RCA Country Legends (CD)

Fiery redhead Dottie West was one of the first 1960s female country artists to adopt an overtly glamorous, sexual image, as well as one of the few female stars to be taken seriously as a songwriter. Best known for her hit duets with Kenny Rogers, her composition "Here Comes My Baby," and her Coke commercial jingle "Country Sunshine," the sultry-voiced West was also instrumental in launching the careers of other musicians, including Steve Wariner, Larry Gatlin, and her daughter Shelly West. Sadly, Dottie West died in 1991 after complications suffered in a car accident en route to a Grand Ole Opry performance.

• Category:  Music  »  Country  »  General/Country
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: September 25, 2001
• Label: Buddha Records
• UPC: 744659982828
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106580441
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #68187 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #3064 in Country (See Top 100 Country Bestsellers)
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Personnel includes: Dottie West, Don Gibson, Jimmy Dean (vocals); Grady Martin, Harold Bradley, Ray Edenton (guitar); Bill West (steel guitar);

Howard Carpenter (violin, viola); Brenton Banks, George Binkley, Lillian

Hunt (violin); Buddy Spicher (fiddle); Charlie McCoy (harmonica, vibraphone);

Floyd Cramer, Larry ButlerHargus "Pig" Robbins (piano); Roy Huskey, Jr.,

Norbert Putnam (bass); Kennt Buttrey, Buddy Harman (drums); The Jordainaires

(background vocals).

Producers include: Chet Atkins, Jerry Bradley.

Compilation producer: Rich Kienzle.

Recorded at RCA Victor Studios, Nashville, Tennessee between May 27, 1963

and July 30, 1973. Includes liner notes by Rich Kienzle.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

This is part of Buddah Records "RCA Country Legends" series.

RCA was Dottie West's recording home during the most commercially successful years of her career and, accordingly, much of her best material was released on that label. RCA COUNTRY LEGENDS concentrates primarily on her work from the mid 1960s to the early '70s, a period when West was arguably at her best, as evidenced by her many charting hits from the time ("Here Comes My Baby," "Would You Hold It Against Me," and "Paper Mansions," among them, all of which are here).

But this set isn't merely a collection of singles (fans looking for a tidy summary of West's chart-toppers should look to THE ESSENTIAL DOTTIE WEST). Instead, this RCA package includes a nice mix of lesser-known album tracks alongside the hits, making it an even-handed representation of the period. All of the work on this top-notch comp boasts the classic Nashville sound of the period and, of course, West's alluring vocals.

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