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 1971 hit album, "Tumbleweed Connection". She recorded some songs with producer Jeff Barry in early 1971, which were intended for an album to be released by Atlantic Records. However, her new manager Alan Bernard negotiated her out of the Atlantic contract; some of the tracks were used on the UK-only album, "See All Her Faces" (November 1972), and the 1999 release, "Dusty in Memphis-Deluxe Edition". In 1972, Springfield signed a contract with ABC Dunhill Records and "Cameo" was issued in February 1973 to respectable reviews, though poor sales. In 1973, Springfield recorded the theme song for the TV series, "The