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 Boys, peaked at No. 14. She capitalised on this by recording the 1990 album "Reputation", her third UK Top 20 studio album. The writing and production credits for half the album, which included the two recent hit singles, went to Pet Shop Boys, while the album's other producers included Dan Hartman. By 1988 Springfield had left California and, other than when recording tracks for "Reputation", she returned to the UK to live. In 1993, she recorded a duet with her former 1960s professional rival and friend, Cilla Black. In October, "Heart and Soul" was released as a single and, in