Just a Little Lovin' all recorded complete as sung and played with no overdubs. The cover of "Just a Little Lovin'<nowiki>'</nowiki>" would show Lynne posed similarly to the image of Springfield on the cover of "Dusty in Memphis" (Lynne acknowledged the resemblance saying it was serendipitous), and the album featured four remakes from the Springfield album while passing over its highest-profile cut: the 1969 Top Ten hit "Son of a Preacher Man" () "I would never ever ever attempt to cut 'Son of a Preacher Man.' [Dusty Springfield] owns that." Lynne did remake the "Dusty in Memphis" number "I Don't Want to Hear It
Dusty Springfield Am I", was co-written by Norma Tanega and Norma Kutzer. By late 1966, Springfield was in a domestic relationship with Tanega – a US-born singer-songwriter who had a UK Top 30 hit with the novelty song, "Walkin' My Cat Named Dog". Springfield's ITV series "It Must Be Dusty" was broadcast in May and June 1968, episode six featured a duet performance of "Mockingbird" with singer-guitarist Jimi Hendrix fronting his band, The Experience. By 1968 Carole King, a songwriter whom Springfield had frequently tapped for material, had embarked on a solo singing career, while her relationship with the chart-peaking Bacharach-David partnership