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Dusty Springfield

1939 - 1999

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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 and dramatic ballads, with French chanson, 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. Her image–marked by a peroxide blonde bouffant/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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dusty Springfield is the 356th most popular singer (down from 354th in 2019), the 1,443rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,264th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular British Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Dusty Springfield ranks 354 out of 4,381. Before her are Solomon Burke, Pinetop Perkins, Kemal Monteno, and Susan Boyle. After her are Jon Anderson, Salomé, Linda Ronstadt, Gal Costa, Tarja Turunen, Peng Liyuan, Mango, and Toby Keith.

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Among people born in 1939, Dusty Springfield ranks 108. Before her are Claudio Magris, Kit Bond, Seamus Heaney, Kenzō Takada, John O'Keefe, and Marco Bellocchio. After her are Warda Al-Jazairia, Feroz Khan, Kathryn Joosten, George F. R. Ellis, Michael Moorcock, and Velibor Vasović. Among people deceased in 1999, Dusty Springfield ranks 59. Before her are André Martinet, Dirk Bogarde, Brion James, Fabrizio De André, Rafael Alberti, and Henri, Count of Paris. After her are Victor Mature, Gyula Zsengellér, Edward Dmytryk, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Charlotte Perriand, and Hermine Braunsteiner.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dusty Springfield ranks 1,443 out of 8,785. Before her are Neil Gaiman (1960), Robert Stirling (1790), Thomas Cavalier-Smith (1942), Duncan Haldane (1951), Thomas Chatterton (1752), and John Austin (1790). After her are Joseph Needham (1900), John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (1860), Caroline Graham (1931), Mary Berry (1935), Albert Pierrepoint (1905), and Stephen Harding (1059).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Dusty Springfield ranks 43. Before her are Rick Parfitt (1948), Boy George (1961), Dana Rosemary Scallon (1951), MF Doom (1971), Liam Payne (1993), and Victoria Beckham (1974). After her are Mick Jones (1944), Kim Wilde (1960), Rod Evans (1947), Paul Di'Anno (1958), Marc Bolan (1947), and Peter Green (1946).

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