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Mommy, Can I Still Call Him Daddy
"Mommy, Can I Still Call Him Daddy" is a song by American country music artist Dottie West. It was released as in July 1966 as the third single from the album ''Suffer Time'' The song, written by West and her then-husband Bill West, became a top 40 chart single on the US country music chart and featured West's son Dale singing on the chorus. Background and recording Dottie West broke through as a recording artist for the first time in 1964 with the single " Here Comes My Baby". Over the next ten years, West established herself as a Nashville Sound country artist known for her emotional delivery of material. A series of singles were issued during this period, some of which reached the top ten like "Would You Hold It Against Me" (1966) and "Paper Mansions" (1968). Other singles included 1966's "Mommy, Can I Still Call Him Daddy", which was co-written by Dottie West and husband Bill West. The track shows how a divorce is played out through a child's observations. The song was recorde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dottie West
Dorothy Marie Marsh West (October 11, 1932 – September 4, 1991) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends and fellow recording artists Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, she is considered one of the genre's most influential and groundbreaking female artists. West's career started in the 1960s, with her top-10 hit, " Here Comes My Baby Back Again", which won her a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1965, the first woman in country music to receive a Grammy. In the early 1970s, West wrote a popular commercial for the Coca-Cola company, titled " Country Sunshine", which reached number two on ''Billboard's'' Hot Country Singles in 1973. In the late 1970s, she teamed up with country pop superstar Kenny Rogers for a series of duets that took her career to new highs, earning platinum-selling albums and number-one records for the first time. Her duet recordings with Rogers, " Every Time Two Fools Collide", " All I Ever Need Is You", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
