Ooooooweeee!!!
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Ooooooweeee!!! is the third album of singer Dusty Springfield
to be released in the USA, issued on the Philips Records
label in 1965 and including the hit single "Losing You". Even more so than Springfield's two first US albums, Ooooooweeee!!! can be considered as a compilation since it comprises tracks both from her British debut album A Girl Called Dusty
as well as recordings originally issued on various A- and B-side singles and EP's - recorded and released in the UK over a period of some eighteen months. Ooooooweeee!!! also features tracks from Springfield's September 1964 sessions in New York, produced by Shelby Singleton Jr, some of which would remain unreleased in her native Britain until 1998, and the CD re-issue of the 1965 album Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty
.
Ooooooweeee!!! was first released on CD by Mercury Records
/Universal Music in 1999, then also featuring three bonus tracks.
Side B
Bonus tracks 1999 reissue
Dusty Springfield
Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'BrienSources use both Isabel and Isobel as the spelling of her second name. OBE , known professionally as Dusty Springfield and dubbed The White Queen of Soul, was a British pop singer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s...
to be released in the USA, issued on the Philips Records
Philips Records
Philips Records is a record label that was founded by Dutch electronics company Philips. It was started by "Philips Phonographische Industrie" in 1950. Recordings were made with popular artists of various nationalities and also with classical artists from Germany, France and Holland. Philips also...
label in 1965 and including the hit single "Losing You". Even more so than Springfield's two first US albums, Ooooooweeee!!! can be considered as a compilation since it comprises tracks both from her British debut album A Girl Called Dusty
A Girl Called Dusty
A Girl Called Dusty was the debut album of British singer Dusty Springfield. It was released in the UK on Philips Records in 1964.Dusty Springfield had been a member of the girl group The Lana Sisters from 1958 to 1960, and the folk-pop trio The Springfields from 1960–1963, in the latter case with...
as well as recordings originally issued on various A- and B-side singles and EP's - recorded and released in the UK over a period of some eighteen months. Ooooooweeee!!! also features tracks from Springfield's September 1964 sessions in New York, produced by Shelby Singleton Jr, some of which would remain unreleased in her native Britain until 1998, and the CD re-issue of the 1965 album Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty
Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty
Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty is the second studio album by singer Dusty Springfield, released on Philips Records in the UK in 1965. Springfield's 1964 debut album, A Girl Called Dusty, sold well enough to make her Philips Records' top selling female artist. For this, her second album, Philips...
.
Ooooooweeee!!! was first released on CD by Mercury Records
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...
/Universal Music in 1999, then also featuring three bonus tracks.
Track listing
Side A- "Losing You" (Tom SpringfieldTom SpringfieldTom Springfield is the brother of Dusty Springfield and an important figure in the 1960s folk and pop music scene...
, Clive Westlake) - 3:10- Recorded in London, 15 July 1964. First release: Philips UK single BF 1369 (A-side), 14 October 1964
- "Here She Comes" (Joseph Kookoolis, Salvatore Trimachi) - 2:23
- Recorded in New York, September 1964. First UK release: 1998 CD reissue of 1965 album Ev'rything's Coming Up DustyEv'rything's Coming Up DustyEv'rything's Coming Up Dusty is the second studio album by singer Dusty Springfield, released on Philips Records in the UK in 1965. Springfield's 1964 debut album, A Girl Called Dusty, sold well enough to make her Philips Records' top selling female artist. For this, her second album, Philips...
- Recorded in New York, September 1964. First UK release: 1998 CD reissue of 1965 album Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty
- "Once upon a Time" (Dusty SpringfieldDusty SpringfieldMary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'BrienSources use both Isabel and Isobel as the spelling of her second name. OBE , known professionally as Dusty Springfield and dubbed The White Queen of Soul, was a British pop singer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s...
) - 1:56- Recorded in London, 17 October 1963. First release: Philips UK single 40162 (B-side of "I Only Want to Be With You"), 8 November 1963
- "He's Got Something" (Kenny Lynch, Ian Samwell) - 2:37
- Recorded in London, 12 December 1963. First release: Philips UK EP I Only Want to Be With You, BE 12560, 6 March 1964
- "You Don't Own MeYou Don't Own Me"You Don't Own Me" is a popular song written by the Philadelphia songwriters John Madara and David White, and recorded by Lesley Gore in 1963, when Gore was 17 years old. The song reached No...
" (John Madara, David WhiteDavid White (musician)David White toured the country with his parents prior to attending school in their acrobatic/hand-balancing act called Barry and Brenda and Company....
) - 2:29- First release: UK album A Girl Called DustyA Girl Called DustyA Girl Called Dusty was the debut album of British singer Dusty Springfield. It was released in the UK on Philips Records in 1964.Dusty Springfield had been a member of the girl group The Lana Sisters from 1958 to 1960, and the folk-pop trio The Springfields from 1960–1963, in the latter case with...
, April 1964
- First release: UK album A Girl Called Dusty
- "Now That You're My Baby" (Gerry GoffinGerry GoffinGerry Goffin is an American lyricist. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 with former songwriting partner and first wife, Carole King. he has co-written six Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers.-Career:Goffin enlisted with the Marine Corps Reserve after graduating from...
, Arthur Kornfeld, Toni Wine) - 2:14- Recorded in New York, September 1964. First UK release: Philips UK EP Dusty in New York, BE 12572, 9 April 1965
Side B
- "If Wishes Could Be Kisses" (Roy Alfred, Wes Farrell) - 2:55
- Recorded in New York, September 1964. First UK release: 1998 CD reissue of 1965 album Ev'rything's Coming Up DustyEv'rything's Coming Up DustyEv'rything's Coming Up Dusty is the second studio album by singer Dusty Springfield, released on Philips Records in the UK in 1965. Springfield's 1964 debut album, A Girl Called Dusty, sold well enough to make her Philips Records' top selling female artist. For this, her second album, Philips...
- Recorded in New York, September 1964. First UK release: 1998 CD reissue of 1965 album Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty
- "I'll Love You for Awhile" (Gerry GoffinGerry GoffinGerry Goffin is an American lyricist. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 with former songwriting partner and first wife, Carole King. he has co-written six Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers.-Career:Goffin enlisted with the Marine Corps Reserve after graduating from...
, Carole KingCarole KingCarole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King had an album, Tapestry, top the U.S...
) - 2:09- Recorded in London, 22 January 1965. First UK release: Philips single BF 1430 (B-side of "Some of Your Lovin'"), 10 September 1965
- "I Wanna Make You Happy" (Russ TitelmanRuss TitelmanRuss Titelman is an American record producer and songwriter. He has to date won three Grammy Awards. He earned his first producing the Steve Winwood song "Higher Love", and his second and third for Eric Clapton's Journeyman and Unplugged albums...
, Cynthia WeilCynthia WeilCynthia Weil is a prominent American songwriter. She is famous for having written many songs together with her husband Barry Mann....
) - 2:29- Recorded in New York, September 1964. First UK release: Philips UK EP Dusty in New York, BE 12572, 9 April 1965
- "Your Hurtin' Kinda Love" (Mike Hawker, Ivor RaymondeIvor RaymondeIvor Raymonde was a British musician, songwriter, arranger and actor, best known for his distinctive rock-orchestral arrangements for Dusty Springfield and others in the 1960s.-Life and career:...
) - 2:40- Recorded in London, 22 January 1965. First release: Philips UK single BF 1396 (A-side), 5 February 1965
- "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His EyesWhen the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes"When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" is a song written by Holland–Dozier–Holland and recorded in 1963 by Motown singing group The Supremes. It is notable as the Supremes' first Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 recording, following seven previous singles between January 1961 and September...
" (Lamont DozierLamont DozierLamont Herbert Dozier is an American songwriter and record producer, born in Detroit, Michigan. Dozier has either co-written or produced several US Billboard #1 hits.-Career:...
, Brian HollandBrian HollandBrian Holland is an American songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of Holland–Dozier–Holland. That songwriting and production team that was responsible for much of the Motown sound and numerous hit records by artists such as Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Four Tops,...
, Edward Holland, Jr.Edward Holland, Jr.Edward Holland, Jr. is an American singer, songwriter and record producer....
) - 3:07- First release: UK album A Girl Called DustyA Girl Called DustyA Girl Called Dusty was the debut album of British singer Dusty Springfield. It was released in the UK on Philips Records in 1964.Dusty Springfield had been a member of the girl group The Lana Sisters from 1958 to 1960, and the folk-pop trio The Springfields from 1960–1963, in the latter case with...
, April 1964
- First release: UK album A Girl Called Dusty
- "I Want Your Love Tonight" (Bob Halley, Carl Spencer) - 2:08
- Recorded in New York, September 1964. First UK release: Philips UK EP Dusty in New York, BE 12572, 9 April 1965
Bonus tracks 1999 reissue
- "Go Ahead On" (Madeline BellMadeline BellMadeline Bell is an American soul singer, who became famous as a performer in the United Kingdom during the 1960s, having arrived from the US in the gospel show Black Nativity in 1962, with vocal group The Bradford Singers.-Career:She worked as a session singer, most notably backing for Dusty...
, Dusty SpringfieldDusty SpringfieldMary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'BrienSources use both Isabel and Isobel as the spelling of her second name. OBE , known professionally as Dusty Springfield and dubbed The White Queen of Soul, was a British pop singer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s...
) - 2:38- Recorded in London, 26 August 1966. First release: Philips UK single (B-side of "All I See Is You"), 9 September 1966
- "I Will Always Want You" ("Di Fronte All'Amore") (Silvana Simoni, Mario Coppola, Umberto Bindi) - 3:36
- Recorded in London, 30 June 1966. Originally unissued. First release: UK compilation Something Special, 1996
- "Don't Let Me Lose This Dream" (Aretha FranklinAretha FranklinAretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...
, Ted White) - 2:24- First release: UK album Where Am I Going?Where Am I Going?Where Am I Going? is the third studio album by singer Dusty Springfield, released on Philips Records in the UK in 1967. By now, firmly established as one of the most popular singers in Britain, with several hits in America as well, Springfield ventured into more varying styles than before, and...
, 1967
- First release: UK album Where Am I Going?
Personnel and production
- Dusty SpringfieldDusty SpringfieldMary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'BrienSources use both Isabel and Isobel as the spelling of her second name. OBE , known professionally as Dusty Springfield and dubbed The White Queen of Soul, was a British pop singer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s...
- lead vocals, background vocals - The BreakawaysThe BreakawaysThe Breakaways were an English female vocal trio, formed in 1962. Britain's premiere session vocalists throughout the 1960s, The Breakaways also recorded a handful of little known girl group singles.-Career:...
- background vocals - Madeline BellMadeline BellMadeline Bell is an American soul singer, who became famous as a performer in the United Kingdom during the 1960s, having arrived from the US in the gospel show Black Nativity in 1962, with vocal group The Bradford Singers.-Career:She worked as a session singer, most notably backing for Dusty...
- background vocals - Lesley DuncanLesley DuncanLesley Duncan was an English singer-songwriter, best known for her work during the 1970s. She received a lot of airplay on British radio stations such as BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2, but never achieved great commercial success.Duncan was born in Stockton-on-Tees...
- background vocals - The EchoesThe EchoesThe Echoes were formed in London England in early 1960 by singer Chris Wayne for the Conway Twitty, Johnny Preston and Freddy Cannon tour of Great Britain. The Echoes were originally made up from “The Spacemen skiffle group” which were Joe Browns skiffle group. Joe was a regular on Boy Meets Girls...
- accompanimentAccompanimentIn music, accompaniment is the art of playing along with an instrumental or vocal soloist or ensemble, often known as the lead, in a supporting manner... - Johnny FranzJohnny FranzJohnny Franz was a UK record producer and A&R man at the Philips label. Although his name is not recognized by many Americans, Franz was one of Britain's most successful producers in the 1950s and 1960s...
- record producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music... - Ivor RaymondeIvor RaymondeIvor Raymonde was a British musician, songwriter, arranger and actor, best known for his distinctive rock-orchestral arrangements for Dusty Springfield and others in the 1960s.-Life and career:...
- orchestra director - Alan Tew - orchestra director
- Shelby Singleton Jr. - record producer (New York sessions)
- Ray Stevens - arranger & orchestra director (New York sessions)
- Eliot Goshman - digital remastering (US) (1999 re-issue)
- Roger Wake - digital remastering (UK) (1999 re-issue)
- Mike Gill - digital remastering (UK) (1999 re-issue)