Dusty Springfield

It’s music month at Gal’s Guide and a new group of gal pals have joined to have some fun. Bonnie takes the stage first talking about Dusty Springfield the singer of “Son of a Preacher Man”, “Wishin’ and Hopin’ and more. Don’t miss this fab episode because we learned that Dusty threw food when she got angry. But “What have I, what have I done to deserve this?” Wait what does the Pet Shop Boys have to do with Dusty? Just hit play to learn more.

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Show Notes & Extras

• This month’s Gal Pals are Dr. Leah Leach, Katie Harris, Bonnie Fillenwarth and Rebecca Berfanger.
• Music Month intro
• Bonnie’s 1 Cool Music Thing is Dusty Springfield
• Growing up Irish-Catholic in the U.K.
• Food fights
• Competing with her brother
• The persona of Dusty Springfield
• The panda look and the skirt Bonnie was talking about

• Songs – “Son of a Preacher Man”, “Wishin’ and Hopin'” and “I Only Wanna Be With You.”
• The Pulp Fiction reference.
• The interview with the Beatles

• Interesting accounting
• Shame spiral in Memphis
• Weird living in L.A. where many are gay but nearly all are in the closet
• Pet Shop Boys “What Did I Do To Deserve This?”

• Background vocals on Elton John songs
• Met a lovely woman and settled down
• Special tour of the Vatican
• Breast cancer died in 1994
• O.B.E. (Order of the British Empire)
• A possible biopic “So Much Love” Variety
• Documentary on YouTube.
• Great book Dusty: an intimate portrait of a musical legend

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