She Hit the Ground Running
Dusty left the band after their last concert in October of 1963. While Tom went on to write and produce songs for other artists and released his own solo material, Dusty also went out on her own, and she was making hits from the get-go. In November of that year, Dusty released her first solo single, “I Only Want to Be with You.” The song that was produced in a way similar to Phil Spector’s “Wall of Sound” rose to No. 4 on the UK charts.
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This song hit big in December before the wave of Beatlemania began. It stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 for 10 weeks. The B-side “Once Upon a Time” was written by Dusty herself. But it was “I Only Want to Be with You” that was being played everywhere and sold over a million copies.