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
Just a Little Lovin' Anymore", a Randy Newman composition "that's the song that I [heard and] fell in love with Dusty", and also the shelved "Dusty in Memphis" track "Willie and Laura Mae Jones" (a 1969 single release by Springfield) which Lynne had known from its original recording by songwriter Tony Joe White who was a friend of Lynne's. Although Lynne commented that the omission of a remake of Springfield's 1964 Top Ten hit "Wishin' and Hopin'" was due to () "[it] not [being] my favorite song" a "Wishin' and Hopin<nowiki>'</nowiki>" remake was included on the UK release of "Just a Little Lovin<nowiki>'</nowiki>". Lynne