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
Billy Ray Thunder and set everything up for him to show off his non-existent riding skills, after everyone else was done. Billy Ray tried to back out, but every excuse he came up with was shot down by Anthony. Anthony and Billy Ray agreed that Billy Ray would mount up and ready himself, inside the gate, on top of a 2,000 lb. bull. Anthony was supposed to pull him off before the gate opened. Unluckily, for Billy Ray, Anthony did not pull him off at the last minute, as they had agreed. Billy Ray ended up in the hospital with a couple of