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The Sound of Country Music

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The Sound of Country Music

Studio album by

Dottie West and the Heartaches

Released

February 1967

Recorded

November 1966

Studio

RCA Studio

Dottie West and the Heartaches chronology

With All My Heart and Soul
(1967)

The Sound of Country Music
(1967)

Dottie West Sings Sacred Ballads
(1967)

The Sound of Country Music is a studio album by American country music artist Dottie West and her band, "The Heartaches". It was released in February 1967 on RCA Camden Records. The sessions were co-produced by Chet Atkins and Ethel Gabriel. The project was West's fifth studio effort and first for the RCA Camden label. The album did not produce any singles nor reach peak positions on national charts. It was instead a collection of cover songs previously recorded by others.

Background, content and release

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The Sound of Country Music was part of a series of albums released by the RCA Camden label to promote country artists already signed to RCA Victor. West had been signed to the latter label since 1963 and had issued four albums since then. The sessions for the album took place in November 1966 at the RCA Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. The recording sessions were co-produced by Chet Atkins and Ethel Gabriel. It was West's first experience working with Gabriel as she had previously been under the supervision of Atkins.^[2]

The album consisted of ten tracks.^[1] RCA Camden was a considered a budget record label, which meant it would include previously-released material. However, The Sound of Country Music consisted of entirely new recordings, all of which were cover versions of songs. Among the tracks West covered was "You Ain't Woman Enough" by Loretta Lynn, "Together Again" by Buck Owens and "Crazy Arms" by Ray Price.^[2] The album consisted of ten tracks.^[3] RCA Camden was a considered a budget record label, which meant it would include previously-released material. However, The Sound of Country Music consisted of entirely new recordings, all of which were cover versions of songs. Among the tracks West covered was "You Ain't Woman Enough" by Loretta Lynn, "Together Again" by Buck Owens and "Crazy Arms" by Ray Price.^[2]

The Sound of Country Music was released in February 1967 on RCA Camden, becoming her fifth studio recording. On the record's release, her backing band (The Heartaches) received equal billing. It was issued as a vinyl LP, consisting of five songs on each side of the record.^[2] The album did not reach any peak positions on national publication charts, notably Billboard. It also did not spawn any singles to radio.^[4]

Track listing

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Side one^[2]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original Artist	Length
1.	"You Ain't Woman Enough"	Loretta Lynn	Loretta Lynn	2:08
2.	"Together Again"	Buck Owens	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^[2]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original Artist	Length
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	Webb Pierce	2:01
4.	"Crazy Arms"	Ralph Mooney Charles Seals	Ray Price	2:56
5.	"I Miss You Already"	Marvin Rainwater Faron Young	Faron Young	2:51

Personnel

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All credits are adapted from the liner notes of The Sound of Country Music.^[2]

Musical personnel

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

Release history

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Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
North America	February 1967	Vinyl	RCA Camden	^[2]

References

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^ ^a ^b "The Sound of Country Music -- Dottie West -- Songs, Reviews, Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h West, Dottie (February 1967). "The Sound of Country Music (Liner Notes and Album Information)". RCA Camden. CAS-2155.
^ "Dottie West and the HeartBreakers -- The Sound of Country Music (1967, Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.

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

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