Stay Awhile/I Only Want to Be with You Stay Awhile/I Only Want to Be with You Stay Awhile/I Only Want to Be with You is the first album of the singer Dusty Springfield to be released in the USA. It was issued on the Philips Records label in 1964 and includes Springfield's hit singles "I Only Want To Be With You", "Stay Awhile" and "Wishin' and Hopin. Springfield's British debut album "A Girl Called Dusty" was released in April 1964. The US debut, issued some three months later, was technically a compilation of tracks from "A Girl Called Dusty", her first two UK singles, and other Springfield recordings.
Wishin' and Hopin' The Eagles also had a single release of "Wishin' and Hopin, although it was the B-side of their non-charting single "Write Me a Letter". Despite not being a UK hit single for Springfield, "Wishin' and Hopin was strongly identified with her in the UK public consciousness: she performed the song with the Merseybeats on the 8 August 1964 episode of "Ready Steady Go!" – actually both acts lip-synched to a track spliced together from their respective versions – and on that show's "Sound of Motown" edition broadcast 28 April 1965 which Springfield hosted, the only one of her own songs