Dottie West albums discography

Dottie West albums discography
Dottie West albums discography
Compilation albums	18
Solo studio albums	28
Collaborative studio albums	5
Other album appearances	1

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

As a solo artist

List of albums, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	US ^[11]	US Cou. ^[12]
Here Comes My Baby	Released: June 1965 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	—	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	Released: July 1977 Label: United Artists Formats: LP	—	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

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications
Title	Album details	US ^[11]	US Cou. ^[12]	CAN ^[13]	Certifications
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	RIAA: Gold^[14]
Classics (with Kenny Rogers)	Released: March 1979 Label: United Artists Formats: LP	82	3	60	RIAA: Platinum^[15]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	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]	Released: August 17, 2018 Label: Capitol Nashville Formats: Digital	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other album appearances

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

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

External links

Dottie West albums at 45 Cat.com

[Allmusic_Bio-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.

[Billboard_200-11] "Dottie West Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 6 August 2019.

[Country_Albums-12] "Dottie West Chart History: Top Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 6 August 2019.

[CAN_Albums-13] "Search results for Dottie West under "top albums"". RPM. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2011.

[United_StatesKenny_Rogers_&_Dottie_WestEvery_Time_Two_Fools_CollidealbumCertRef-14] "American album certifications – Kenny Rogers & Dottie West – Every Time Two Fools Collide". Recording Industry Association of America.

[United_StatesKenny_Rogers_&_Dottie_WestClassicsalbumCertRef-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.

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v t e 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

v t e Dottie West singles
Albums Singles
1960s	"My Big John" "Touch Me" "Let Me off at the Corner" "Love Is No Excuse" (with Jim Reeves) "Here Comes My Baby" "Didn't I" "Gettin' Married Has Made Us Strangers" "No Sign of Living" "Before the Ring on Your Finger Turns Green" "Would You Hold It Against Me" "Mommy, Can I Still Call Him Daddy" "What's Come Over My Baby" "Paper Mansions" "Like a Fool" "Childhood Places" "Country Girl" "Reno" "Rings of Gold" (with Don Gibson) "There's a Story (Goin' 'Round)" (with Don Gibson)
1970s	"Till I Can't Take It Anymore" (with Don Gibson) "It's Dawned on Me You're Gone" "Forever Yours" "Careless Hands" "If It's All Right with You" "Country Sunshine" "Last Time I Saw Him" "House of Love" "Lay Back Lover" "When It's Just You and Me" "Every Word I Write" "Tonight You Belong to Me" "Every Time Two Fools Collide" (with Kenny Rogers) "Come See Me and Come Lonely" "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight" (with Kenny Rogers) "All I Ever Need Is You" (with Kenny Rogers) "'Til I Can Make It on My Own" (with Kenny Rogers) "You Pick Me Up (And Put Me Down)"
1980s	"A Lesson in Leavin'" "Leavin's for Unbelievers" "Are You Happy Baby?" "What Are We Doin' in Love" (with Kenny Rogers) "(I'm Gonna) Put You Back on the Rack" "It's High Time" "You're Not Easy to Forget" "She Can't Get My Love Off the Bed" "Tulsa Ballroom" "Together Again" (with Kenny Rogers)