Dusty Springfield was born Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien in West Hampstead, London on April 16, 1939 and was an English singer, songwriter and record producer. Dusty began her music career ...

The musician, songwriter and producer Tom Springfield, who has died aged 88, became massively successful in the 1960s but hated being in the public eye. Best known as the elder brother of Dusty ...

In 1960 he formed The Springfields with sister Dusty on vocals and him and Tim Feild playing guitars. Island Of Dreams was one of their hits along with Say I Won't Be There. A cover of Silver Threads ...

Twenty years on from her passing, Lucy O’Brien has updated Dusty, her classic biography of 60s soul pioneer Dusty Springfield, which explores the struggle between shy, suburban Mary O’Brien and her ...