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Reputation (Dusty Springfield Album)
''Reputation'' is the thirteenth studio album by British singer Dusty Springfield, and twelfth released. Issued on the Parlophone Records label in the UK and the rest of Europe in June 1990, ''Reputation'' was not only Springfield's first studio album in eight years at the time but also her first album to be released in her native UK since 1979's ''Living Without Your Love''. After a string of commercially overlooked albums through the late 1970s and early 1980s ''Reputation'' finally managed to resurrect Springfield's career and belatedly resulted in her being re-evaluated and recognised by both music critics and the general public as the UK's foremost 'blue-eyed soul' singer. Mainly produced by Pet Shop Boys and Julian Mendelsohn and recorded in the UK over a period of some eighteen months, ''Reputation'' became her highest charting and best-selling album in the UK since 1970's '' From Dusty with Love'', peaking at No. 18 and selling 60,000 copies within two weeks of its releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Mendelsohn
Julian Mendelsohn is an Australian record producer, audio engineer and mixer. Early life After completing school in Australia, Mendelsohn moved to the United Kingdom. He secured his first job in 1974 at Milner Sound Fulham Rd. Chelsea, run by ex-BBC engineer John Milner. List of works Mendelsohn was a producer for: Albums * The Firm - ''Mean Business'' (1986) *Pet Shop Boys - ''Disco'' (1986) *Models - '' Models' Media'' (1986) *Pet Shop Boys - '' Actually'' (1987) * Level 42 - '' Running in the Family'' (1987) *Level 42 - '' Staring at the Sun'' (1988) * Pseudo Echo - '' Race'' (1988) *The Blow Monkeys - '' Whoops! There Goes the Neighbourhood'' (1989) *Nik Kershaw - '' The Works'' (1989) *Del Amitri - '' Waking Hours'' (1989) *Liza Minnelli - ''Results'' (1989) * The Associates - '' Wild and Lonely'' (1990) *Dusty Springfield - ''Reputation'' (1990) *Pet Shop Boys - '' Discography: The Complete Singles Collection'' (1991) * Tasmin Archer - ''Great Expectations'' (1992) *Paul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dusty Springfield
Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), better known by her stage name Dusty Springfield, was a British singer. With her distinctive mezzo-soprano voice, she was a popular singer of blue-eyed soul, Pop music, pop and dramatic Sentimental ballad, ballads, with Chanson, French chanson, Country music, country, and jazz also in her repertoire. During her 1960s peak, she ranked among the most successful British female performers on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic. Her image–marked by a Blond#Varieties, peroxide blonde bouffant/Beehive (hairstyle), beehive hairstyle, heavy makeup (thick black eyeliner and eye shadow) and evening gowns, as well as stylised, gestural performances–made her an icon of the Swinging Sixties. Born in West Hampstead in London to a family that enjoyed music, Springfield learned to sing at home. In 1958, she joined her first professional group, the Lana Sisters. Two years later, with her brother Dion O'Brien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Musical ensemble, bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All-Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar, and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swing Out Sister
Swing Out Sister are a British pop band, best known worldwide for the 1986 song " Breakout". Other hits include " Surrender", " You On My Mind", " Twilight World", " Waiting Game", and a remake of the Eugene Record soul composition "Am I the Same Girl" History Although Swing Out Sister are currently a duo, they began as a trio in the UK. The band was formed by Andy Connell (keyboards) and Martin Jackson (drums); they were later joined by Corinne Drewery (vocals). According to the band's website, "They christened themselves after an obscure Billie Burke "B"-musical from the '40s because it was the only name they could agree upon - they all agreed they hated it." Both Connell and Jackson had been playing in other bands prior to forming Swing Out Sister, while Drewery was a fashion designer and model before she became the band's lead vocalist. 52nd Street's Diane Charlemagne was influential in the period just prior to the band signing to Phonogram Records. Connell and Jackso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized in letter case, lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events and styles related to the music industry. Its Billboard charts, music charts include the Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100, the Billboard 200, 200, and the Billboard Global 200, Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in various music genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm and operates several television shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hurt
Sir John Vincent Hurt (22 January 1940 – 28 January 2017) was an English actor. Regarded as one of the finest actors of his time and known for the "most distinctive voice in Cinema of the United Kingdom, Britain", he was described by David Lynch as "simply the greatest actor in the world". In a List of John Hurt performances, career spanning over five decades, he received numerous accolades including four British Academy Film Awards, BAFTAs and a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards. He was Knight Bachelor, knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2015 for his services to drama. A graduate of RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art), he Breakthrough role, came to prominence playing Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, Richard Rich in the film ''A Man for All Seasons (1966 film), A Man for All Seasons'' (1966) and won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for ''The Naked Civil Servant (film), The Naked Civil Servant'' (1975). He played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanne Whalley
Joanne Whalley (born 25 August 1961) is an English film and television actress. She was credited as Joanne Whalley-Kilmer from 1988 to 1996 during her marriage to Val Kilmer. Whalley came to fame through television with appearances in drama serials ''Edge of Darkness'' (BBC, 1985), for which she was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress, and ''The Singing Detective'' (BBC, 1986). She has also appeared in both British and American feature films, including ''Willow'' (1988), where she met Kilmer, and ''Scandal'' (1989). On the stage, her performance in ''Saved'' earned her a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in 1985. Her subsequent career has seen her cast as a number of iconic historical and fictional figures including Scarlett O'Hara in '' Scarlett'' (CBS, 1994), Jackie Kennedy in '' Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis'' (CBS, 2000), Queen Mary I in '' The Virgin Queen'' (BBC, 2005) and Catherine of Aragon in ''Wolf Hall'' (BBC, 2015). Biogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Profumo Affair
The Profumo affair was a major scandal in British politics during the early 1960s. John Profumo, the 46-year-old Secretary of State for War in Harold Macmillan's Conservative government, had an extramarital affair with the 19-year-old model Christine Keeler beginning in 1961. Profumo denied the affair in a statement to the House of Commons in 1963; weeks later, a police investigation proved that he had lied. The scandal severely damaged the credibility of Macmillan's government, and Macmillan resigned as Prime Minister in October 1963, citing ill health. The fallout contributed to the Conservative government's defeat by the Labour Party in the 1964 general election. When the Profumo affair was revealed, public interest was heightened by reports that Keeler may have been simultaneously involved with Captain Yevgeny Ivanov, a Soviet naval attaché, thereby creating a possible national security risk. Keeler knew both Profumo and Ivanov through her friendship with Stephen W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scandal (1989 Film)
''Scandal'' is a 1989 British historical drama film, directed by Michael Caton-Jones. It is a fictionalised account of the Profumo affair that rocked the government of British prime minister Harold Macmillan. It stars Joanne Whalley as Christine Keeler and John Hurt as Stephen Ward, personalities at the heart of the affair. ''Scandal'' was screened in competition at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. Its theme song " Nothing Has Been Proved" was written and produced by Pet Shop Boys and sung by Dusty Springfield. Plot An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his wide range of contacts and his parties she and her friend meet and date members of the Conservative Party. A scandal develops when her affair with the Minister of War comes to public attention. Cast Production Development Australian screenwriter Michael Thomas and prospective producer Joe Boyd approached th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dusty – The Silver Collection
''Dusty – The Silver Collection'' is a greatest hits album by English singer Dusty Springfield, released by Philips Records in 1988. It contains 24 selected tracks recorded between 1963 and 1970, including all of Springfield's top 10 singles from that period. Promotion Before the compilation's release, Springfield's 1963 debut single, "I Only Want to Be with You", which originally reached number four in the UK singles chart, was re-released. The song had recently been used in a Britvic 55 soft drinks advertisement in the UK, in which Springfield appeared in person. It reached number 83 in the UK singles chart in January 1988. Critical reception In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek described the compilation as "perhaps the most telling portrait yet of the late Ms. Springfield's diversity as a pop singer and the enduring popularity of her classic vocal style", though he noted that " e recordings here are not grouped chronologically, giving the set a kind of untra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Have I Done To Deserve This? (song)
"What Have I Done to Deserve This?" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys and soul singer Dusty Springfield, taken from the duo's second studio album, '' Actually'' (1987). The song was released as the second single from the album on 10 August 1987. A commercial success in both the United Kingdom and North America, the song helped revive Springfield's career and led to a resurgence of interest in her music. Following the single, the Pet Shop Boys wrote and produced the singles " Nothing Has Been Proved" and "In Private" for Springfield, both included on her album '' Reputation'' (1990). Background "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" marked Pet Shop Boys' first major collaboration with another recording artist. The song was originally written and demoed around Christmas, 1984 with the assistance of notable American songwriter Allee Willis. It was originally intended for inclusion on '' Please'', but the problem was to decide who would sing the other half of the due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
From Dusty With Love
''A Brand New Me'' is the sixth studio album by English singer Dusty Springfield, released in 1970. Writing and recording The album was recorded in late 1969 at the Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia. It is Springfield's only album on which every song was produced by the same production team: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. Gamble also co-wrote every track on the album, and the Gamble and Huff duo went on to have success with many groups and singers in the 1970s, among them Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, The O'Jays, MFSB and The Three Degrees. Release and promotion The album was first released in the United States by Atlantic Records in January 1970. Its release in the United Kingdom followed three months later by Philips Records, under the title ''From Dusty with Love''. The title track was released as a single in the US in late 1969, peaking at No. 3 on the US Adult Contemporary chart and No. 24 on the Top 40 chart on 20 December 1969; Springfield would not earn another T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
