Let's Talk Dusty! are proud to announce the news we all have been waiting for. Katy Setterfield has won The One and Only BBC competition and has landed a contract with Legends in Las Vegas. Katy wowed the studio and television audiences tonight with covers of Middle of Nowhere, All I See Is You, and a reprise of You Don't Have to Say You Love Me. Fans on the LTD forum were voting furiously, as were Dusty fans across the UK.
Congratulations, Katy on your fantastic performance. Well done to the superfans, and a very special thank you to our own heart and soul--Carole!
Back Story; Saturday the 5th January saw the first episode of a new BBC show called The One And Only. The show is looking for the UK's best tribute act with the prize for the winner being a 3 month contract with the Legends show in Las Vegas. For each act competing, three "Superfans" were chosen to take part, and in the first show were required to chose one act from three tribute artists representing each "Legend", in what was called a Superfan Sing Off. The Dusty "Superfans" were myself (Carole Gibson), Simon Bell and Jane Northam and together we unanimously chose High Wycombe's Katy Setterfield as the winner.
On each week beginning 12th January, an act has been voted off, but Katy Setterfield, the DUSTY contestant, has made it to the final this Saturday February 16. She won over audiences across the UK with her renditions of Dusty classics, such as “Wishin and Hopin,” “Son of a Preacher Man,” “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me” and “I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself.”
To celebrate our forum's first anniversary, Let's Talk Dusty! fans have raised 250 GBP to dedicate a day to Dusty at the Royal Marsden Hospital, 250 in support of The Dusty Springfield Animal Fund, 250 for a Flower Fund for Dusty's marker in Henley, and 250 for The Cats Protection Society, where something will be named in Dusty's honor at the local branch in St Albans. Monies were raised from weekly auctions and our Dusty's In the Winter auction, as well as sales of Dusty t-shirts, CDs, calendars, and badges for sale. Some of these are still available for fans--check the link below.
In other news. . . On November 22nd The Tony James Show on BBC Radio Cumbria aired an hour-long tribute to Dusty Springfield. Part one featured Tina Oberman who does a Dusty tribute act, and Part two featured an interview with Let's Talk Dusty's Nancy J Young. Many thanks to Tony--a big Dusty fan-- and his staff for helping to spread the Dusty love!
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD LIVE AT THE BBC Released on DVD !
The long awaited "Dusty Springifield: 'Live at the BBC" DVD was released on October 8th. Here's our review, penned by Carole Gibson, a Dusty fan since the 1960's:
Should anyone ever have any doubts about what a brilliant, exquisitely beautiful, shining star Dusty was.....just show them this DVD. I was quite teary watching it and I couldn't help thinking of friends no longer here who would have loved to have seen this. Having had most of these clips in various forms over the years, some good, some very grainy or fuzzy and with time codes, the quality of this is just wonderful to see. It was like watching it for the first time back in those heady days. You can catch every look, all the humour in her face and mannerisms, the twinkle in her eyes and see all those gorgeous dresses in perfect detail. And the voice. Sometimes I think we forget just how good she was. All that latter day talk of how Dusty would record syllable by syllable....not here she didn't, she just sang live and nailed it all. Too many favourites to name really but special mention to I'll Never Stop Loving You, To Love and Be Loved and It Was Easier to Hurt Him for the power and passion in the big vocals, to If My Friends Could See Me Now for her musical comedy flair and for Peel Me a Grape for its flirty cuteness. Catch the eyes at the beginning of Bring Him Back too, pure Dusty! Funny to go from the last song of the '67 series to the next track which is from the Morecambe and Wise Show of '70, and find Dusty wearing the same frock! The whole DVD is an absolute delight.
For this release, Universal has created a dedicated microsite which can be accessed now at the following address: www.dustyspringfieldlive.co.uk.
This DVD, available from the Dusty Springfield Bulletin, amazon,and many other outlets, is a must-have for all Dusty fans! Purchasing the DVD will not only bring you hours of enjoyment, but encourage Universal to release more Dusty material,
You may know us already from the Let's Talk Dusty! forum which has been online since October 2006. The response to that forum and our unbridled devotion to Dusty has inspired us to create this website to accompany the discussion boards.
Along with what you expect from a place dedicated to Dusty and her music, we hope this website will bring you some new sounds, new images, and new points of view regarding the world's greatest pop singer.
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