Dusty in Memphis Dusty in Memphis Dusty in Memphis is the fifth studio album by English singer Dusty Springfield. She recorded the album at American Sound Studio in Memphis with a team of musicians and producers that included Jerry Wexler, Arif Mardin, Tom Dowd, conductor Gene Orloff, backing vocalists The Sweet Inspirations, bassist Tommy Cogbill, and guitarist Reggie Young. It featured one of her top-10 UK hits, "Son of a Preacher Man". Although "Dusty in Memphis" sold poorly when it was first released by Atlantic Records in 1969, the album has since been acclaimed by critics as one of the greatest records of
Dusty Springfield placed among the top 25 female artists of all time by readers of "Mojo" magazine (May 1999), editors of "Q" magazine (January 2002), and a panel of artists on VH1 TV channel (August 2007). In 2008, Dusty appeared at No. 35 on the "Rolling Stone"s "100 Greatest Singers of All Time". In the 1960s she topped a number of popularity polls, including "Melody Maker"s Best International Vocalist for 1966; in 1965 she was the first British singer to top the "New Musical Express" readers' polls for Female Singer, and topped that poll again in 1966, 1967, and 1969 as well