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 the best-selling female singer in the world and topped a number of popularity polls, including "Melody Maker"s Best International Vocalist. Although she was never considered a Northern Soul artist in her own right, her efforts contributed a great deal to the formation of the genre as a result. She was the first UK singer to top the "New Musical Express" readers' poll for Female Singer. To boost her credibility as a soul artist, Springfield went to Memphis, Tennessee, to record "Dusty in Memphis", an album of pop and soul music with the Atlantic Records main production team. Released in 1969,