Just a Little Lovin'

Just a Little Lovin is the tenth studio album by Shelby Lynne, released in the United States and Canada on January 29, 2008. The album is a tribute to British singer Dusty Springfield, and features covers of nine songs popularized by her, in addition to "Pretend", an original song written by Lynne. In contrast to the more fully instrumented original versions Dusty Springfield recorded, Lynne's remakes featured sparse arrangements, favoring acoustic guitars and pianos rather than a string or horn section. Inspiration Shelby Lynne's 1999 breakout album I Am Shelby Lynne had drawn widespread favorable critical comparison to the 1968 classic Dusty Springfield album release Dusty in Memphis, and in promoting I Am... Lynne, when asked about the Dusty Springfield comparisons, she replied: "That's the ultimate [compliment]...I've had the Dusty in Memphis record for many years." (Lynne would elsewhere indicate her familiarity with Dusty in Memphis dates from 1998 when she received a copy of the album as a gift.) In 2010 Lynne would take a different perspective: "Through the years, people have made silly [Lynne/ Springfield] comparisons [although] there’s absolutely nothing about us that’s alike" while allowing of Springfield: "[Her] songs are so amazing and she was such a great singer." In the spring of 2005 Lynne received an email from Barry Manilow suggesting that she cut an album of Dusty Springfield songs. About to go on tour behind her newly released Suit Yourself album, Lynne was at the time unable to deal with any future project but remembered Manilow's suggestion, in May 2006 getting her manager Elizabeth Jordan's endorsement of Lynne recording a Dusty Springfield tribute album. After receiving approval from Capitol Records in July 2006, on Jordan's recommendation, Lynne phoned veteran producer Phil Ramone (who early in his career had engineered the Dusty Springfield recording of "The Look of Love"). Ramone was agreeable to the project, over which he and Lynne brainstormed for the remaining half of the year, commencing the recording of what would be the Just a Little Lovin' album on January 7 in Capitol Records Studio A. The album's tracks were all recorded complete as sung and played with no overdubs. Tracks