who sang the original son of a preacher man
Dusty Springfield
title: Son of a Preacher Man text: Son of a Preacher Man "Son of a Preacher Man" is a song written and composed by John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins and recorded by British singer Dusty Springfield in September 1968 for the album "Dusty in Memphis." Springfield's version was produced by Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd, and Arif Mardin for her first album for the Atlantic Records label and became an international hit reaching #10 in the United States and #9 in her native United Kingdom when it was released in late 1968. The album "Dusty in Memphis" was released in stereo, though its singles were remixed and released title: Son of a Preacher Man text: recent years. The song is also featured in the 2016 video game "Mafia III". Son of a Preacher Man "Son of a Preacher Man" is a song written and composed by John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins and recorded by British singer Dusty Springfield in September 1968 for the album "Dusty in Memphis." Springfield's version was produced by Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd, and Arif Mardin for her first album for the Atlantic Records label and became an international hit reaching #10 in the United States and #9 in her native United Kingdom when it was released in late 1968. The album title: John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins text: Hurley and Wilkins were asked by Jerry Wexler to write a song for Aretha Franklin. Remembering that Aretha's father was a preacher, as Wilkins' grandfather had been, they quickly came up with the song "Son of a Preacher Man". Wexler liked the song and recorded it with Aretha Franklin, but her version was not released and Wexler passed the song on to Dusty Springfield for her album "Dusty in Memphis". Released as a single in 1968, Springfield's version reached number 9 on the UK singles chart and number 10 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. In 1993, the song was sampled title: Son of a Preacher Man text: b-side hit single "Call Me". The writers of "Rolling Stone" magazine placed Dusty Springfield's recording at #77 among "The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years" in 1987. The record was placed at #43 of the "Greatest Singles of All Time" by the writers of "New Musical Express" in 2002. In 2004, the song made the "Rolling Stone" list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time at No. 240. In 1994, the song was featured in a scene of the film "Pulp Fiction". The film's soundtrack reached #21 on the Billboard 200 and went platinum (100,000 units) in title: Son of a Preacher Man text: with "Son of a Preacher Man". Wexler liked the song and recorded it with Aretha Franklin, but then decided that it did not fit with her other songs and passed the song on to Dusty Springfield for her album "Dusty in Memphis". The song was recorded by Franklin's older sister Erma, who included it on her 1969 Brunswick album "Soul Sister". Not till after hearing Springfield's version did Franklin reconsider; when she did release the song herself, including it on her 1970 album, "This Girl's in Love with You", her version charted only as a less popular a-side of the