Publisher's Synopsis
Combing through the mass of material written on the classic album, Dusty In Memphis, Zach Cooley compiles it all in one comprehensive volume. Exploring the legacy surrounding the album and its artist, discovering the makings of this timeless classic, past present and future. In honor of its golden anniversary, the volume details a terrified Dusty Springfield, the white girl singer from London attempting to fill the shoes of her African-American idols like Aretha Franklin and Wilson Pickett. Producer Jerry Wexler and The Memphis Boys are equally in awe of Dusty herself. Spawning classics like "Son of a Preacher Man" and the Oscar-winning "Windmills of Your Mind," Dusty In Memphis forever immortalized Dusty Springfield as "The White Queen of Soul."
