5 Dusty Springfield A Girl Called Dusty PHILIPS, 1964

You say: “I adore Dusty. Her first US LP is a cracker: You Don’t Own Me, Wishin’ And Hopin’, great cover.” @Michaeldaly1964, via Twitter

The first Dusty album released in the USA was effectively a supercharged version of her British debut A Girl Called Dusty supplemented with her first two UK singles, and a bunch of other gems. The marvellous thing about this compilation is that it totally works. The devastating emotional power of Anyone Who Had A Heart is a given but her covers of Will You Love Me Tomorrow, Mockingbird and When The Lovelight Starts Shining... are like gauntlets thrown down on the Brill Building steps – as good if not better than the US originals – while Ivor Raymonde’s kitchen-sink production of Stay Awhile beats Phil Spector at his own game.