Dottie Sings Eddy

1969 studio album by Dottie West

Dottie Sings Eddy

Studio album by

Dottie West

Released| May 1969 (1969-05)
Recorded| March 1969
Studio| RCA Studio B
Genre|

* Country
* Nashville Sound[1]

Length| 27:43
Label| RCA Victor
Producer|

* Chet Atkins
* Danny Davis

Dottie West chronology
| Dottie and Don
(1969)  | Dottie Sings Eddy
(1969)  | Makin' Memories
(1969)

|
|

Dottie Sings Eddy is a studio album by American country music artist Dottie West. It was released in March 1969 on RCA Victor Records. The album was co-produced by Chet Atkins and Danny Davis. The project was a tribute to country artist, Eddy Arnold, whom West considered an inspiration in her career. West covered 11 tracks that were originally recorded by Arnold throughout his career.

## Background and content[edit]

Dottie Sings Eddy was recorded as a tribute album to country artist Eddy Arnold. West considered Arnold to be an inspiration her own career. The album was co-produced by Chet Atkins and Danny Davis. The liner notes of the original album were also composed by Davis. In the liner notes, Davis called the project "a real winner" and said that the recording sessions were "very successful". The sessions took place in March 1969 at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee.[2] The album was a collection of 11 tracks,[1] all of which were previously recorded and made hits by Arnold. West covered songs from different eras of Arnold's career. Among the early recordings covered is "Cattle Call" (1955) and "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)" (1947). West also covered tunes Arnold later cut in the Nashville Sound style. Songs of this nature included "Make the World Go Away" (1965), "The Last Word in Lonesome Is Me" (1966) and "They Don't Make Them Like They Used To" (1968).[2]

## Release[edit]

Dottie Sings Eddy was originally released in May 1969 on RCA Victor Records, becoming West's twelfth studio recording issued. The album was first issued as a vinyl LP, featuring six songs on "side one" and five songs on "side two".[2] In 2019, the album was reissued to digital retailers for streaming purposes by Sony Music Entertainment.[3] The album's release was first announced in a July 1969 issue of Billboard Magazine, which was posted in alphabetical order under the magazine's "New Album Releases" page.[4] The project did not spawn any known singles, becoming West's fourth studio record to do so.[5]

## Track listing[edit]

### Original vinyl version[edit]

Side one[2]No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Anytime"| Herbert "Happy" Lawson| 2:25
2.| "I Love You So Much It Hurts"| Floyd Tillman| 1:54
3.| "Make the World Go Away"| Hank Cochran| 2:06
4.| "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)"|

* Eddy Arnold
* Tim Dilbreck
* Hal Horton

| 2:37
5.| "I Really Don't Want to Know"|

* Howard Barnes
* Don Robertson

| 2:37
6.| "The Last Word in Lonesome Is Me"| Roger Miller| 2:20

Side two[2]No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

|
|
|

1.| "It's a Sin"|

* Fred Rose
* Zeb Turner

| 2:42
2.| "You Don't Know Me"|

* Arnold
* Cindy Walker

| 2:39
3.| "It Makes No Difference Now"|

* Jimmie Davis
* Tillman

| 3:09
4.| "Cattle Call"| Tex Owens| 3:00
5.| "They Don't Make Love Like They Used To"| Red Lane| 2:58

### Digital version[edit]

Dottie Sings Eddy (2018)[3]No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Anytime"| Herbert "Happy" Lawson| 2:25
2.| "I Love You So Much It Hurts"| Tillman| 1:54
3.| "Make the World Go Away"| Cochran| 2:06
4.| "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)"|

* Arnold
* Dilbreck
* Horton

| 2:37
5.| "I Really Don't Want to Know"|

* Howard Barnes
* Robertson

| 2:37
6.| "The Last Word in Lonesome Is Me"| Miller| 2:20
7.| "It's a Sin"|

* Rose
* Turner

| 2:42
8.| "You Don't Know Me"|

* Arnold
* Walker

| 2:39
9.| "It Makes No Difference Now"|

* Davis
* Tillman

| 3:09
10.| "Cattle Call"| Owens| 3:00
11.| "They Don't Make Love Like They Used To"| Lane| 2:58

## Personnel[edit]

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Dottie Sings Eddy.[2]

Musical personnel

* Harold Bradley – guitar
* Buddy Harman – drums
* Grady Martin – guitar
* Bob Moore – bass
* Ferrell Morris – vibes
* The Nashville Edition – background vocals
* Jerry Reed – guitar
* Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
* Bill West – steel guitar
* Dottie West – lead vocals

Technical personnel

* Chet Atkins – producer
* Danny Davis – producer
* Roy Shockley – engineering
* Don Tweedy – arrangement, conductor

## Release history[edit]

Region  | Date  | Format  | Label  | Ref.

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North America  | May 1969  | Vinyl  | RCA Victor  | [2]
March 29, 2019  | Music download  | Sony Music Entertainment | [3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Dottie Sings Eddy: Dottie West: Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
2. ^ a b c d e f g West, Dottie (May 1969). "Dottie Sings Eddy (Liner Notes/Album Information)". RCA Victor. LSP-4154.
3. ^ a b c "Dottie Sings Eddy by Dottie West on Amazon Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
4. ^ "New Album Releases" (PDF). Billboard: 49. July 5, 1969. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.

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Dottie West

* Albums
* Singles
* Awards and nominations

Solo studio albums|

* Here Comes My Baby
* Dottie West Sings
* Suffer Time
* With All My Heart and Soul
* Dottie West Sings Sacred Ballads
* I'll Help You Forget Her
* What I'm Cut Out to Be
* Country Girl
* Feminine Fancy
* Dottie Sings Eddy
* Makin' Memories
* Country and West
* Forever Yours
* Careless Hands
* Have You Heard...Dottie West
* I'm Only a Woman
* If It's All Right with You/Just What I've Been Looking For
* Country Sunshine
* House of Love
* Carolina Cousins
* When It's Just You and Me
* Dottie
* Special Delivery
* Wild West
* High Times
* Full Circle
* New Horizons
* Just Dottie

Collaborative studio albums|

* The Sound of Country Music (with The Heartaches)
* Dottie and Don (with Don Gibson)
* Country Boy & Country Girl (with Jimmy Dean)
* Every Time Two Fools Collide (with Kenny Rogers)
* Classics (with Kenny Rogers)

Compilation albums|

* Are You Happy Baby: The Collection

Film and television|

* Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story
* Patsy & Loretta

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