Leavin's for Unbelievers

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"Leavin's for Unbelievers"
Single by Dottie West
from the album Special Delivery
B-side "Blue as I Want To"
ReleasedJune 1980
Genre Country
Label United Artists
Songwriter(s) Randy Goodrum, Brent Maher
Producer(s) Larry Butler
Dottie West singles chronology
"A Lesson in Leavin'"
(1980)
"Leavin's for Unbelievers"
(1980)
"Are You Happy Baby?"
(1980)

"Leavin's for Unbelievers" is a song written by Randy Goodrum and Brent Maher, and recorded by American country music artist Dottie West. It was released in June 1980 as the third single from the album Special Delivery . The song peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. "Leavin's for Unbelievers" was the third and final single spawned from West's 1979 album entitled, Special Delivery . [1]

Charles Randolph Goodrum is an American songwriter, pianist, and producer. A Grammy award-nominated writer and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, Goodrum has written #1 songs in each of the four decades since his first #1 hit, 1978's "You Needed Me."

Brent Maher American record producer

Brent Maher is a producer, engineer, and songwriter currently residing in Nashville, Tennessee. He has produced and engineered six Grammy-winning records and received awards from the CMA, ACM, CCMA, ASCAP, SOCAN and NSAI. Maher engineered classic recordings like Ike and Tina Turner’s “Proud Mary” and The 5th Dimension's "Age of Aquarius". He discovered The Judds and produced all ten of their albums, writing many of their hit songs. Maher has also served two terms on the Board of Directors of the Academy of Country Music.

Dottie West American country music singer

Dottie West was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends and fellow recording artists Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, she is considered one of the genre's most influential and groundbreaking female artists. Dottie West's career started in the 1960s, with her Top 10 hit, "Here Comes My Baby Back Again", which won her a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1965, the first female in Country Music to receive a Grammy.

Chart performance

Chart (1980)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 13

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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.

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The albums discography of American country artist Dottie West contains 32 studio albums and 17 compilation albums. Among West's studio releases were 4 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 of 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.

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.
  2. "Dottie West Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.