Dusty Springfield "Billboard" 200, and at the time, went platinum (100,000 units) in Canada alone. "Son of a Preacher Man" helped the soundtrack album sell over 2 million copies in the US, and it reached No. 21 on the charts. During September and October 1969 Dusty hosted her third and final BBC musical variety series (her fourth variety series overall), "Decidedly Dusty" (co-hosted by Valentine Dyall). All eight episodes were later wiped from the BBC archives, and to date the only surviving footage consists of domestic audio recordings. By the start of the 1970s Dusty Springfield was a major star, though her
Dusty Springfield B-side, "Once Upon a Time", was written by Springfield. The release finished as No. 48 on New York's WABC radio Top 100 for 1964. On 1 January 1964 "I Only Want to Be with You" was one of the first songs played on "Top of the Pops," BBC-TV's new music programme. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc in the UK. On 17 April 1964 Springfield issued her debut album "A Girl Called Dusty" which included mostly remakes of her favourite songs. Among the tracks were "Mama Said," "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His