Dottie West: Greatest Hits
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Greatest Hits is a compilation album released by Curb Records
to promote all of Dottie West
's greatest and biggest hits of the 1980s. It fails to show any of West's 60s and 70s hits. The album was released by Curb in 1992. Dottie West had died the previous year in a car accident. The album is probably one of her best known compilations.
It features her three #1 hits from the 1980s, including her two #1s she made as a solo artist, "A Lesson in Leaving
" (1980) and "Are You Happy Baby
" (1981). It also includes her #1 hit with Kenny Rogers
in 1981 called "What Are We Doin' in Love
" (which was also a Top 15 Pop hit), as well her 1979 Top 15 hit "You Pick Me Up and Put Me Down", and her 1982 Top 20 hit "It's High Time".
Curb Records
Curb Records is a record label started by Mike Curb originally as Sidewalk Records in 1963...
to promote all of 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 greatest and biggest hits of the 1980s. It fails to show any of West's 60s and 70s hits. The album was released by Curb in 1992. Dottie West had died the previous year in a car accident. The album is probably one of her best known compilations.
It features her three #1 hits from the 1980s, including her two #1s she made as a solo artist, "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...
" (1980) and "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:...
" (1981). It also includes her #1 hit with Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers
Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur...
in 1981 called "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 ....
" (which was also a Top 15 Pop hit), as well her 1979 Top 15 hit "You Pick Me Up and Put Me Down", and her 1982 Top 20 hit "It's High Time".
Track listing
- "Are You Happy BabyAre 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:...
" (Bob Stone) – 3:28 - "A Lesson in LeavingA 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...
" (Randy Goodrum, Brent Maher) – 3:02 - "What Are We Doin' in LoveWhat 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 ....
" (Goodrum) – 3:00 - "It's High TimeIt'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...
" (Goodrum, Maher) – 3:00 - "You Pick Me Up and Put Me DownYou 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...
" (Goodrum, Maher) – 2:42 - "Tonight You Belong to Me" (David Lee, Billy Rose) – 2:13
- "Sweet Music Man" (Kenny Rogers) – 3:46
- "Broken Lady" (Larry Gatlin) – 2:17
- "We've Got Tonight" (Bob Seger) – 4:24
- "Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall" (Gatlin) – 3:21
- "I'm So Lonesome I Could CryI'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Hank Williams in 1949. The song about loneliness was largely inspired by his troubled relationship with wife Audrey Sheppard...
" (Hank Williams) – 3:58 - "Sometimes When We Touch" (Dan Hill, Barry Mann) – 4:43