Jump to content

Dottie West albums discography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Dottie West: Greatest Hits)

Dottie West albums discography
Compilation albums18
Solo studio albums28
Collaborative studio albums5
Other album appearances1

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).[1] The album peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart in July 1965.[2] 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.[1] Suffer Time would reach number 3 on the country albums chart, West's highest-charting solo album.[3] Between 1967 and 1968, West released 5 more studio albums.[1] 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.[1][4] 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".[1] Its corresponding album of the same name peaked at number 17 on the country album chart in February 1974.[5]

After the release of several albums and singles, West collaborated with Kenny Rogers on "Every Time Two Fools Collide" (1978), which reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.[1] A collaborative album of the same name peaked at number 1 on the Billboard country albums chart, West's highest-charting album.[6] The pair's second studio album Classics was released in 1979, peaking at number 3 on the country albums chart.[7] West's solo career became more successful during this period. Her solo studio album Special Delivery (1980) reached number 13 on the Billboard country albums survey.[8] Wild West (1981) peaked at number 5 on the country albums chart and number 126 on the Billboard 200.[9][10] Between 1982 and 1983, West released three more studio albums. In 1984, she issued her final studio album on Permian Records entitled Just Dottie.

Studio albums

[edit]

As a solo artist

[edit]
List of albums, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US
[11]
US
Cou.

[12]
Here Comes My Baby 12
Dottie West Sings
  • Released: December 1965
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
12
Suffer Time
  • Released: July 1966
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
3
With All My Heart and Soul
  • Released: January 1967
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
8
Dottie West Sings Sacred Ballads
  • Released: July 1967
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
I'll Help You Forget Her
  • Released: November 1967
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
11
What I'm Cut Out to Be
  • Released: March 1968
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
18
Country Girl
  • Released: August 1968
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
18
Feminine Fancy
  • Released: December 1968
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
39
Dottie Sings Eddy
  • Released: May 1969
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LPVinyl
Makin' Memories
  • Released: December 1969
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
Country and West
  • Released: May 1970
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
Forever Yours
  • Released: October 1970
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
40
Careless Hands
  • Released: March 1971
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
Have You Heard...Dottie West
  • Released: October 1971
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
I'm Only a Woman
  • Released: May 1972
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
If It's All Right with You/Just What I've Been Looking For
  • Released: May 1973
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
37
Country Sunshine
  • Released: November 1973
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
17
House of Love
  • Released: May 1974
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
Carolina Cousins
  • Released: May 1975
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
45
When It's Just You and Me 44
Dottie
  • Released: August 1978
  • Label: United Artists
  • Formats: LP, cassette
47
Special Delivery
  • Released: November 1979
  • Label: Liberty/United Artists
  • Formats: LP, cassette
13
Wild West
  • Released: February 1981
  • Label: Liberty
  • Formats: LP, cassette
126 5
High Times
  • Released: November 1981
  • Label: Liberty
  • Formats: LP, cassette
43
Full Circle
  • Released: September 1982
  • Label: Liberty
  • Formats: LP, cassette
New Horizons
  • Released: July 1983
  • Label: Liberty
  • Formats: LP, cassette
65
Just Dottie
  • Released: October 1984
  • Label: Permian
  • Formats: LP, cassette
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As a collaborative artist

[edit]
List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Album details Peak chart
positions
Certifications
US
[11]
US
Cou.

[12]
CAN
[13]
The Sound of Country Music
(with The Heartaches)
  • Released: February 1967
  • Label: RCA Camden
  • Formats: LP
Dottie and Don
(with Don Gibson)
  • Released: March 1969
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
21
Country Boy and Country Girl
(with Jimmy Dean)
  • Released: November 1970
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
42
Every Time Two Fools Collide
(with Kenny Rogers)
  • Released: March 1978
  • Label: United Artists
  • Formats: LP
186 1 95
Classics
(with Kenny Rogers)
  • Released: March 1979
  • Label: United Artists
  • Formats: LP
82 3 60
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

[edit]
List of albums, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Album details Peak
chart
positions
US
Country

[12]
The Country Girl Singing Sensation[16]
  • Released: 1964
  • Label: Starday
  • Formats: LP
Queens of Country Music
(with Melba Montgomery)[17]
  • Released: 1965
  • Label: Starday
  • Formats: LP
I Fall to Pieces[18]
  • Released: 1967
  • Label: Nashville
  • Formats: LP
A Legend in My Time[19]
  • Released: February 1971
  • Label: RCA Camden
  • Formats: LP
The Best of Dottie West[20]
  • Released: December 1972
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
Would You Hold It Against Me[21]
  • Released: 1973
  • Label: RCA Camden
  • Formats: LP
Loving You[22]
  • Released: 1974
  • Label: RCA Camden
  • Formats: LP
Once You Were Mine
  • Released: August 1980
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
50
Country Ladies
(with Kim Carnes, Anne Murray and Juice Newton)[23]
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Liberty
  • Formats: LP
The Best of Dottie West[24]
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Liberty
  • Formats: LP, cassette
Collector's Series[25]
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, cassette
20 of the Best[26]
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP
Dottie West[27]
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: CD
Greatest Hits[28]
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Curb
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
The Essential Dottie West[29]
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
Are You Happy Baby: The Collection
  • Released: November 18, 1997
  • Label: Razor & Tie
  • Formats: CD
RCA Country Legends[30]
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Buddah/RCA
  • Formats: CD
The Best of Dottie West[31]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other album appearances

[edit]
List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
Title Year Other artist(s) Album Ref.
"As for Me" 1990 Arne Benoni As for Me [32]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d e f Ankeny, Jason. "Dottie West: Biography & History". Allmusic. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Dottie West Here Comes My Baby Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Dottie West Suffer Time Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Dottie West With All My Heart and Soul Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Dottie West Country Sunshine Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Dottie West Every Tme Two Fools Collide chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Dottie West Classics Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Dottie West Special Delivery Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Dottie West Wild West Chart History: Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Dottie West Wild West Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  11. ^ a b "Dottie West Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  12. ^ a b c "Dottie West Chart History: Top Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Search results for Dottie West under "top albums"". RPM. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
  14. ^ "American album certifications – Kenny Rogers & Dottie West – Every Time Two Fools Collide". Recording Industry Association of America.
  15. ^ "American album certifications – Kenny Rogers & Dottie West – Classics". Recording Industry Association of America.
  16. ^ West, Dottie (1964). "Country Girl Singing Sensation (Disc Information)". Starday Records. 302.
  17. ^ Montgomery, Melba; West, Dottie (1965). "Queens of Country Music (Disc Information)". Starday Records. SLP-352.
  18. ^ West, Dottie (1967). "I Fall to Pieces (Disc Information)". Nashville Records. NLP-2041.
  19. ^ West, Dottie (February 1971). "A Legend in My Time (Disc Information)". RCA Camden. CAS-2454.
  20. ^ West, Dottie (December 1972). "The Best of Dottie West (Disc Information)". RCA Victor. LSP-4811.
  21. ^ West, Dottie (1973). "Would You Hold It Against Me (Disc Information)". RCA Camden. ACL1-0125.
  22. ^ West, Dottie (1974). "Loving You (Disc Information)". RCA Camden. ACL1-0482.
  23. ^ Carnes, Kim; Murray, Anne; Newton, Juice (1982). "Country Ladies". Liberty Records. STLU-27204.
  24. ^ West, Dottie (1984). "The Best of Dottie West (Disc Information)". Liberty Records. LN-51155 (LP); 4LT-51155 (Cassette).
  25. ^ West, Dottie (1984). "Collector's Series (Disc Information)". RCA Records. CPL1-7047 (LP); CPK1-7047 (Cassette).
  26. ^ West, Dottie (1986). "20 of the Best (Disc Information)". RCA Records. NL-89851 (LP).
  27. ^ West, Dottie (1992). "Dottie West (Disc Information)". BMG Rights Management. 06192 17268-2 (CD).
  28. ^ West, Dottie (1992). "Greatest Hits (Disc Information)". Curb Records. D2-77555 (CD); D4-77555 (Cassette).
  29. ^ West, Dottie (1996). "The Essential Dottie West (Disc Information)". RCA Records. 07863 66782 2 (CD); 07863 66782-4 (Cassette).
  30. ^ West, Dottie (2001). "RCA Country Legends (Disc Information)". Buddah Records/RCA Records. 74465 99828 2 (CD).
  31. ^ "The Best of Dottie West by Dottie West [Capitol]". Apple Music. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  32. ^ Benoni, Arne (1990). "As for Me (Disc Liner Notes)". Mariann Records. MLNCD-3190.
[edit]