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Dusty: An Intimate Portrait of a Musical Legend
Karen Bartlett
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Description for Dusty: An Intimate Portrait of a Musical Legend
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Known the world over for her unique musical style, distinctive look and a voice that propelled her into the charts time and time again, Dusty Springfield was undoubtedly one of the biggest and brightest musical stars of the twentieth century.Never one to be shy of the spotlight, Dusty broke the mould as the first female entertainer to publicly admit she was bisexual, and was famously deported from South Africa for refusing to play to segregated audiences during apartheid in 1964, just a year after the launch of her solo career.Combining brand-new material, meticulous research and frank interviews with friends, lovers, ... Read more
Known the world over for her unique musical style, distinctive look and a voice that propelled her into the charts time and time again, Dusty Springfield was undoubtedly one of the biggest and brightest musical stars of the twentieth century.Never one to be shy of the spotlight, Dusty broke the mould as the first female entertainer to publicly admit she was bisexual, and was famously deported from South Africa for refusing to play to segregated audiences during apartheid in 1964, just a year after the launch of her solo career.Combining brand-new material, meticulous research and frank interviews with friends, lovers, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
388
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849548762
SKU
V9781849548762
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-32
About Karen Bartlett
Karen Bartlett is a writer and journalist based in London, where she contributes regularly to the Sunday Times, The Times, the Guardian and WIRED. She lives in North London.
Reviews for Dusty: An Intimate Portrait of a Musical Legend
Karen Bartlett's biography sends you back to the music - to the extraordinary, dusky vulnerability of her voice. The Daily Telegraph It's an incredibly sad story but Bartlett gets the balance right, celebrating a talent with few equals. MOJO Bartlett spins the tale adroitly; never surrendering to the impulse to sensationalise... the author's chief concern is to locate the shy ... Read more