Dottie West -- Country Sunshine

Rare Performance, from 1974.

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Music

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• Dottie
• West

[MyJustified]

Can't believe dottie is'nt in the country hall of fame yet, she's been dead for 18 years.

[MrKingsRow]

I agree! It's a crime! Dottie is the best, and it's a shame that the industry that she loved so much has not recognized her...they should be ashamed! RIP Dottie...you are not forgotten! Thanks for sharing this! :)

[blunekorn]

Thank you for putting this up,,Dottie ROCKS!!!!!

[itzpms]

@MyJustified except kenny rogers. he gave her that car that broke down and always felt a bit guilty about her death. if her car hadn't broke down, after the leaches drained her, she would not have had to rush her kind neighbor's help to get her to the Opry on time. she SO loved her fans and didn't want to let them down ! RIP Dottie.

[FredricTreland]

Everyone should love both the song and Dottie!!!! :-)

[fourhappybees]

Even living in Germany my Mom and Daddy still raised us with "Country Sunshine"!

[shirleumcdaniel]

Did you see the MOVIE of DOTTIE WEST,What a shame & waste..

R.I.P.DOTTIE,MATERIAL THINGS DON'T MEAN A THING,BUT THE GOVERNMENT THOUGHT SO, .".DAMN GOVERNMENT"!!

[TheSwabbie]

She was such an incredible lady.. her loss still breaks my heart.. Shelley has made her momma proud for sure.

[ironman194512]

WHAT A GREAT VOICE AND A BEAUITFUL SINGER VERY PRETY WOMAN

[fltwoodmacrox81]

@MyJustified I just find it ironic that the lady came forward to claim herself as a co-writer after Dottie was at the peak of her success. No doubt that Dottie had many take advantage of her during her life - from her own family to leaches (called "friends") who used her for money - she always gave more of herself than she got from others because she was a vulnerable lady. But thats okay, it'll all come out in the wash soon enough in the near future...

[MyJustified]

@fltwoodmacrox81 Very well said, I know it's happened to other people in the past but for some reason there was always someone there to take advantage of Dottie, and when she had her problems barely anyone come to help her out after all the help she gave to so many people over the years.

[fltwoodmacrox81]

@MyJustified This is very similar to many other cases of its likeness. Stevie Nicks had the same problem with a lady in the late 1970's who claimed she was the original writer of the Fleetwood Mac song "Sara". The lady lost the case but such happens quite a lot. Today in Nashville, if you don't have it published the moment it is written, then someone will claim that they are responsible as a cowriter. One line, the title or the change of one word can legally make you a "co-writer".