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Released: December, 1965
Peaked: #12 Billboard country chart

Recorded: January 5 and September, 1965 at RCA Victor Studio, Nashville, TN
Producer: Chet Atkins
Recording Engineers: Jim Malloy, Tommy Strong and Bill Vandevort

Musicians:
Ray Edenton, Grady Martin & Jerry Reed — Guitar
Bill West — Steel Guitar
Henry Strzelecki — Bass
Kenny Buttrey — Drums
Floyd Cramer — Piano

* Arranged by Anita Kerr
** Arranged by Ray Stevens
^Arranged by Bill McElhiney
+ Anita Kerr Singers

Singles Released From Album:
47-8525 Gettin’ Married Made Us Strangers / It Just Take Practice – 03-65
47-8615 No Sign Of Living / Night Life – ca. 07-65

Side One

  • 1. No Sign Of Living* (Miriam Eddy)
  • 2. Happiness Lives Next Door (Willie Nelson)
  • 3. I Can Turn You Every Way But Loose (Dottie West – Bill West)
  • 4. Left Over Corner Of Your Heart (Dottie West – Bill West – Charlie Dick)
  • 5. Don’t You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurtin’ Me) (Hank Cochran)
  • 6. It Just Takes Practice* (Jeannie Seely – Gail Talley)

Side Two

  • 7. You’re The Only World I Know (Bob Tubert – Sonny James)
  • 8. I’ll Pick Up My Heart And Go Home (Roger Miller)
  • 9. You Took The Easy Way Out** (Dottie West – Bill West – Stonewall Jackson)
  • 10. When Two Worlds Collide (Roger Miller – Bill Anderson)
  • 11. Gettin’ Married Has Made Us Strangers* (Peter Udell – Gary Geld)
  • 12. If I Can Stay Away Long Enough (Benny Martin)

Reviews

This package adds luster to the already glittering name of Dottie. The tunes generally poignant ones, of the weepers genre, an they are of a high order. Included are, “No Sign of Living,” “I Can Turn You Every Way But Loose,” “Getting Married Has Made Us Strangers.” Excellent arrangements and sound.

Liner Notes

Dottie West Sings
. . . and how she sings!

But you already knew that, didn’t you? Virtually everybody knows what a revelation this girl has been on the Nashville scene. In her first year at RCA Victor, Dottie attended the NARAS awards banquet for recording stars (in Nashville), and she didn’t leave empty—handed. It was Dottie West who carried home the treasured “Grammy” statuette inscribed “For the Best Country and Western Performance by a female.” The song, of course, was her own Here Comes My Baby. Dottie, who says her greatest influence and inspiration was the late Jim Reeves, has more than justified Jim’s faith in her ability and eventual success. Jim would have been proud! In this new album, Dottie West is perhaps better than ever, surpassing even her own past performances. Her No Sign of Living, Getting’ Married Has Made Us Strangers and Happiness Lives Next Door add glowing credit to the whole realm of country singing. Her treatment of Roger Miller’s When Two World Collide and Sonny James’ You’re the Only World I Know are more of the same. . .emotionally appealing enough to stir the heart of a sphinx. From McMinnville, Tennessee, to Nashville is no great distance—two hours’ drive, probably-but that trip (actually made by way of Cookeville and Cleveland, Ohio!) brought to fame one of the state’s greatest home-grown stars. And if you wonder whether McMinnville is as proud of Dottie West as Nashville, please take note that the town recently invited her back and everyone from the mayor to kindergarten kids turned out to help yell “Hooray!” on what they called “Dottie’s Day.” Perhaps you don’t have a whole day to devote to Dottie, but this album is exactly what you need to have yourself a mighty enjoyable evening with her.

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