In 1997 Mercury Records released the 3-CD, 77-song ''Dusty Springfield Anthology Collection.'' Mike Hurst, who later joined the group in place of Tim Feild, remembered Dusty and Tom for their rigorous professionalism, and hours of rehearsals. Jean Ryder, who went on to work as a backing singer for Dusty for many of her early recordings and performances, remembered her shy, insecure nature, as well as a musical perfectionism that often brought her in to conflict with male session musicians and the chauvinistic record industry.With her instantly recognisable blonde beehive, black eye make-up, cool glamour and trade-mark hand gestures Dusty quickly became a Sixties icon and was adopted by the Mods, after her early appearances as a compere on Ready, Steady, Go! What they shared in common was a kind of strength I didn't hear on English radio.''Ms. ''TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. on which she interviewed, amongst others, The Beatles. Tom's business career began in 1978 with Springfield Paper Company, the family-owned business established by his great-grandfather in 1906. They also wrote and produced ''Nothing Has Been Proved,'' the dense, swirling post-disco theme song that she sang on the soundtrack of the 1989 movie ''Scandal,'' about the Profumo sex scandal that had rocked the British Government.Ms. They recorded the songs Tell Him No and Seven Little Girls (Sitting in the Back Seat). Springfield became an international pop star in 1964 with ''I Only Want to Be With You,'' a perky early-Beatles-style love song. ''Dusty Springfield was born Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien on April 16, 1939, in Hampstead, London. Her move to California in the early 1970s only exacerbated the problem and her career soon stalled, leaving her short of money and without her familiar support network that had been the mainstay of her life in London. In 1970 Atlantic released her much-admired rhythm-and-blues-flavored album, ''A Brand New Me.'' Ms. Springfield's sultry rendition of ''The Look of Love,'' from the soundtrack of ''Casino Royale,'' anticipated the heavy-breathing eroticism of Donna Summer a decade later.Her best seller, ''You Don't Have to Say You Love Me'' (1966), was a big-belting tear-jerker that reached No. Dusty Springfield, the smoky-voiced English torch singer whose interpretations of pop ballads were suffused with a heartbroken wistfulness, died on Tuesday at her home in Henley-on-Thames, near Oxford, west of London.
She was 59.The cause was breast cancer, said her agent, Paul Fenn.Ms. She had most of her major hits in the 1960's when she was considered the British equivalent of Dionne Warwick and recorded only intermittently after the early 1970's.Her career was briefly rejuvenated in 1987 when the English duo the Pet Shop Boys (Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe), who were longtime fans, produced her Top Five hit, ''What Have I Done to Deserve This?'' Explore PREVIOUS: Springfield family wants justice in fatal shootings. Springfield subsequently broke up her folk group and signed as a soloist with Philips Records. Last month Rhino Records released an expanded version of ''Dusty in Memphis. ''While visiting New York with the trio, Ms. Springfield recalled many years later, she heard the Exciters' brash, aggressive song ''Tell Him'' coming out of a Broadway record store and decided that she wanted to go pop. She remained deeply insecure about her appearance, hating her knees and chin — often complaining that she thought she looked like Burt Lancaster.Dusty’s most classic album, and perhaps her finest contribution to music, was the 1968 recording, Dusty in Memphis. Developed by Although she recorded such classics The Look of Love, Goin’ Back and I Close My Eyes and Count To Ten Dusty only had one number one hit — You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me which she first heard sung in Italian at the San Remo song contest.