''Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty'' is the second studio album by singer
Dusty Springfield
Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), known professionally as Dusty Springfield, was an English singer. With her distinctive mezzo-soprano sound, she was a popular singer of blue-eyed soul, pop and dram ...
, released on Philips Records in the UK in 1965. Springfield's 1964 debut album, ''
A Girl Called Dusty'', sold well enough to make her
Philips Records
Philips Records is a record label founded by the Dutch electronics company Philips. It was founded as Philips Phonographische Industrie in 1950. In 1946, Philips acquired the company which pressed records for British Decca's Dutch outlet in ...
' top-selling female artist. For this, her second album, Philips presented it in a gatefold sleeve and included extensive liner notes. While including a number of fairly standard "pop" songs, ''Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty'' also saw Springfield venturing more into show tunes like "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)?" as well as the soul music for which Springfield became so well known for singing. "
Doodlin'" and "That's How Heartaches Are Made" were minor hits for
Baby Washington
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, one of Springfield's personal favourite singers. Springfield also included the song "
La Bamba", which was a popular concert number for her, though not in step with the general style of the album. The album gave Dusty another chart success peaking at No.6 on the UK Charts and No.4 on the NME charts that following month.
In 1960s Britain, it was fairly common for hit singles to be left off albums, as it was assumed that if someone was buying the album, they already had the singles. This was not the case, however, in the US. After Springfield's song "
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" (originally a 1965 Italian song, '"Io che non vivo (senza te)", by Pino Donaggio and Vito Pallavicini) is a 1966 hit recorded by English singer Dusty Springfield that proved to be her most successful single, ...
" became a huge hit, ''Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty'' was re-titled and resequenced for re-release in the United States as the album ''
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" (originally a 1965 Italian song, '"Io che non vivo (senza te)", by Pino Donaggio and Vito Pallavicini) is a 1966 hit recorded by English singer Dusty Springfield that proved to be her most successful single, ...
''. This album featured most of ''Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty'', plus the hit title track.
''Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty'' was released to CD for the first time in the early 1990s, and in 1998 a re-mastered version which included extra tracks was released.
Track listing
Side A
#"
Won't Be Long
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" (
J. Leslie McFarland) – 3:23
#"
Oh No Not My Baby
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" (
Gerry Goffin,
Carole King) – 2:48
#"Long After Tonight Is All Over" (
Burt Bacharach,
Hal David
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Early life
David ...
) – 2:39
#"
La Bamba" (Traditional, arranged by Dusty Springfield) – 2:36
#"
Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
"Who Can I Turn To?" (alternatively titled "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)") is a song written by English lyricists Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley and first published in 1964.
Background
The song was introduced in the musical ' ...
" (
Anthony Newley
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,
Leslie Bricusse
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) – 3:25
#"
Doodlin'" (
Horace Silver
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After playing tenor saxophone and piano at sc ...
,
Jon Hendricks
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) – 2:48
Side B
#"If It Don't Work Out" (
Rod Argent
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) – 2:45
#"That's How Heartaches Are Made" (Ben Raleigh, Bob Halley) – 2:46
#"It Was Easier to Hurt Him" (
Bert Russell
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,
Jerry Ragovoy) – 2:45
#"I've Been Wrong Before" (
Randy Newman) – 2:24
#"
I Can't Hear You" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 2:28
#"I Had A Talk with My Man" (
Billy Davis,
Lenny Caston) – 2:56
#"Packin' Up" (Margie Hendrix) – 2:05
Bonus tracks 1998 CD re-issue
#
"Live It Up" (Leon Huff
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) – 2:28
#* First release: US album '' Dusty'', October 1964. First UK release: Philips EP ''Dusty In New York'', BE 12572. Release date: 9 April 1965.
#"I Wanna Make You Happy" (Mono mix) ( Cynthia Weil, Russ Titelman
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) – 2:27
#* First release: US album '' Ooooooweeee!!!'', March 1965. First UK release: Philips EP ''Dusty In New York'', BE 12572. Release date: 9 April 1965.
#"I Want Your Love Tonight" (Mono mix) (Bob Halley, Carl Spencer) – 2:07
#* First release: US album ''Ooooooweeee!!!'', March 1965. First UK release: Philips EP ''Dusty In New York'', BE 12572. Release date: 9 April 1965.
#"Now That You're My Baby" (Mono mix) (Gerry Goffin, Arthur Kornfeld, Toni Wine
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) – 2:10
#* First release: US album ''Ooooooweeee!!!'', March 1965. First UK release: Philips EP ''Dusty In New York'', BE 12572. Release date: 9 April 1965.
#"Guess Who?" (Gary Klein, Arthur Kornfeld) – 2:34
#* First release: US album ''Dusty'', October 1964. First UK release: ''Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty'', 1998 CD re-issue.
#"If Wishes Could Be Kisses" (Roy Alfred, Wes Farrell) – 2:55
#* First release: US album ''Ooooooweeee!!!'', March 1965. First UK release: ''Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty'', 1998 CD re-issue.
#"Don't Say It Baby" (Ted Daryll, Chip Taylor
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Early life
Taylor was born on March 21, 1940, in Yonkers, New York. He is the brother of ...
) – 2:23
#* First release: US album ''Dusty'', October 1964. First UK release: Philips single BF 1396 (B-side of "Your Hurtin' Kinda Love"). Release date: 5 February 1965.
#"Here She Comes" (Joseph Kookoolis, Salvatore Trimachi) – 2:22
#* First release: B-side of US single "Losing You", February 1965. First UK release: ''Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty'', 1998 CD re-issue.
* Track 14–21 produced by Shelby S. Singleton Jr., recorded in New York
* Tracks 14–21 only included on 1998 CD re-issue of ''Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty''
Personnel and production
*Dusty Springfield – lead vocals, backing vocals
* Doris Troy
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She ...
– backing vocals
* Madeline Bell
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– backing vocals
* The Echoes – accompaniment
* Johnny Franz
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– record producer
* Ivor Raymonde
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Life and care ...
– accompaniment & orchestra director
* Roger Wake – digital remastering/remix (1998 re-issue)
* Mike Gill – digital remastering/remix (1998 re-issue)
References
* Howes, Paul (2001). The Complete Dusty Springfield. London: Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. .
* Howes, Paul (2007). The Complete Dusty Springfield (Revised and expanded edition). London: Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. ,
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