Rant Of The Day is where I get to mouth off about whatever I feel like for however long I like. Theoretically, I'll update my whinge/opinion piece every weekday; in practice, maybe not so often.
The demise of Dusty
Big entertainment news of the week has been the death of Dusty Springfield at the age of 59. For the benefit of anyone not tracking this story closely, here's an assemblage of random facts covering most of the salient issues:
Beehive hairdos.
Tamla Motown.
'Son Of A Preacher Man'.
Burt Bacharach.
Her brother Tom.
'Stay Awhile'.
Cilla Black.
'I Only Want To Be With You'.
Sex scandals.
'Wishing And Hoping'.
Growing Pains.
'What Have I Done To Deserve This?'.
Pet Shop Boys.
Only one UK#1.
'Nothing Has Been Proved'.
Dusty In Memphis.
Trevor Horn.
Wore shoes, unlike Sandy Shaw.
Scandal.
Reclusive.
'You Don't Have To Say You Love Me'.
Carole King.
Breast cancer.
Pulp Fiction.
'Silver Threads And Golden Needles'.
Moved to US.
Gay icon.
'Going Back'.
PJ Proby.
White Heat.
'In Private'.
Lucy O'Brien.
'I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten'.
Richard Carpenter.
'The Look Of Love'.
Doubtless more could be added, but that'll do for now.
THIS RANT 05/03/99
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