Dottie West

1. I Fall to Pieces

2. Crazy

3. I'd Be Lying

4. Hand That You're Holding

5. Walking in the Dark

6. Heartbreak U.S.A.

7. She's Got You

8. Angel on Paper

9. I Should Start Running

10. Men With Evil Hearts

Dottie West,Dottie West,Hollywood,Country,Country-Pop,Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan,Pop

Average customer rating: Kenny Roger's does it again! Kenny Rogers-Duets Love this CD but prefer Every Time Two Fools Collide

Duets Kenny Rogers , Dottie West , and Kim Carnes Manufacturer: EMI Special Products ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cowboy | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Every Time Two Fools Collide: The Best of Kenny Rogers & Dottie West Dottie West - Greatest Hits Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers Classic Country: Great Duets 42 Ultimate Hits ASIN: B00000DQTL Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. We've Got Tonight - Kenny Rogers/Sheena Easton
2. Every Time Two Fools Collide
3. (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song
4. 'Til I Can Make It On My Own
5. All I Ever Need Is You
6. Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer - Kenny Rogers/Kim Carnes
7. Baby I'm-A Want You
8. Together Again
9. Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight
10. That's The Way It Could Have Been

Customer Reviews:

Kenny Roger's does it again!.......2007-02-13

Many of his hits are done with some wonderful country singers. Hope he can do more.

Kenny Rogers-Duets.......2003-02-09

I have listened to this album and can't put it down. The duets with Dottie West are great as are the 2 others with Kim Carnes and Sheena Easton.

Love this CD but prefer Every Time Two Fools Collide.......2002-02-23

This CD has 10 songs on it (8 are duets with Kenny Rogers and Dottie West). Doesn't get better than that. "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" with Rogers and Kim Carnes is great and then there is "We've Got Tonight" with Sheena Easton and Rogers. Unless you are really stuck to hear the Sheena Easton and Kim Carnes duets, you would probably be better off buying "Every Time Two Fools Collide" which is a collection of Kenny Rogers and Dottie West duets.

Average customer rating: Not the original, but I still love it! A Few Fallen Stars Classic '70's hits Budget compilation of original recordings NOT THE ORIGINAL...

Every Time Two Fools Collide: The Best of Kenny Rogers & Dottie West Kenny Rogers , and Dottie West Manufacturer: EMI Special Products ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cowboy | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Duets Dottie West - Greatest Hits Dottie West - RCA Country Legends Gentle on My Mind A Legend in My Time/The Sound of Country Music ASIN: B000002TCL Release Date: 1995-11-01

Tracks:

1. Every Time Two Fools Collide
2. You Needed Me
3. All I Ever Need Is You
4. What Are We Doin' In Love
5. (Hey, Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong
6. Let It Be Me
7. Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight
8. 'Til I Can Make It On My Own
9. Together Again
10. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

Customer Reviews:

Not the original, but I still love it!.......2007-03-15

Well, I was disappointed to find out when I received this CD that it wasn't a rerelease of the original album. I saw the title and purchased it without looking at the song contents. OH well, it is still a great album, just not what I was looking for, but I will keep it as I love Dottie West! I hope they eventually do a rerelease of the original album, cause when they do I will buy it...but until then I will make sure to view song contents from now on so I don't do this again!

A Few Fallen Stars.......2007-01-24

With all due respect to the dearly departed Dottie West, and the still livin' Kenny Rogers, this album is in my opinion deserves only 1 star if that. If you like remakes of Anne Murray- with YOU NEEDED ME, and (HEY WON'T YOU PLAY) ANOTHER SOMEBODY DONE SOMEBODY WRONG SONG- from BJ Thomas, to LET IT BE ME- The Everly Bros. The Righteous Bros, and Buck Owens, then you will enjoy this CD. With BREAD'S - BABY I'M A WANT YOU- the only person in my book that has ever done that song any justice is Charly McClain off her 1979 ALONE TOO LONG Lp. Dottie West and Kenny Rogers are good in any respect.. but not here in this Lp. This LP is a few fallen stars of a good hit.

Classic '70's hits.......2006-02-02

This is a great collection of duets by Kenny Rogers and Dottie West, a duo who were hugely popular in the late-70s, both as solo singers and together. This album features their three Number 1 hits, "Everytime two fools collide", "All I ever need is you" and "What are we doing in love". Also featured is their top 5 "Anyone who isn't me tonight" and another popular cut "'Til I can make it on my own". Country fans will be familiar with most of the material here, a lot of pop fans too.
My favorite cut has to be "Let it be me", both singers are at their best on this performance, and it would have been great to use this as the closing track, but een so, this collection is great.

In the 1990's EMI issued a 20 track collection of duets by Kenny and Dottie in the UK which contained both of their studio albums from 1978 and 1979, and ultimately 9 of the 10 cuts here (plus 11 others) however, that is long out of print. The only "extra" you get here is "What are we doing in love", as it didn't appear on either album, but was a single release from 1981.

This CD, however, is cheaply priced, but the music is gourmet.

Budget compilation of original recordings.......2005-08-01

It seems that some customers have been misled by the title, which corresponds to that of the first duets album recorded together by Kenny and Dottie. Although this is not a re-issue of that original album, these are definitely their original recordings. Most of the tracks here are actually taken from their second duets album, Classics, which consisted mainly of covers of famous songs.

So here you get the two big hits from their first duets album (Every time two fools collide, Anyone who isn't me tonight), their last duet hit (What are we doing in love), which didn't appear on either of their two duet albums - it came later - and covers of You needed me, All I ever need is you, Hey won't you play another somebody done somebody wrong song, Let it be me, Till I can make it on my own and You've lost that loving feeling. Some of these covers were big hits for Kenny and Dottie.

Though the packaging is modest without liner notes or credits (this is a budget collection), this collection provides a good sample of the duets that Kenny and Dottie recorded together. Many of these tracks (and some not included here) can be found tucked away in solo compilations by Kenny and Dottie but this provides a rare opportunity to hear their duets as a collection. It'll do until a more complete collection is released - especially at the price.

NOT THE ORIGINAL..........2003-12-05

As much as I love the music of Kenny Rogers and Dottie West, this is NOT THE ORIGINAL album that was released in 1978 under the same title. The original album featured a beige background, with Dottie leaning up on Kenny's shoulder. This is deliberate deception on the part of EMI to make you think you are getting the original album, when in fact, what you are really getting is a compilation of the first album (Every Time Two Fools Collide) from 1978 and their second one, "Classics", from 1979. I don't understand why these companies continue to do this. The same goes for the Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton "Once Upon a Christmas" album. Most of Kenny's solo songs have been omitted entirely, replaced with a Dolly Parton song (Hard Candy Christmas) which wasn't even part of the original LP release in 1984! What's going on? This is precisely the reason I hang on to my old 8-tracks and vinyl LP's, as tired and wore out as they may be. Now, getting back on track here, the ORIGINAL "Every Time Two Fools Collide" album contained these tracks in the following order:

1. Every Time Two Fools Collide
2. You And Me
3. What's Wrong With Us Today
4. Beautiful Lies
5. That's The Way It Could Have Been
6. Why Don't We Go Somewhere And Love
7. Baby I'm A Want You
8. Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight
9. The Loving Gift
10 We Love Each Other.

That's the way I remember it folks, and that's the way it should have been re-issued. I'm sorry, but either release the original album in its entirety without butchering it up or omitting songs, or just don't even bother. I'm tired of wasting my time and money on deceptive and sly business practices from the music industry.

Average customer rating: Fantastic Budget Collection of Vintage Dottie West Dottie West belongs in the Country Music Hall of Fame! Good Compilation An good introduction to a country music legend.

Dottie West - Greatest Hits Dottie West Manufacturer: Curb Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Dottie West - RCA Country Legends Every Time Two Fools Collide: The Best of Kenny Rogers & Dottie West A Legend in My Time/The Sound of Country Music Duets The Essential Connie Smith ASIN: B000000D3O Release Date: 1992-06-30

Tracks:

1. Are You A Happy Baby?
2. A Lesson In Leavin'
3. What Are We Doin' In Love?
4. It's High Time
5. You Pick Me Up (And Put Me Down)
6. Tonight You Belong To Me
7. Sweet Music Man
8. Broken Lady
9. We've Got Tonight
10. Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall
11. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
12. Sometimes When We Touch

Customer Reviews:

Fantastic Budget Collection of Vintage Dottie West.......2005-09-30

This budget collection is an appealing mix of actual "greatest hits" from the career of country legend Dottie West and a choice selection of fine covers of other people's hits. The first six songs are Dottie classics including three number one hits, A LESSON IN LEAVIN', ARE YOU HAPPY BABY, and WHAT ARE WE DOIN' IN LOVE. One of the highlights of the package is Dottie's 1977 hit remake of the charming 1920's pop song TONIGHT YOU BELONG TO ME. The last six songs are covers of songs by Kenny Rogers, Larry Gatlin, and others. These tracks I believe are only available on CD on this collection although they were on her vinyl albums from 25 years ago. A very nice buy set from one of the true queens of country music.

Dottie West belongs in the Country Music Hall of Fame!.......2003-08-08

And I can't believe that the powers that be keep passing her by. This "Greatest Hits" complilation is not perfect but it's one of the few Dottie West collections out in the market today. Sweet memories of an unfairly forgotten lady.

Good Compilation.......2002-09-28

I always dug Dottie West's voice.She had a Easy going vibe in Her work while Her life was anything but easy.Her teaming up with Kenny Rogers was something that always worked for me."What are we doing in Love" was my Jam.She had a Nice Voice&was a Babe as well.this is a Good Collection.

An good introduction to a country music legend........1999-02-05

Dottie West is best-known for her duets with Kenny Rogers and her stormy life history - born poor, molested by her father, married young, struggled as a singer-songwriter, broke through to stardom, married a much younger man, filed for bankruptcy, died in a car accident - that was dramatically brought to the screen by Michelle Lee. This CD should remind us that Ms. West was also a heck of a country-pop singer. Though this CD lacks her early material (see The Essential Dottie West for that) it has some good material from her "sexy mama" period. I only wish the CD had more photos of West, with her flashy Bob Mackie outfits, of course. Defintely a treat.

Average customer rating: Dottie - a legend to true country music fans She Grows On You! Dottie: More Than Just a Hottie Where is Angel on Paper? Beautiful Lady, Beautiful Music

The Essential Dottie West Dottie West Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Dottie West - RCA Country Legends Dottie West - Greatest Hits Every Time Two Fools Collide: The Best of Kenny Rogers & Dottie West The Essential Connie Smith Absolutely the Best ASIN: B000002WVK Release Date: 1996-01-30

Tracks:

1. Love Is No Excuse
2. Here Comes My Baby
3. Would You Hold It Against Me
4. What's Come Over My Baby
5. Me Today And Her Tomorrow
6. Mommy, Can I Still Call Him Daddy
7. Paper Mansions
8. His Eye Is On The Sparrow
9. Like A Fool
10. Childhood Places
11. Country Girl
12. Reno
13. Rings Of Gold
14. There's A Story (Goin' Round)
15. Forever Yours
16. Slowly
17. Six Weeks Every Summer (Christmas Every Other Year)
18. Country Sunshine
19. House Of Love
20. Last Time I Saw Him

Customer Reviews:

Dottie - a legend to true country music fans.......2002-08-01

This was the first CD of Dottie's RCA music released on CD, and is an excellent introduction to Dottie's music. It contains all her biggest RCA hits plus three rarities. Eight tracks here also appear on the Legends compilation, including Here comes my baby, Would you hold it against me, Country sunshine, Country girl and my favorite, Paper mansions.

Of the remaining twelve tracks, there is one track I don't like (Mommy can I still call him Daddy, featuring Dottie's then-four year old son) but the others are pure magic, including Me today and her tomorrow, which was previously unreleased.

The rarest previously-released track is Childhood places (a lovely song which suits Dottie - I don't think anybody else could do this song justice) which was released as a single but never appeared on an original album, and I don't remember it ever being on a compilation.

Another rare track is His eye is on the sparrow, from a gospel album that Dottie recorded in the sixties. That was the only solo album of Dottie's music that I never tracked down in my vinyl days.

Love is no excuse was one of two tracks Dottie recorded with Jim Reeves. They were released as the A and B side of a single, intended to showcase a forthcoming album. That album was never recorded, because Jim Reeves died in a plane crash. We can only wonder at what might have been.

Six weeks every summer is a great song about a mother (Dottie) and daughter (Shelly) who are unable to see each other for most of the year. Pop singer Vikki Carr did an excellent cover which is available on one of her CD's that I've reviewed - but Dottie's version is best.

Last time I saw him, a country hit for Dottie, was also a minor pop hit for Diana Ross. I enjoy both versions, but again, Dottie's is best.

Forever yours was first recorded by Tammy Wynette, but her version was not released as a single. Dottie recorded it and had the hit.

This compilation is stunning, even more so to me as it contained three tracks I'd never heard before. For more of my thoughts of Dottie, see my review of her RCA legends CD. Better still, buy at least one of them.

She Grows On You!.......2002-05-14

How many times do we love a CD the first few times we hear it only to slowly tire of it? This time it's different! Dotty's "Essentials" only gets better with the passage of time. According to Billboard, Dotty had 45 chart hits from '63-'84. This CD traces her years at RCA ('63-'75), arguably the peak of her career. 18 of the 20 tracks made the charts. None thankfully, include any of her duets with Kenny Rogers. I always thought she was above him. High points are "Would You Hold It Against Me? "Here Comes My Baby" and "House of Love". REAL duets (i.e.: no Rogers) include "Rings of Gold and "There's A Story Going Round" with Don Gibson; "Slowly" with Jimmy Dean and the highlight of the tracks, "Love Is No Excuse" with the great Jim Reeves. When it comes to "cheating", no excuses are accepted! There is a definite dark side to Dotty's music. The sadness of her final years, 3 divorces, bankruptcy and tragic 1991 death in a car crash pervade all the tracks. As has been written elsewhere before-since when does country music have to cheer you up? Listen to Dotty through the gloom. Let her grow on you she has to this reviewer.

Dottie: More Than Just a Hottie.......2001-09-06

Dottie West's more pop-oriented recordings on Liberty Records from the mid-70s to the early 80s have been available on CD for some time, but her RCA material - which proceeded that tenure - was unfairly missing in action for a long time until this collection was put out in 1996.

This collection covers Dottie's first decade as a recording artist (not counting minor label efforts) 1964 - 1974. It leads off with her breakthrough solo hit "Here Comes My Baby" which won West the first "Best Country and Western Female Vocal" Grammy award. It was also written by West (one of six West compositions found here). Along with Loretta Lynn, West was one of the few successful female country artists writing their own material in the 1960s.

Also like Lynn, West would reveal many facets of her personal life in her music, as this collection amply demonstrates. "Mommy Can I Still Call Him Daddy" and "Six Weeks Every Summer (Christmas Every Other Year)" offer Dottie the divorced working mom while "Country Girl" and "Country Sunshine" show West being proudly country long before it was cool. Her religious side is also represented by the gospel number "His Eye Is On The Sparrow."

West's ability to create hit duets with artitsts as diverse as Jim Reeves, Don Gibson, and sausage king Jimmy Dean lay testament to her strong harmonizing. The enclosed duets are among West's most engaging recordings from this period and foreshadow her most successful work of all: the Liberty duets with Kenny Rogers. Other solo standouts included here are the galloping tale of "Reno" and the humorously deluded "Last Time I Saw Him." In all, you get a twenty-track set of great diversity and high quality from a woman whose eccentric life often overshadowed her music.

Where is Angel on Paper?.......2000-06-27

This is a fine collection, except that it is missing one of her most impassioned songs: 'Angel on Paper'. This song has such a pathos that it is comparable to Juliet's Soliloquy.

Beautiful Lady, Beautiful Music.......1998-11-20

Wonderful collection of Dottie's years on the RCA label, 1963-1975. All the big hits are here - including the Grammy-winning HERE COMES MY BABY and several others that were nominated other times. Only wish there was room for some of her "flops" from the period as some were stunning performances perhaps too sophisticated for country radio at the time (I'm Only a Woman, Lonely Is, etc.) Still, this is a great collection. When is the Country Music Association going to put this lady in their Hall of Fame?? She is an unforgettable talent.

Average customer rating: Dottie - one of my all-time favorites Vintage Dottie! At Last!!!!

Dottie West - RCA Country Legends Dottie West Manufacturer: Buddha ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Dottie West - Greatest Hits Every Time Two Fools Collide: The Best of Kenny Rogers & Dottie West The Essential Connie Smith A Legend in My Time/The Sound of Country Music The Essential Dottie West ASIN: B00005O6IK Release Date: 2001-09-25

Tracks:

1. Here Comes My Baby
2. Would You Hold It Against Me
3. Let Me Off At The Corner
4. What's Come Over My Baby
5. Paper Mansions
6. Night Life
7. There's A Story (Goin' Round) - Dottie West/Don Gibson
8. Slowly - Dottie West/Jimmy Dean
9. Country Sunshine
10. Lock, Stock And Teardrops - Dottie West/Don Gibson
11. Careless HAnds
12. The Cold Hand Of Fate
13. Country Girl
14. If It's All Right With You
15. Sweet Thing - Dottie West/Jimmy Dean
16. Before The Ring On Your Finger Turns Green

Customer Reviews:

Dottie - one of my all-time favorites.......2002-07-27

I first came across Dottie's music soon after I started collecting music seriously in the late seventies, because of her excellent duets with Kenny Rogers. My immediate thoughts were (and remain) Wow! what a voice. Great though the music from her seven-year stint with United Artists was, it is the music from her fourteen years with RCA that made her one of my all-time favorites. I bought all but one of her LP's in my vinyl days (no easy matter) and I'd love to be able to buy a boxed set, but somehow I doubt such a box will ever be released.

This CD is an excellent introduction to Dottie's music. It does not contain all her biggest RCA hits - they can be found on The essential Dottie West - but it does contain the absolute essentials (Here comes my baby, Would you hold it against me, Country girl, Paper mansions and Country sunshine). These five tracks, plus What's come over my baby, There's a story going round (with Don Gibson) and Slowly (with Jimmy Dean) appear on both.

Of the eight tracks on this collection but not not the other, four (Let me off at the corner, Careless hands, If it's all right with you and Before the ring on your finger turns green) were hits. The other four, including a stunning cover of Night life, were album tracks, two of which were also B sides.

Dottie had a lot of hits with RCA, many of which have yet to appear on CD. Sadly, she didn't have enough really big hits (all those are available on CD). Maybe some of the other minor hits will appear on CD in due course. One of these (I'm only a woman) was covered by Jeannie C Riley and her version can be found on one of her CD's (which I've also reviewed). What it proves is that Dottie's minor hits are every bit as good as some other singer's major hits. There's no justice in this world.

Tracks I'd particularly like see on the next Dottie West compilation - I'm only a woman, Just what I've been looking for, Route 65 to Nashville, Carolina cousins, Back home again, This stranger my little girl, As long as I love ..... I could go on, but I'm just dreaming.

If enough people buy this and enjoy it, perhaps record companies will be encouraged to release more of Dottie's music on CD.

Vintage Dottie!.......2002-06-22

This is a very good CD for people who remember the late great Dottie West or those who have never experienced the range of her talent. Previously I had more exposure to her later recordings especially the ones with Kenny Rogers but what a treat this early material is. A must for any fan of country music!

At Last!!!!.......2001-10-02

At Last a collection from the RCA years. Anyone who is a fan of Country Music will enjoy this compilation, A must for every music lover.

Average customer rating: FANTASTIC COLLECTION!! Most Awesome Collection of Country Queens Ever Packaged!

Classic Country: Queens of Country Dolly Parton , Loretta Lynn , Skeeter Davis , Patsy Cline , Tammy Wynette , Kitty Wells , Dottie West , and Barbara Mandrell Manufacturer: Time Life Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Country | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Novelty Music | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Classic Country: Kings of Country Pure Country Classics: The #1 Hits Classic Country: Love Songs Billboard #1s: Classic Country Classic Country Gold ASIN: B0000DD54R Release Date: 2003-10-28

Tracks:

1. Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
2. Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette
3. Sweet Dreams (Of You) - Patsy Cline
4. Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle
5. Coal Miner's Daughter - Loretta Lynn
6. Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley
7. Ode To Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry
8. Delta Dawn - Tanya Tucker
9. (If Loving Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right - Barbara Mandrell
10. Country Sunshine - Dottie West
11. Satin Sheets - Jeanne Pruett
12. Funny Face - Donna Fargo
13. Help Me Make It Though The Night - Sammi Smith
14. Once A Day - Connie Smith
15. Makin' Believe - Kitty Wells
16. If I Could Only Win Your Love - Emmylou Harris
17. A Satisfied Mind - Jean Shepard
18. The End OF The World - Skeeter Davis
19. Break It To Me Gently - Brenda Lee
20. I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton

Customer Reviews:

FANTASTIC COLLECTION!!.......2005-07-24

I totally agree with the first reviewer. Not only is this an awesome collection of Classic Country Queens; but, the sound and quality of this CD is excellent. If you are a fan of classic country music, especially the ladies, this CD is a MUST for your collection.

Most Awesome Collection of Country Queens Ever Packaged!.......2005-05-25

This Time-Life collection of the 20 greatest female country singers of the 1950's through the 1970's has been such a blockbuster success in the television commercial hawking it has been parodied on Saturday Night Live with Jennifer Aniston! This is truly a historic collection of legendary performances that every country music fan should own, spanning from Kitty Wells in the early 50's to Barbara Mandrell in the late 70's. These are the ORIGINAL recordings too! Almost every song on this CD was an essential ground-breaker for country music, a true landmark record! These are songs ("The End of the World", "Ode to Billie Joe", "Rose Garden", "Help Me Make it Through the Night" etc. etc.) that even those with just a passing knowledge of country music are well familiar with and many of these ladies - notably Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton - are true American pop culture legends. Every song and every performance is truly a classic unforgettably performed by as extraordinary a collection of female vocalists as any music genre ever had in a single generation. Certainly today's country "divas" cannot compete with these QUEENS. Every artist here is represented with her signature hit with the curious exceptions of Kitty Wells (her classic "Making Believe" is featured instead of the historic "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"), Donna Fargo ("Funny Face" may have been a bigger pop crossover but "Happiest Girl in the Whole USA" is surely Donna's most famous song), and Brenda Lee (represented by "Break it to Me Gently" instead of say, "I'm Sorry"). Lee's presence on this collection is the only sour note for me; yes she was a legendary pop artist who recorded in Nashville but this does not make her a country artist. Her song here "Break it to Me Gently" was not even released on the country music market!!! Nor were any of her other 60's pop hits issued to or played on country radio. The fact that she had a modest career later in the 1970's in the country music market does not make her vintage pop oldies now country records!! Her place should have been filled by Jeannie Seely ("Don't Touch Me"), Jan Howard ("Evil on Your Mind"), Susan Raye ("LA International Airport"), or Billie Jo Spears ("Blanket on the Ground"). Nevertheless, this still remains an awesome collection of every important country queen from Jean Shepard to Crystal Gayle to Connie Smith to Emmylou Harris to Dottie West - every one of these women (with the arguable exception of Ms. Lee on whom I may be being a tad too critical) rightfully deserves to be known as one of the true queens of country music.

Average customer rating: Traditional Country Album

A Legend in My Time/The Sound of Country Music Dottie West Manufacturer: Collectables ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Dottie West - Greatest Hits Dottie West - RCA Country Legends Every Time Two Fools Collide: The Best of Kenny Rogers & Dottie West An Outlaw...A Lady, The Very Best Of Duets ASIN: B000244F5A Release Date: 2004-07-06

Tracks:

1. (I'd Be) A Legend in My Own Time
2. Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)
3. Funny, Familiar, Forgotten Feelings
4. There Goes My Everything
5. Gettin' Married Has Made Us Strangers
6. No Sign of Living
7. Happiness Lives Next Door
8. Lonely Again
9. You're the Only World I Know
10. You Ain't Woman Enough
11. Together Again
12. Pick Me Up on Your Way Down
13. Someone Before Me
14. I Don't Hurt Anymore
15. Heartaches by the Number
16. City Lights
17. Slowly
18. Crazy Arms
19. I Miss You Already (And You're Not Even Gone)

Customer Reviews:

Traditional Country Album.......2005-10-15

If you is a lover of traditional country songs you need this album in your collection. 2 LP's, "A Legend In My Time" and "The Sound Of Country Music" are here together in one. With songs of Don Gibson, Hank Cochran, Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, Buck Owens and Harlan Howard only to ment some, is here a great opportunity to have these great country songs songed by a legend herself Dottie West.
The numbers are not from the hitlist but standard country songs from that time.
If this not is enough get "The Essential" Dottie West.

Average customer rating: A GOOD BUY Excellent Collection of Vintage Country 70's Hits

History of Country Music: Best of the '70s Skeeter Davis , Waylon Jennings , Susan Raye , Dottie West , Dolly Parton , Dickey Lee , and The Kendalls Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music Cowboy | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000521XR Release Date: 2000-10-03

Tracks:

1. Take Me Home, Country Roads - Skeeter Davis
2. Good Hearted Woman - Willie Nelson
3. I'll Be Your San Antone Rose - Dotsy
4. If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me - The Bellamy Brothers
5. When You're Hot, You're Hot - Jerry Reed
6. Never Ending Song - Dickey Lee
7. L.A. International Airport - Susan Raye
8. Just One Time - Connie Smith
9. (I'd Be) A Legend In My Time - Ronnie Milsap
10. Lying In Love With You - Jim Ed Brown
11. Last Time I Saw Him - Dottie West
12. I Don't See Me In Your Eyes - Charlie Rich
13. Heaven's Just A Sin Away - The Kendalls
14. Last Cheater's Waltz - T.G. Sheppard
15. It Only Hurts For A Little While - Margo Smith
16. She's Just An Old Love Turned Memory - Charley Pride
17. Coat Of Many Colors - Dolly Parton
18. Guitar Man - Jerry Reed
19. Coal Miner's Daughter - Loretta Lynn
20. Thank God I'm A Country Boy - John Denver

Customer Reviews:

A GOOD BUY.......2005-11-12

Omigod..."Take Me Home, Country Roads" by Skeeter Davis on this compilation? Well then everyone should buy this. This is a really good CD. There are one or two slow moments, but otherwise this is the epitome of country and western.

Excellent Collection of Vintage Country 70's Hits.......2005-07-05

This is a wonderful collection of vintage 1970's country music hits, and yes purists, these are the originals. All of these recordings were released on RCA with six exceptions: Loretta Lynn (Decca), Susan Raye (Capitol), The Kendalls (Ovation), and Margo Smith, T. G. Sheppard, and the Bellamys (all Warner Bros.) RCA really dominated country music in the 70's (and the 60's and 80's too) so it's no surprise they had so many of the tracks here. Makes you wonder why they didn't go for an all RCA collection but the other tracks are absolutely wonderful (though the Bellamys have always been too soft rock for me and rarely country enough). You not only get the RCA superstars like Dolly, Waylon, and Ronnie, it's nice to see Dickey Lee here and whoa, what a nice surprise to see Dottsy (I'LL BE YOUR SAN ANTONE ROSE) who had a short but fairly successful stint for RCA. The album opens with Skeeter Davis' wonderful cover version of "Take Me Home Country Roads" but that song was never released as a single for her; Skeeter's 70's hits couldn't match her 60's sensations but she still had a number of top 40 country songs in the 70's so it's odd one of those wasn't used for her track here. Certainly you could hardly have a RCA country compilation without Skeeter D. This is a very good collection of 1970's country hits with some songs not easy to find.

Average customer rating: Dottie West - Absolutely the Best Wonderful Memories Of A Forgotten Star... Dottie's most popular period The Title Says It All The Title of This CD is Right On!

Absolutely the Best Dottie West Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Dottie West - Greatest Hits Dottie West - RCA Country Legends The Essential Dottie West Every Time Two Fools Collide: The Best of Kenny Rogers & Dottie West Anthology ASIN: B00006JKBE Release Date: 2002-09-27

Tracks:

1. Lesson in Leavin' - Dottie West
2. What Are We Doin' in Love? - Kenny Rogers, Kenny Rogers, Dottie West
3. When It's Just You and Me - Dottie West
4. Are You Happy Baby? - Dottie West
5. 'Til I Can Make It on My Own - Kenny Rogers, Kenny Rogers, Dottie West
6. Come See Me and Come Lonely - Dottie West
7. Leavin's for Unbelievers - Dottie West
8. Every Time Two Fools Collide - Kenny Rogers, Kenny Rogers, Dottie West
9. (I'm Gonna) Put You Back on the Rack - Dottie West
10. Every Word I Write - Dottie West
11. All I Ever Need Is You - Kenny Rogers, Kenny Rogers, Dottie West
12. You Pick Me Up (And Put Me Down) - Dottie West
13. It's High Time - Dottie West
14. Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight - Kenny Rogers, Kenny Rogers, Dottie West

Customer Reviews:

Dottie West - Absolutely the Best.......2006-08-27

I haven't heard this particular album yet, but I know all of those songs and if they are the originals I can assure you they are Absolutely the Best. Until some others came along later that were equally as good.
You've got me why Dottie isn't in the Hall of Fame. The last I heard neither was Waylon Jennings. WHY??? Maybe they were both ahead of their times. It's hard to believe some of the people who have made it to the Country Music Hall of Fame over the past few years who haven't earned it. One should have to be a TRUE LEGEND in order to make it to CMHOF. And so, to me, that these 2 people haven't, and some of those who have, has, just diminished the prominence of CMHOF.
The last time I visited there, Elvis's cadillac was in it!!! Granted that was in 1985, but it just shows you whoever is in charge of it now needs to be replaced.
I love Dottie West's music. I was able to see her live and up close and in person at the very small Circle K Ranch Club in NJ way back in 1970. Yes, we southerners had to go up north to see some real, good old country music (hillbilly as it was mostly referred to back then.) It was like we were sitting on stage with her. Saw Waylon at the same club a few weeks apart from seeing Dottie. A couple of times. That little club brought a number of good country musicians every week. There was also a place over in Pennsylvania called Sunset Park where we saw some very famous performers that year. (My husband was stationed with the Navy in Philadelphia. We didn't get to stay there long, but we took advantage of seeing a bunch of stars perform in both of those places. If memory serves me, I believe it cost us $1.00 apiece to see them. The best two dollars a serviceman and his wife could spend back then. We took our young son for free. It was OK back then to take him. There was no rowdiness nor nastiness in any of their shows. No drunkeness, altho it was debatable about Waylon. But his show was clean. My little boy said Dottie would always be his sweetheart. He fell in love immediately. He's now 43 and doesn't remember it. And not being from around that area, we didn't have a sitter to leave him with. His father was recently home from Vietnam, and so we didn't get separated from each other very much at all.)
Dottie was gorgeous then and sang better than anyone I knew at the time. She was truly country. She was still with Bill West at the time, and I believe he played an instrument in her band. I believe he played the steel guitar. They made a good team, and I think he was guiding or advising her and partly to thank for bringing her music out and making her famous, and I was sorry their marriage didn't work out. But, of course, I didn't see them in their private lives. I was almost devastated when she got killed.
I have a lot of her LP's from back then, and also some tapes, but I am now trying to find the CD's. (Thank you, Amazon) I didn't want to scratch up my LP's so I taped them.
Saw her daughter Shelly on TV recently with some show on CMT, and I wondered then if there isn't something she can do about seeing her mom honored. Oh yes, the show on CMT was honoring Country Duets. Well she was better by herself than she was with anyone else. She didn't need them.
I am so disappointed with the turn "country music" has taken. There are only a few of them I can identify right away. Maybe because I don't listen to it deliberately. BUT, when Dottie West was singing, on TV, on the radio, in the street, ANYWHERE, one knew it was her. There was no other one like her. As it was with most of our old country music stars.
Sorry to be so mouthy and opinionated, but that's my review. It just has to be a GREAT album because it's Dottie West.

Wonderful Memories Of A Forgotten Star..........2004-10-29

Why is it that no one seems to remember this woman? I remember when these songs were all over the radio dial, and when she was the hottest thing in country music back in the late 70's and early 80's. From her award-winning duets with Kenny Rogers, to solo stardom, Dottie West was truly one of country's finest ladies. I don't understand why she doesn't get more recognition than she does (and deserves). A vastly under-appreciated singer that brought spunk and style to the stage. She should be in the Hall of Fame as far as I'm concerned. Give this a listen and see why Dottie West was the REAL first lady of Country Music! (Sorry Tammy)

Dottie's most popular period.......2004-01-11

One of my favorite country singers, Dottie spent 14 years with RCA and 7 with United artists. I liked all her music but I liked her RCA work best - however, this is clearly a minority view as the United artists years, represented on this collection, proved to be Dottie's best years in terms of commercial success. This particular collection contains 14 of the 20 tracks previously released on Are you happy baby, an out of print collection on the Razor and tie label.

One of the notable features Dottie's career during this period were her duets with Kenny Rogers. They recorded two albums together and another single, although Kenny also recorded duets with Kim Carnes, Sheena Easton and Dolly Parton during this period. On this collection, Kenny duets with Dottie on Every time two fools collide, Anyone who isn't me tonight, All I ever need is you and What are we doing in love, all of which were top three country hits, with three of them going all the way to number one.

Dottie had two number one country hits of her own during this period, something she had never achieved during her years at RCA although she came close. A lesson in leaving also made the American pop charts and was more recently revived by Jo Dee Messina. Are you happy baby provide Dottie with her second and last solo number one.

Curiously, none of the other tracks here made the country top ten although many of them made the top twenty. Still, you can't measure records purely by their chart success and there are some great songs here. I particularly like Come see me and come lonely (a lovely ballad) and I'm gonna put you back on the rack (a sassy up-tempo song).

Traditional country fans should explore Dottie's RCA recordings first, represented by the out of print Essential and the more recent Country legends. The recordings on this collection are more pop sounding but still essentially country. If you enjoy contemporary country, you will surely enjoy this.

The Title Says It All.......2003-10-11

Dottie West was such a major talent in country music, taken from us too soon. Unfortunately, her work will more than likely never be acknowledged as it deserves to be, alas, no box sets or the like. This collection is the closest you'll find to a complete gathering of her biggest hits. It is a very good retrospective, although it focuses only on her late 70's and early 80's hits and ignores her groundbreaking work from the 60's. Regardless, this is the material most fans will remember, compiled in one place. Combine this with the RCA Country Legends album that's been released for an excellent and thorough overview of her impressive career.

The Title of This CD is Right On!.......2002-11-02

If you have heard Dottie before or not you need this CD. The songs here are from when her career was on FIRE. Enjoy.

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Heart Full of Country Billy Crash Craddock , Dottie West , The Louvin Brothers , Wynn Stewart , Jean Shepard , Freddie Hart , and Dolly Parton Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B000087DTK Release Date: 2003-02-11

Tracks:

1. She Thinks I Still Care - George Jones
2. I Fall To Pieces - Patsy Cline
3. Alone With Me - Faron Young
4. In Love - Wynn Stewart & The Tourists
5. Young Love - Sonny James
6. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World - Charlie Rich
7. Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton
8. Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette
9. Touch Me - Willie Nelson
10. Where Love Begins - Gene Watson
11. I Love You Best Of All - The Louvin Brothers
12. Timber, I'm Falling - Ferlin Husky
13. Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart - Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys
14. More Than Yesterday - Slim Whitman
15. Hello Darlin' - Conway Twitty
16. What I've Got In Mind - Billie Jo Spears
17. Then He Touched Me - Jean Shepard
18. If I Could Write A Song As Beautiful As You - Billy "Crash" Craddock
19. When It's Just You And Me - Dottie West
20. Bless Your Heart - Freddie Hart

Music Album:

1. Evil Things
2. Family Tree [Import]
3. Fiddle Fatale
4. Finer Thing
5. Forget About It
6. Free Sailin' [Import]
7. George Jones
8. Golden Road
9. Grey Eagle
10. hands of time

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