What was the title of the only UK No. 1 hit for Dusty Springfield ?
Dusty Springfield music singer Jody Miller. Its English version, "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me," featured lyrics newly written by Springfield's friend Vicki Wickham and her future manager, Simon Napier-Bell. It was released in March 1966 and reached No. 1 in April 1966 the UK and No. 4 in the US, where it was also No. 35 on the "Billboard" Top 100 for 1966. The song, which Springfield called "good old schmaltz," was voted among the All Time Top 100 Songs by the listeners of BBC Radio 2 in 1999. Springfield introduced the Motown sound to a wider UK audience,
Dusty Springfield Tanega (Springfield's then-partner) and Jim Council. UK singer-songwriter David Westlake on his 2002 release, "Play Dusty for Me", "fêted [Springfield] in both the album title and opening title track". US singer-songwriter Shelby Lynne's tenth studio album "Just a Little Lovin'" (2008) was issued as a tribute. In 2012, a biographical jukebox musical titled "Forever Dusty" opened Off-Broadway in New York City at New World Stages. The production starred Kirsten Holly Smith as Springfield. Smith also co-wrote the book of the musical. In 2015, Springfield was named by Equality Forum as one of their 31 Icons of the 2015 LGBT History