Dusty Springfield - "Son of a Preacher Man"

In the 60's Dusty Springfield was the queen of blue-eyed soul. Her career peaked with her 'Dusty in Memphis' album from 1969, which featured "Son of a Preacher Man" although, it had already been released as a single in 1968. "Son of a Preacher Man" will be remembered as one of the great soul songs from the 60's and even Aretha Franklin regretted initially turning the song down, after she heard Dusty Springfield's version... she did record it a year later but the popularity of the Dusty Springfield version was not to be surpassed.... even though Dusty had thought Aretha's version was superior.... whether that was self deprecating or not, it became clear during the recording of 'Dusty in Memphis' that she was a little in awe of the legendary musicians at the memphis sessions and was quite insecure about being compared with the soul legends. This may have contributed to the fact that her final vocal recordings were done in New York. Regardless of the difficulties and insecurities of the recording, it was to be a landmark album and "Son of a Preacher Man" was a big part of that.