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Son of a Preacher Man

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"Son of a Preacher Man"
Single by Dusty Springfield
from the album Dusty in Memphis
B-side"Just a Little Lovin'"
ReleasedNovember 8, 1968
RecordedAmerican Studios, Memphis, Tennessee, September 1968
Genre
Length2:29
LabelAtlantic (US)
Philips (international)
Songwriter(s)John Hurley, Ronnie Wilkins
Producer(s)Jerry Wexler, Arif Mardin, Jeff Barry, Tom Dowd
Dusty Springfield singles chronology
"Don't Forget About Me"
(1969)
"Son of a Preacher Man"
(1968)
"Willie & Laura Mae Jones"
(1969)

"Son of a Preacher Man" is a 1968 song by British singer Dusty Springfield. It was taken from her fifth studio album Dusty in Memphis. It went to number 1 in Singapore, number 2 in Malaysia, number 3 in Switzerland, number 4 in the Netherlands, number 6 in Australia, number 7 in New Zealand, number 9 in the United Kingdom, number 10 in Austria and the United States and number 11 in Ireland. Following its use in the 1994 movie Pulp Fiction it when to number 1 in Iceland. It was recorded by Aretha Franklin following Springfield's version in 1969.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Stylus Staff (March 22, 2004). "Top 101–200 Favourite Albums Ever". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on February 16, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2023. ...Dusty managed to unfurl her golden pipes and set them loose in the mildly perverse Country/Soul amble of "Son of a Preacher Man"...