Stay Awhile/I Only Want to Be with You

About Stay Awhile/I Only Want to Be with You

Stay Awhile/I Only Want to Be with You is the first album of the singer Dusty Springfield to be released in the USA. It was issued on the Philips Records label in 1964 and includes Springfield's hit singles "I Only Want To Be With You", "Stay Awhile" and "Wishin' and Hopin'". Springfield's British debut album A Girl Called Dusty was released in April 1964. The US debut, issued some three months later, was technically a compilation of tracks from A Girl Called Dusty, her first two UK singles, and other Springfield recordings. Her US label, the American arm of Philips Records, decided to include the singles on an album, rather than following the British practice of leaving them as singles. In addition, some B-sides and other recordings were included to form Stay Awhile/I Only Want To Be With You. The fact that her second, third, fourth and fifth American albums, Dusty, Ooooooweeee!!!, You Don't Have to Say You Love Me and The Look of Love were all put together the same way is generally believed to have contributed to Springfield leaving the American Philips label in 1968 and instead signing with Atlantic Records in the US, although she would remain with Philips/Phonogram in the UK and Europe until 1980. more »