Dusty Springfield (1939-1999) was an English singer popular for her pop, ballads and blue-eyed-soul. She recorded several tunes from the Burt Bacharach song book, including: The look of love, A house is not a home and more.
Dionne Warwick, Cilla Black and Dusty Springfield covered many of Burt’s tunes in the US and UK.
Wishin and Hopin was number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964. Written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach. Bobby Graham plays drums.
In 1966, Dusty shared the bill with drummer Buddy Rich at the Basin Street East club in New York City. Allegedly, there was some disagreement over top billing. Dusty climbed a ladder to the marquee to put her name on top. Rich called her a name and Dusty slapped him so hard that Buddy’s hairpiece fell off. Rich’s band mates enjoyed the incident and sent her a gift with boxing gloves inside.
I have heard the story of the slapping incident, but the marquee change may be folklore.
I remember seeing her on the popular variety tv shows. I always enjoyed her singing, she was soulful with a touch of country, though she was British.
This track was recorded at the legendary Olympic Studio in London. Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Stones, Traffic, Prince and the list goes on, recorded there.
Listening to this track with pods, it’s a great recording. There’s an interesting mix of reverb on Dusty’s lead vocals. Occasionally, her voice is dry, maybe those were 2 different tracks.
The trumpet solo was a unique sound for 1964 with guitar dominating popular records.