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Special Delivery is the name of an album by legendary Country music singer Dottie West
Dottie West

Dottie West was an United States country music singer, and was one of Country music's most influential and groundbreaking female artists. Dottie West's career started in the early-60s, with her Top 10 hit, "Here Comes My Baby Back Again", which won her the first Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1965....
, released in 1980.

With Dottie West's career brought back to life, after having a string of big Country hits with Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers

Kenneth Ray "Kenny" Rogers is an United States country music singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor and entrepreneur.He has been very successful, charting more than 70 hit singles across various music genres and topping the country and pop album charts for more than 420 individual weeks in the United States alone....
 in the late 70s (with songs like "Every Time Two Fools Collide" and "All I Ever Need Is You
All I Ever Need Is You

"All I Ever Need Is You" was a 1971 in music single released by Sonny and Cher, a pop music duo comprised of Sonny Bono and Cher. It reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and topped the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks for five weeks....
"), West went out on her own again as a solo artist
Solo (music)

In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer. In practice this means a number of different things, depending on the type of music and the context....
. West completely changed her image around this time, making herself more revealing and sexier than she used to be.






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Special Delivery is the name of an album by legendary Country music singer Dottie West
Dottie West

Dottie West was an United States country music singer, and was one of Country music's most influential and groundbreaking female artists. Dottie West's career started in the early-60s, with her Top 10 hit, "Here Comes My Baby Back Again", which won her the first Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1965....
, released in 1980.

With Dottie West's career brought back to life, after having a string of big Country hits with Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers

Kenneth Ray "Kenny" Rogers is an United States country music singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor and entrepreneur.He has been very successful, charting more than 70 hit singles across various music genres and topping the country and pop album charts for more than 420 individual weeks in the United States alone....
 in the late 70s (with songs like "Every Time Two Fools Collide" and "All I Ever Need Is You
All I Ever Need Is You

"All I Ever Need Is You" was a 1971 in music single released by Sonny and Cher, a pop music duo comprised of Sonny Bono and Cher. It reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and topped the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks for five weeks....
"), West went out on her own again as a solo artist
Solo (music)

In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer. In practice this means a number of different things, depending on the type of music and the context....
. West completely changed her image around this time, making herself more revealing and sexier than she used to be. This was not an uncommon trait for Country singers at the time. Many other Country singers were entering a more riskier image, like David Allan Coe
David Allan Coe

David Allan Coe is an American country music singer who achieved his greatest popularity in the 1970s and 1980s. He has written and performed over 280 original songs throughout his career....
, Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton is a Grammy Award-winning United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, actress and philanthropist, known for her prolific work in country music....
, and Margo Smith
Margo Smith

Margo Smith is an United States. In the 1970s, she was a popular female Country vocalist, acquiring two No. 1 hits on the Country charts during that time, "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You" and "It Only Hurts for a Little While", both Country music remakes of previous Pop music standards....
 among others. While her image was changing, so was West's material, and it couldn't be more evident than in this album.

She decided to record lighter, more Pop-oriented music for her Special Delivery album, which was the more popular style of Country music at the time. She released her first single from the album in late 1979 called "You Pick Me Up and Put Me Down
You Pick Me Up and Put Me Down

"You Pick Me Up and Put Me Down" is the name of a song recorded by country music Dottie West. Released in the fall of 1979, the song was among a series of records showcasing West's newly adopted country pop style, which became popular with fans during the early 1980s....
". The song had a more Countrypolitan, lighter sound to it, and because of this, it reached #12 on the Country charts. The album also includes an even more Pop-encrusted hit, which went all the way to #1 entitled "A Lesson in Leaving
A Lesson in Leaving

"A Lesson in Leavin'", also titled as "Lesson in Leavin'", is a country music song written by Randy Goodrum and Brent Maher. It was orginally recorded in 1980 by American country music singer, Dottie West, who brought the song to #1 on the Billboard Country Chart....
" (a song Jo Dee Messina
Jo Dee Messina

Jo Dee Marie Messina , known professionally as Jo Dee Messina, is an United States country music artist. In her career charted nine Number One singles on the Billboard country music charts....
 would later cover in 1999 and make it one of her biggest hits to date), as well as another Top 15 Country hit called "Leavin' For Unbelievers". It also includes a version of the Bob Seger (and later the Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers

Kenneth Ray "Kenny" Rogers is an United States country music singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor and entrepreneur.He has been very successful, charting more than 70 hit singles across various music genres and topping the country and pop album charts for more than 420 individual weeks in the United States alone....
) hit "We've Got Tonight". This was one of her more successful albums, reaching No. 13 on the Top Country albums chart in 1980 and No. 78 on the Billboard Top 200.

Track listing

  1. "You Pick Me Up and Put Me Down
    You Pick Me Up and Put Me Down

    "You Pick Me Up and Put Me Down" is the name of a song recorded by country music Dottie West. Released in the fall of 1979, the song was among a series of records showcasing West's newly adopted country pop style, which became popular with fans during the early 1980s....
    "
  2. "A Lesson in Leaving
    A Lesson in Leaving

    "A Lesson in Leavin'", also titled as "Lesson in Leavin'", is a country music song written by Randy Goodrum and Brent Maher. It was orginally recorded in 1980 by American country music singer, Dottie West, who brought the song to #1 on the Billboard Country Chart....
    "
  3. "It's Too Late to Love Me Now"
  4. "Up So High"
  5. "Leavin's For Unbelivers"
  6. "Hey Mr. Dreamaker"
  7. "Love's So Easy For Two"
  8. "Blue As I Want To"
  9. "All He Did Was Tell Me Lies"
  10. "We've Got Tonight"


Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)
YearChartPosition
1980Top Country Albums#13
1980The Billboard 200#78


Singles – Billboard (North America)
YearSingleChartPosition
1980"You Pick Me Up (And Put Me Down)"Hot Country Singles & Tracks#10
1980"You Pick Me Up (And Put Me Down)"Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart#50
1980"A Lesson in Leavin'"Hot Country Singles & Tracks#1
1980"A Lesson in Leavin'"Billboard Hot 100#73
1980"A Lesson in Leavin'"Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart#42
1980"Leavin's for Unbelievers"Hot Country Singles & Tracks#13