[quote]The older people do not know much about her whether Dusty or Dusty Springfield and the younger ones never heard of her.
What an idiot. Yeah right.... unknown and completely forgotten...
"Dusty Springfield is an inductee of both the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1999) and the UK Music Hall of Fame (2006). "
"She has been placed among the top 25 female artists of all time by readers of Mojo magazine (May 1999), editors of Q magazine (January 2002), and a panel of artists on VH1 TV channel (August 2007)."
"In 2008, Dusty appeared at No. 35 on the Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Singers of All Time". "
"Her album Dusty in Memphis has been listed among the greatest albums of all time by Rolling Stone and in polls by VH1 artists, New Musical Express readers, and the Channel 4 viewers, and in 2001, received the Grammy Hall of Fame award."
"Various films and stage musicals have been created or proposed to commemorate her life. On 12 January 2006 an Australian stage musical, Dusty – The Original Pop Diva, received its world premiere at the State Theatre of the Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne. "
"UK singer-songwriter David Westlake on his 2002 release, Play Dusty for Me, "fêted [Springfield] in both the album title and opening title track"."
"US singer-songwriter Shelby Lynne's tenth studio album Just a Little Lovin' (2008) was issued as a tribute." "Lynne's album received critical acclaim, charted at number 41 on the US Billboard Charts and was nominated for a Grammy Award"
"In 2012, a biographical jukebox musical titled Forever Dusty opened Off-Broadway in New York City at New World Stages. The production starred Kirsten Holly Smith as Springfield. Smith also co-wrote the book of the musical."
"In 2015, Springfield was named by Equality Forum as one of their 31 Icons of the 2015 LGBT History Month."
"Son of a Preacher Man" was placed at No. 43 of the 'Greatest Singles of All Time' by the writers of New Musical Express in 2002. In 2004, the song made the Rolling Stone list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
