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Book

Dusty in Memphis

Call Number

  • 782.42164 S7697Z (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, [2016]

Physical Description

ix, 126 pages ; 17 cm.

Summary

"Dusty in Memphis," Dusty Springfield's beautiful and bizarre magnum opus, remains as fine a hybrid of pop and rhythm and blues as has ever been made. In this remarkable book, Warren Zanes explores his own love affair with the record.

Contents

  • Introduction: Now that I have your ear
  • Memphis, Georgia
  • Breakfast was my idea
  • In the land of make-believe
  • American music's costume ball
  • Afterword: A short interview with Stanley Booth.

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