23-28, is touring the state with The RiuerRun Roadshow. Tonight it'll be at the N.C. Museum of History to screen a program of hit shorts from last year and a highlight reel of this year's offerings. Two new films to look for at the fest itself are Durham filmmaker Josh Gibson's The Siamese Connection, which debuted at Full Frame last week, and Winston-Salem native Ramin Bahrani's Chop Shop, which received rave reviews at its theatrical release earlier this year. The festival will also feature two star attractions-well, make it one star: Bill Pullman is a strong actor, with...

... Washington, the song was popularized by Dusty Springfield (nine of Lovin's 10 tracks were record...

• Independent Weekly, The; Durham, N.C.
• August 26, 2009

• Celebrated British Musician Amy Winehouse Makes Her U.S. Debut

LONDON - Everything about Amy Winehouse seems larger than life. First off, there's the diminutive singer's look - a black beehive of hair, mascara-drenched eyes, old-style sailor tattoos. It's part Dusty Springfield, part Morticia Addams.

• Maryland Gazette
• March 12, 2007

• Dusty Springfield (1939-1999).

Pop icon and recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Dusty Springfield died March 2 after a five-year battle with breast cancer. Springfield, whose...

• The Advocate. The National Gay & Lesbian Newsmagazine
• Nbr. 1999, September 1999

• Teacher Caught Bartending May Get School Job Back; Arbitrator Backs Woman Who Worked While Out Sick

Richfield - Two years ago, when the school superintendent heard that a teacher out on sick leave was working as a bartender, he decided to personally investigate. Sure enough, there was the teacher, Diane Wagner, serving drinks, carrying trays and dancing to a Dusty Springfield tune at a restaurant across from Pewaukee Lake.

• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• April 16, 2007