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Dusty Springfield
Dusty Springfield
Dusty Springfield was a British vocalist who made her mark as a female hit maker and icon during the 1960s beat boom that resulted in the British Invasion. Mary O’Brien, the daughter of a tax consultant, grew up in prosperous Hampstead in North London. In 1958 she became the third member of a…
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Asylum Records and the Sound of Southern California
Philadelphia International Records: The Sound of Philadelphia
Warner/Reprise Records
Discos
How Quincy Jones owned the 1980s
Los Angeles 1990s overview
Studio One: Jamaican “Academy”
New jack swing
Hi Records
Jam and Lewis
CBGB
Britpop
Musicland Studios: Machine-Made Music from Munich
Stiff Records: Do-It-Yourself Daring
Factory Records: Manchester’s 24-Hour Party People
Paisley Park Studios: Prince’s Sonic Playground
Two-Tone Movement
Liverpool 1980s overview
Balearic Beat
Hi Records
Los Angeles 1980s overview
Seattle 1990s overview
Death Row Records and Interscope Records
Minneapolis 1980s overview
Athens 1980s overview
The Warehouse
London 1970s overview
Punk clubs
Kingston 1970s overview
RAK Records
Scotland 1980s overview
West Berlin 1970s overview
Sheffield 1980s overview
Casablanca Records
New York City 1970s overview
Los Angeles 1970s overview
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