The Sound of Country Music

The Sound of Country Music is a 1967 budget album released on RCA Camden Records by country singer Dottie West. Although most budget albums consist of previously released material, in the mid-1960s RCA experimented with releasing a few country albums of new material by several of the label's rising stars perhaps to build their fan following. This album is unique in that Dottie West is accompanied by her road band The Heartaches rather than studio musicians. The album was produced by Chet Atkins and Ethel Gabriel and consists of covers of country music classics. This was West's first recording of Buck Owens' song "Together Again"; she would later record it in 1971 and then again in 1979 as a duet with Kenny Rogers. The latter recording was eventually released as a single record in 1983.

Tracks

"You Ain't Woman Enough (Loretta Lynn)
"Together Again" (Buck Owens)
"Pick Me Up on Your Way Down" (Harlan Howard)
"Someone Before Me" (Hicks)
"I Don't Hurt Anymore" (Don Robertson, Jack Rollins)
"Heartaches by the Number" (Harlan Howard)
"City Lights" (Bill Anderson)
"Slowly" (Hill, Webb Pierce)
"Crazy Arms" (Charles Seals, Ralph Mooney)
"I Miss You Already" (Rainwater, Faron Young)

Dottie West

Studio albums	Here Comes My Baby The Country Girl Singing Sensation 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 The Sound of Country Music 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

Collaboration albums	Dottie and Don (with Don Gibson) Country Boy and Country Girl (with Jimmy Dean) Every Time Two Fools Collide (with Kenny Rogers) Classics (with Kenny Rogers)

Compilation albums	The Best of Dottie West I'd Be a Legend in My Time Would You Hold it Against Me Loving You Once You Were Mine Dottie West The Best of Dottie West Dottie West's Greatest Hits Are You Happy Baby: The Collection The Essential Dottie West Dottie West: RCA Country Legends

Notable singles	"My Big John" "Here Comes My Baby" "Would You Hold It Against Me" "What's Come Over My Baby" "Paper Mansions" "Like a Fool" "Country Girl" "Reno" "Careless Hands" "Country Sunshine" "Last Time I Saw Him" "When It's Just You and Me" "Tonight You Belong to Me" "Come See Me and Come Lonely" "You Pick Me Up (And Put Me Down)" "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"

Collaboration singles	"Love Is No Excuse" (with Jim Reeves) "Rings of Gold" (with Don Gibson) "Till I Can't Take It Anymore" (with Don Gibson) "Every Time Two Fools Collide" (with Kenny Rogers) "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)

Guest singles	"There's a Story (Goin' 'Round)" (with Don Gibson) "Together Again" (with Kenny Rogers)

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