Dottie West

Dottie West
Dottie West promotional photo from 1977.
Dottie West promotional photo from 1977.
Informasi latar belakang
Nama lahirDorothy Marie Marsh
Lahir(1932-10-11)11 Oktober 1932
AsalMcMinnville, Tennessee, U.S.
Meninggal4 September 1991(1991-09-04) (umur 58)
GenreCountry, country pop
PekerjaanSinger-songwriter, actress
InstrumenVocals, guitar
Tahun aktif1959–1991
LabelStarday, RCA Victor, United Artists/Liberty, Permian
Artis terkaitJim Reeves, Don Gibson, Jimmy Dean, Kenny Rogers, Larry Gatlin, Steve Wariner, Shelly West

Dottie West (Lahir 11 Oktober 1932 – meninggal 4 September 1991) adalah seorang penyanyi lagu-lagu country dan pencipta lagu berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat. Dottie West mengawali kariernya pada dasawarsa 1960-an, melalui lagu yang masuk sepuluh besar, berjudul Here Comes My Baby Back Again, yang memenangi penghargaan Grammy Award kali pertama untuk kategori Perempuan Penyanyi Lagu-lagu Country Terbaik pada tahun 1965. Pada dasawarsa itulah, West merupakan satu di antara beberapa perempuan penyanyi lagu-lagu country yang memiliki popularitas menonjol. Reputasinya banyak dipengaruhi oleh Lynn Anderson, Crystal Gayle, Barbara Mandrell, Dolly Parton, dan Tammy Wynette. Memasuki tahun 1960-an, lagu-lagu West berhasil menduduki 10 besar musik country di Amerika Serikat.

Tahun 1970-an, West menulis lagu bergenre pop yang digunakan untuk pariwara minuman bersoda Coca-Cola berjudul Country Sunshine, yang meraih peringkat ke-2 tangga lagu Billboard's Hot Country Singles tahun 1973. Akhir tahun 1970, dia bergabung dalam satu tim dengan penyanyi country pop Kenny Rogers untuk mengerjakan projek duets yang ikut mengangkat kariernya. Dia menerima penghargaan Platinum untuk penjualan album dan masuk peringkat 1 rekaman. Duetnya bersama seperti Every Time Two Fools Collide, All I Ever Need Is You, dan What Are We Doin' In Love, menjadi musik country standar.

Dottie West promotional photo from 1981.

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Dikografi

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Penghargaan

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Tahun Penghargaan Kategori
1963 BMI Awards Songwriters Award - "Is This Me" (w/ Bill West)
1964 BMI Awards Songwriter's Award - "Here Comes My Baby" (w/ Bill West)
1965 Grammy Awards Best Female Country Vocal Performance - "Here Comes My Baby"
1966 BMI Awards Awards Songwriter's Award - "What's Come Over My Baby" (w/ Bill West)
1973 BMI Awards Songwriter's Award - "Country Sunshine"
1974 Billboard Magazine No. 1 Female Songwriter in the USA
1974 British Country Music Awards No. 1 Female Performer
1974 CLIO Awards Excellence In Advertising - Country Sunshine Coca-Cola Commercial
1978 Country Music Association Awards Vocal Duo of the Year - (w/ Kenny Rogers)
1979 Country Music Association Awards Vocal Duo of the Year - (w/ Kenny Rogers)
1979 Music City News Country Awards Duet of the Year - (w/ Kenny Rogers)
2000 BMI Golden Voice Awards Golden Legacy Award
2000 Billboard Magazine's 200 Most Played Artists Ranking - No. 44
2002 CMT's 40 Greatest Women of Country Music Ranking- No. 23
Tahun Pasangan Single bersama Album bersama
1962 Cowboy Copas "Loose Talk" -
1964 Jim Reeves "Love is No Excuse" Reeves died before they released an album together
1969–1970 Don Gibson "Rings of Gold", "There's a Story Goin' Around" Dottie and Don
1971 Jimmy Dean "Slowly" Country Boy and Country Girl
1978–1983 Kenny Rogers "Every Time Two Fools Collide", "All I Ever Need Is You", "What Are We Doin' In Love" Every Time Two Fools Collide, Classics
1982 John Schneider "Lover to Lover" Full Circle
1991 Arne Benoni "As For Me" West died before an album was put together

Song was on 2003 Benoni album If I Live To Be A 100

Referensi

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  • Oermann, Robert K. (1998). "Dottie West". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 578.

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