STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - DOTTIE WEST AND THE HEARTACHES - THE SOUND OF COUNTRY MUSIC

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Good morning Sunday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we remember Tennessee born country music vocalist and guitarist, and the first woman in country music to receive a Grammy, Dottie West (Dorothy Marie Marsh West), on this, the 31st anniversary of her passing. She was born October 11, 1932 and died in  1991, age 58, during surgery following a car accident. With her in mind, we spotlight her fifth studio album an the first where her band The Heartaches received equal billing. The Sound of Country Music was released February 1967 on the RCA Camden and produced by Chet Atkins and  Ethel Gabriel. This a a full album of covers and on it Dottie takes on songs by  Loretta Lynn, Buck Owens, Bill Anderson, Webb Pierce, Faron Young, and more. The LP did not chart, nor were any singles released. Superstars such as Harold Bradley, Grady Martin, and page favorite  Hargus "Pig" Robbins joins West on the album. 

1. "You Ain't Woman Enough"

Loretta Lynn 

2:08

2. "Together Again"

Buck Owens 

2:06

3. "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down"

Harlan Howard, Charlie Walker

2:29

4. "Someone Before Me"

Bobby Hicks, Loretta Lynn

2:41

5. "I Don't Hurt Anymore"
Don Robertson, Jack Rollins
Hank Snow

2:14

Side two

1. "Heartaches by the Number"

Howard Ray Price

2:27

2. "City Lights"

Bill Anderson Ray Price

2:24

3. "Slowly"
Tommy Hill, Webb Pierce
2:01

4. "Crazy Arms"
Ralph Mooney Charles Seals
Ray Price

2:56

5. "I Miss You Already"
Marvin Rainwater, Faron Young
2:51

Harold Bradley – guitar

Ray Edenton – guitar

Buddy Harman – drums

Roy Huskey – bass

Tommy Jackson – fiddle

Grady Martin – guitar

Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano

Dottie West – lead vocals

Bill West – steel guitar

Technical personnel

Chet Atkins – producer

Ethel Gabriel – producer

Bill Vandevort – engineering