POP-A-LOOZA: Dusty Springfield

Each week, the pop culture website Pop-A-Looza shares some posts from my vast 'n' captivating Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do) archives. The latest shared post is my Greatest Record Ever Made! study of Dusty Springfield's "I Only Want To Be With You."

An infinite number of songs can each be THE greatest record ever made, as long as they take turns. With that motto in mind, I continue to work on my proposed book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1), and I remain committed to getting that book completed, sold, and published. You can read my last update on the book project here, and you can even read the book's first few chapters in sequence here. Here's what's currently penciled in as its Table Of Contents:

FOREWORD

DISCLAIMERS AND DECLARATIONS (A User's Guide To The Greatest Record Ever Made!)

A Fistful Of 45s

OVERTURE THE RAMONES: Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?

BADFINGER: Baby Blue

CHUCK BERRY: Promised Land

DUSTY SPRINGFIELD: I Only Want To Be With You

THE SEX PISTOLS: God Save The Queen

ELVIS PRESLEY: Heartbreak Hotel

WILLIE MAE "BIG MAMA" THORNTON: Hound Dog

PATTI SMITH: Gloria

LITTLE RICHARD: The Girl Can't Help It

NEIL DIAMOND: Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show

CRAZY ELEPHANT: Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' 

WILSON PICKETT: In The Midnight Hour

THE HOLLIES: I Can't Let Go

LOVE: 7 And 7 Is

TRANSLATOR: Everywhere That I'm Not

LESLEY GORE: You Don't Own Me

THE SHANGRI-LAS: Leader Of The Pack

THE SHIRELLES: Will You Love Me Tomorrow

THE RAMONES: Sheena Is A Punk Rocker

AMY RIGBY: Dancing With Joey Ramone

PINK FLOYD: Wish You Were Here

GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS: Midnight Train To Georgia

THE BOBBY FULLER FOUR: I Fought The Law

MERLE HAGGARD: Mama Tried

THE TEMPTATIONS: Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

ELTON JOHN: Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting

BUDDY HOLLY: Peggy Sue/Everyday

JOHNNY NASH: I Can See Clearly Now

SUZI QUATRO: I May Be Too Young

ALICE COOPER: School's Out

THE RARE BREED/THE OHIO EXPRESS: Beg, Borrow And Steal

OTIS REDDING: (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay

ARETHA FRANKLIN: Respect

THE MONKEES: Porpoise Song (Theme From Head)

PRINCE: When You Were Mine

THE 13th FLOOR ELEVATORS: You're Gonna Miss Me

THE ROLLING STONES: Get Off Of My Cloud

PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS: Just Like Me

BOB DYLAN: Like A Rolling Stone

THE KINGSMEN: Louie, Louie

BARON DAEMON AND THE VAMPIRES: The Transylvania Twist

NELSON RIDDLE: The Batman Theme

THE CREATION: Making Time

THE WHO: I Can't Explain

TODD RUNDGREN: Couldn't I Just Tell You

SHOES: Tomorrow Night

THE FLASHCUBES: No Promise

SMOKEY ROBINSON AND THE MIRACLES: The Tears Of A Clown

MARY-CHAPIN CARPENTER: Never Had It So Good

JUDAS PRIEST: Heading Out To The Highway

THE NEW YORK DOLLS: Personality Crisis

THE JIVE FIVE: What Time Is It

THE EASYBEATS: Friday On My Mind

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: Girls In Their Summer Clothes

THE RONETTES: Be My Baby

KISS: Shout It Out Loud

THE LEFT BANKE: Walk Away, Renee

THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: Rock And Roll Love Letter

THE KNICKERBOCKERS: Lies

THE WONDERS: That Thing You Do!

THE GO-GO'S: We Got The Beat

THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL: Summer In The City

INTERLUDE The Tottenham Sound Of...The Beatles?!

THE DAVE CLARK FIVE: Any Way You Want It

JAMES BROWN: Please, Please, Please

THE MARVELETTES: I'll Keep Holding On

GRAND FUNK: We're An American Band

THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS: O-o-h Child

THE FIRST CLASS: Beach Baby

THE ISLEY BROTHERS: Summer Breeze

THE RUBINOOS: I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend

THE PANDORAS: It's About Time

P. P. ARNOLD: The First Cut Is The Deepest

BIG STAR: September Gurls

SAMMY AMBROSE: This Diamond Ring

PAUL COLLINS: Walking Out On Love

LINDA RONSTADT: You're No Good

ENTR'ACTE THE BEATLES: Yesterday

THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET: Take Five

RAY CHARLES: Hit The Road Jack

THE MUFFS: Saying Goodbye

MARVIN GAYE: I Heard It Through The Grapevine

THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES: Shake Some Action

MATERIAL ISSUE: Kim The Waitress

THE JACKSON FIVE: I'll Be There

SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE: Everybody Is A Star

THE DANDY WARHOLS: We Used To Be Friends

THE BANGLES: Live

THE SEARCHERS: Hearts In Her Eyes

RICK JAMES: Super Freak (Part 1)

THE FLIRTATIONS: Nothing But A Heartache

THE SPINNERS: I'll Be Around

TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS: American Girl

LED ZEPPELIN: Communication Breakdown

THE BANDWAGON: Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache

DON HENLEY: The Boys Of Summer

BEN E. KING: Stand By Me

GENE PITNEY: Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa

RUFUS: Tell Me Something Good

THE SPONGETONES: (My Girl) Maryanne

THE TRAMMPS: Disco Inferno

HAROLD MELVIN AND THE BLUE NOTES: Don't Leave Me This Way

GRANDMASTER AND MELLE MEL: White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE: White Rabbit

THE BYRDS: I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: I'll Be Your Mirror

DEL SHANNON: Runaway

THE EVERLY BROTHERS: Gone, Gone, Gone

THE COCKTAIL SLIPPERS: St. Valentine's Day Massacre

FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS: Do The Freddie

SAM & DAVE: Soul Man

BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY: Piece Of My Heart

ARTHUR CONLEY: Sweet Soul Music

DONNA SUMMER: I Feel Love

T. REX: 20th Century Boy

THE RUNAWAYS: Cherry Bomb

AMERICA: Sister Golden Hair

THE KINKS: Waterloo Sunset 

THE KINKS: You Really Got Me

HOLLY GOLIGHTLY: Time Will Tell

THE SMITHEREENS: Behind The Wall Of Sleep

THE COWSILLS: She Said To Me

FREDA PAYNE: Band Of Gold

ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS: (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?

THE FOUR TOPS: Reach Out I'll Be There

INTERLUDE Old Time Rock 'n' Roll

THE BOB SEGER SYSTEM: 2 + 2 = ?

LULU: To Sir, With Love [Museum Outings Montage]

ABBA: Dancing Queen

EARTH, WIND & FIRE: Boogie Wonderland

THE CONTOURS: Do You Love Me

SWEET: Ballroom Blitz

BLONDIE: (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear

WHAM!: Freedom

THE SUPREMES: You Keep Me Hangin' On 

THE BEACH BOYS: God Only Knows

JOAN ARMATRADING: Me Myself I

THE SELECTER: On My Radio

MANNIX: Highway Lines

THE DRIFTERS: On Broadway

FIRST AID KIT: America

THE MC5: Kick Out The Jams

SOLOMON BURKE: Everybody Needs Somebody To Love

CHEAP TRICK Surrender

THE STANDELLS: Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White

DAVID BOWIE: Life On Mars?

THE O'JAYS: Put Your Hands Together

THE GRATEFUL DEAD: Uncle John's Band

THE PRETENDERS: Back On The Chain Gang

EDDIE AND THE HOT RODS: Do Anything You Wanna Do

STEVIE WONDER: I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)

MARYKATE O'NEIL: I'm Ready For My Luck To Turn Around

EYTAN MIRSKY: This Year's Gonna Be Our Year

THE JAYHAWKS: I'm Gonna Make You Love Me

An Infinite Number

INTERLUDE Underrating The Beatles

ENCORE! THE BEATLES: Rain

ENCORE!! THE T-BONES: No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)

Cruisin' Music

CODA THE RAMONES: Blitzkrieg Bop

AFTERWORD 

This list will change. The idea will not change: Our favorite records don't live in isolation; each one has a story to tell.

And today, that story is told on behalf of a girl named Dusty. "I Only Want To Be With You" is The Greatest Record Ever Made!, and it's the latest Boppin' Pop-A-Looza.




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Carl's writin' a book! The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) will contain 155 essays about 155 tracks, each one of 'em THE greatest record ever made. An infinite number of records can each be the greatest record ever made, as long as they take turns. Updated initial information can be seen here: THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE! (Volume 1).