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Dusty Springfield, on DVD and in Print
Dusty Springfield in concert at the Albert Hall.
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With writer Penny Valentine, Vicki Wickham is the author of Dancing with Demons: The Authorized Biography of Dusty Springfield. Wickham was Springfield's close friend and manager for over a decade of the enigmatic British singer's career.
A new DVD has just been released of a famed 1979 performance: Dusty Springfield, Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Eaglerock Entertainment).
This interview originally aired on Jan. 2, 2002.
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