Published in 2001
288 pages
Penny Valentine was the journalist closest to Dusty at the height of her fame and was taken into the singer’s closed ‘inner circle’ of friends. She now lives in North London and works at the Guardian.
What is this book about?
Dusty Springfield led a tragic yet inspiring life, battling her way to the top of the charts and into the hearts of music fans world-wide. Her signature voice made songs such as “I Only Want to Be with You,” “Son of a Preacher Man,” and “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me,” international hits. In Dancing with Demons, two of her closest friends, Valentine and Wickham, capture, with vivid memories and personal anecdotes, a Dusty most people never glimpsed in this no-holds-barred yet touching portrait of one of the world’s true grand dames of popular music.
