Are You Happy Baby: The Collection
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Are You Happy Baby: The Collection or also known as Are You Happy Baby: The Collection (1976–1984) is the name of a compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 of country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer Dottie West
Dottie West
Dottie West was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends and co-recording artists Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, she is considered one of the genre's most influential and groundbreaking female artists...

's hits from the 1970s and 80s.

This large collection of tracks shows all of West's charted hits spanning 1976 to 1984, when she was at the peak of her career. West had died six years before the albums release. The album includes the six duet hits she made with Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers
Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur...

, her two #1 solo hits from the early 80s, as well as her Top 40 hits from the 70s and 80s as well. The material is mainly Country Pop
Country pop
Country pop, with roots in both the countrypolitan sound and in soft rock, is a subgenre of country music that first emerged in the 1970s. Although the term first referred to country music songs and artists that crossed over to Top 40 radio, country pop acts are now more likely to cross over to...

 or Countrypolitan-styled music.

Track listing

  1. "When It's Just You and Me
    When It's Just You and Me
    "When It's Just You and Me" is the name of a 1976 single by Dottie West, that became a Top 10 Country hit in 1977.This song is important because it marked the first single released by West under her new record company, United Artists. Her material was now more sexual and riskier material, and this...

    " - 3:06
  2. "Every Word I Write" - 3:01
  3. "Tonight You Belong to Me" - 2:15
  4. "Every Time Two Fools Collide" (with Kenny Rogers
    Kenny Rogers
    Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur...

    ) - 3:02
  5. "Come See Me and Come Lonely" - 2:11
  6. "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight" (with Kenny Rogers
    Kenny Rogers
    Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur...

    ) - 2:22
  7. "Reaching Out to Hold You" - 2:32
  8. "All I Ever Need Is You" (with Kenny Rogers
    Kenny Rogers
    Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur...

    ) - 3:07
  9. "'Til I Can Make It On My Own" (with Kenny Rogers
    Kenny Rogers
    Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur...

    ) - 3:18
  10. "You Pick Me Up and Put Me Down
    You Pick Me Up and Put Me Down
    "You Pick Me Up and Put Me Down" is the name of a song recorded by country music Dottie West. Released in October 1979, the song was among a series of records showcasing West's newly adopted pop-oriented style, which became popular with fans during the early 1980s.Prior to the success of songs like...

    " - 2:44
  11. "A Lesson in Leaving
    A Lesson in Leaving
    "A Lesson in Leavin'", also titled as "Lesson in Leavin'", is a country music song written by Randy Goodrum and Brent Maher. It was originally recorded in 1980 by American country music singer, Dottie West, who brought the song to #1 on the Billboard Country Chart...

    " - 3:02
  12. "Leavin's for Unbelievers" - 3:23
  13. "Are You Happy Baby
    Are You Happy Baby
    "Are You Happy Baby" is a 1981 single written by Bob Stone and performed by Dottie West. The song became one of West's signature tunes.-About the Song:...

    " - 3:29
  14. "What Are We Doin' in Love
    What Are We Doin' In Love
    "What Are We Doin' in Love" is a popular duet Countrypolitan song by Dottie West and Kenny Rogers.-Summary:This song had been the first duet hit for Kenny Rogers and Dottie West in over two years and "What Are We Doin' in Love" would be the duo third and final number one on the country chart ....

    " (with Kenny Rogers
    Kenny Rogers
    Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur...

    ) - 3:02
  15. "I'm Gonna Put You Back on the Rack" - 3:28
  16. "It's High Time
    It's High Time
    "It's High Time" is the name of a Country music song by Dottie West.Although this song wasn't one of her highest-charting singles, it was noteworthy as West's final Top 20 hit on the Country charts...

    " - 3:01
  17. "You're Not Easy to Forget" - 3:38
  18. "She Can't Get My Love Off the Bed" - 3:14
  19. "Tulsa Ballroom" - 3:18
  20. "Together Again" (with Kenny Rogers
    Kenny Rogers
    Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur...

    ) - 2:55
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