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"Reno" is a song written by Ruby Allmond, and recorded by American country music artist Dottie West. It was released August 1968 as the first single from the album The Best of Dottie West. The song peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. In addition, "Reno" peaked at number 6 on the Canadian RPM Country chart.
"Come See Me and Come Lonely" is a song written by Red Lane, and recorded by American country music artist Dottie West. It was released in May 1978 as the first single from the album Dottie. The song peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. In addition, "Come See Me and Come Lonely" peaked at number 28 on the Canadian RPM Country chart. Later in the year, the single was released onto West's 1978 album entitled Dottie. It was the only single released from the album.
"Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight" is a song written by Julie Didier and Casey Kelly, and recorded by American country music artists Kenny Rogers and Dottie West. It was released in August 1978 as the second single from the album Every Time Two Fools Collide. The song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The song also peaked at number 10 on the RPM Country Tracks chart that year.
"(I'm Gonna) Put You Back on the Rack" is a song written by Randy Goodrum and Brent Maher, and recorded by American country music artist Dottie West. The song peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It was released in June 1981 as the third and final single from West's album Wild West. In addition, "(I'm Gonna) Put You Back on the Rack" peaked at number 22 on the Canadian RPM Country chart.
The albums discography of American country artist Dottie West contains 28 studio albums as a solo artist, five studio albums as a collaborative artist, 18 compilation albums and additional album appearance. Among West's studio releases were five collaborative albums with various artists, including Kenny Rogers. After signing with RCA Victor Records in 1963, West released her debut studio album Here Comes My Baby (1965). The album peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart in July 1965. West's third studio album Suffer Time (1966) spawned four singles, including "Would You Hold It Against Me", a top 5 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Suffer Time would reach number 3 on the country albums chart, West's highest-charting solo album. Between 1967 and 1968, West released 5 more studio albums. With All My Heart and Soul (1967) featured the top 10 hit "Paper Mansions" and the album itself peaked at number 8 on the Top Country Albums list. In 1969, she paired with Don Gibson for her first collaborative project Dottie and Don. The album featured the pair's number 2 Billboard country hit "Rings of Gold". In 1970, she collaborated with Jimmy Dean on the studio release Country Boy and Country Girl. In 1973, West had her biggest hit with the single "Country Sunshine". Its corresponding album of the same name peaked at number 17 on the country album chart in February 1974.
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- ↑ "Search results for "Country Girl"". RPM . Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ↑ Telegraph-Herald, August 18, 1976, p.12
- ↑ "Dottie West Biography, Part II". Dottie West.net. Archived from the original on 24 June 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ↑ "Dottie West Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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