
| Genres: |
Pop / Rock,
R&B / Soul
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| Descriptive "tags": |
female vocalists, pop, soul, oldies, 60s
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| Decades Active: |
1960s,
1970s,
1980s,
1990s,
2000s
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| Search for Artist on: |
OLDIES.com,
Wikipedia,
Flikr (photos),
YouTube (videos)
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Biography
Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien, 16 April 1939, Hampstead, London, England, d. 2 March 1999, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. A long-standing critical favourite but sadly neglected by the mass public from the early 70s until the end of the 80s, the career of the greatest white soul/pop singer the UK has ever produced was a turbulent one. Formerly referred to as "the White Negress", Springfield began as a member of the cloying pop trio the Lana Sisters in the 50s, and moved with her brother Tom (Dion O'Brien, b. 2 July 1934, Hampstead, London, England), and Tim Field into the Springfields, one of Britain's top pop/folk acts of the early 60s. During the Merseybeat boom, she took a bold step by going solo. Her debut in late 1963 with "I Only Want To Be With You" (the first ever song performed on the long-running UK television programme Top Of The Pops) removed any doubts the previously shy convent girl may have had; this jaunty, endearing song is now a...
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