‘Full of secrets and promises’: Dusty Springfield’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

Sheer class and sophistication … Dusty Springfield on Ready Steady Go! in 1966. Photograph: Ivan Keeman/Redferns

20. Quiet Please, There’s a Lady on Stage (1979)

It’s closer to a show tune than soul, but Dusty Springfield kept singing Quiet Please live during her wilderness years for a reason. The version from 1979, the year Springfield’s UK tour was cancelled due to poor sales, is particularly freighted: “She may not be the latest rage, but she’s singing and she means it … give her your respect if nothing else.”