The best white soul performer of her time, Dusty Springfield was also Britain’s greatest pop diva.
Mary O’Brien gave birth to Dusty Springfield on April 16, 1939, and she was nurtured on a varied diet of jazz and classical music.
After graduating from high school, Dusty joined the pop vocal group the Lana Sisters, which released a few singles on Fontana before disbanding. O’Brien took on the stage name Dusty Springfield in 1960 after joining forces with her brother Dion O’Brien and his friend Tim Feild to form the folk trio of the Springfields. With the help of a few hit singles, the group quickly became the best-selling act in the U.K.
Who did Dusty Springfield have relationships with?
Dusty Springfield dated Norma Tanega, another singer. She lived with Norma Tanega in a domestic partnership from 1966 to the beginning of the 1970s.
Later, Springfield had various relationships with American and Canadian women, including an “off and on” domestic partnership with American photojournalist Faye Harris.
Springfield and Teda Bracci exchanged vows in a wedding ceremony in 1983 that was not recognized at the time by California law. Within two years, the couple broke up.
