"Rings of Gold" is a song recorded by American

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artists

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 in ...

and

Don Gibson Donald Eugene Gibson (April 3, 1928 – November 17, 2003) was an American songwriter and country musician. A Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Gibson wrote such country standards as " Sweet Dreams" and "I Can't Stop Loving You", and enjoy ...

. It was released in February 1969 as the first single from their album '' Dottie and Don''. The song peaked at number 2 on the '' Billboard''

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chart. It also reached number 1 on the ''

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'' Country Tracks chart in Canada. The duet – a mid-tempoed country pop-flavored song about a failing relationship – became the first of two duets pairing West and Gibson to reach the top 10 of the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles chart, the other being the No. 7 hit " There's a Story (Goin' 'Round)" in January 1970. "Rings of Gold" was West's biggest hit to that point in her career, and her 1973 solo hit " Country Sunshine" would match it; both remained her biggest hits until " Every Time Two Fools Collide," her 1978 No. 1 duet with

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. For Gibson, it was his first top 10 hit in two years, the last coming with 1967's "Funny, Familiar, Forgotten, Feelings" (No. 8), and his biggest hit since "Lonesome Number One," a No. 2 hit in early 1962.

Chart performance

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1969 singles Dottie West songs Don Gibson songs Male–female vocal duets Song recordings produced by Chet Atkins 1969 songs {{1960s-country-song-stub