![]() Dottie's children's project, Down by the Creek Bank, is one of the most successful Christian children's records in history, earning platinum record status. ![]() Her ability to use the right words and haunting melodies make her songs timeless. And the songs never stopped.Īfter writing her heartfelt blockbuster “He Looked Beyond My Fault (And Saw My Need)” the doors opened for her songs to be recorded by such luminary artists as: Elvis Presley, Barbara Mandrell, Bill Monroe, Johnny Cash, Whitney Houston, Vince Gill, Dottie West, Pat Boone, Sandi Patty, the Oak Ridge Boys and countless others. Her recordings held fast to the cutting edge, using top Nashville musicians, always making her records on par with anybody else on the charts. Billboard magazine called her "Trendsetter of the year" because of singing with an all-black choir. ![]() Nobody asked them to, but they went above and beyond the call of duty at every turn.ĭottie’s 1968 album, It’s The Soul of Me, won the GRAMMY for Best Gospel Album, beating out the likes of Mavis Staples and James Cleveland. Dottie’s family sang, prayed and ministered to those who were hurt beyond repair. Their hearts led them to the medical tents where men were hurt and dying. The Rambos were one of the first Gospel groups to sing in Vietnam for the American troupes in 1967. They were among the first non-quartet singers to sing at the Gospel Quartet Convention. Within the span of a few more years The Rambos went from $50 offerings for singing in churches to singing at the largest concert dates across the country. Their hearts were in Gospel music and couldn’t be budged. In the middle of it, Warner’s executives didn’t know what to do with Christian music and suggested that the group move to folk (which the label did with Peter, Paul and Mary) and that Dottie consider doing rhythm and blues. During this time Warner Brothers Records signed Dottie and The Gospel Echoes, to a two-record deal. Once Jimmy Davis Music started promoting Dottie Rambo songs in the early 1960s, things would never be the same. It was more money than she had ever seen. Governor Davis paid Dottie around three-thousand dollars to publish her songs. Governor Davis flew her and her family to the governor's mansion so that she could sing her songs for him. One of her songs caught the attention of then-governor of Louisiana, Jimmy Davis. She joined the group in 1964 and their name was changed to "The Singing Rambos" and later "The Rambos.” They married shortly thereafter, eventually formed a trio called “The Gospel Echoes” and began traveling throughout the mid-western and southern United States. In 1950, at age sixteen, she met Buck Rambo at a revival meeting. She traveled by Greyhound bus from one church to another, returning home for Christmas and her birthday. She left home and went on the road, with her first engagement being at a church in Indianapolis, Indiana. The decision turned out to be pivotal in more than one way it did not sit well with her father who gave her an ultimatum – give up Christian music or leave. She had the support of her mother and father, and by age ten she was singing and playing country music cover tunes on a local radio program.Īt twelve years old, she became a born-again Christian and made a commitment to write and sing Christian music. ![]() At eight years of age, she started writing songs while sitting on a creek bank near her Morganfield, Kentucky home. ![]() Dottie learned to play guitar while listening at night to the Grand Ole Opry on WSM radio in Nashville. She grew up in poverty and developed an early affinity for country music. Celebrating 60 years of changing lives in song and word - this is the story of Dottie Rambo.ĭottie Rambo was born Joyce Reba Luttrell Main Madisonville, Kentucky during the height of the Great Depression. Her voice heard around the world her heart an open book. ![]()
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