Dottie Rambo (born March 2, 1934) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician in the genre of southern gospel and country gospel music. Her music is renowned internationally for its simple melodies and articulate, evocative lyrical qualities, often dealing with themes such as heaven, Christian sacrifice, and the born-again Christian experience.^[1] She was born Joyce Reba Lutrell in Madisonville, Kentucky at the height of the Great Depression. According to personal accounts, she grew up in poverty and developed an early affinity for country music. She learned to play guitar at night listening to the Grand Ole Opry on WSM radio in Nashville. At eight, she started writing songs while sitting on a creek bank near her Morganfield, Kentucky home.^[2] She had the support of her mother and father and by the age of ten she was singing and playing country music cover tunes on a local radio program. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (62nd in leap years). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Madisonville is a city in Hopkins County, Kentucky of the Western Coal Field region. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... hi ... Love Song Contemporary Christian music (CCM), or Christian pop music, is a sub-genre of Christian music. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Warner Bros. ... March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (62nd in leap years). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ercole de Roberti: Concert, c. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music Musicians can be classified by their role in creating or performing music: A singer (or vocalist) uses his or her voice as an instrument. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area  Ranked 37th  - Total 40,444 sq mi (104,749 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 1. ... The Great Depression was a time of economic down turn, which started after the stock market crash on October 29, 1929, known as Black Tuesday. ... The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly Saturday night country music radio program broadcast live on WSM radio in Nashville, Tennessee, and televised on Great American Country network. ... WSM may refer to one of the following: AM radio station WSM in Nashville, Tennessee, USA FM radio station WSM-FM, also in Nashville Web-based System Manager, an IBM management software for administering AIX 5L host on RS/6000 systems. ... For other cities named Nashville, see Nashville (disambiguation). ...

Early life

At twelve-years old, she became a born-again Christian and made a commitment to write and sing Christian music. 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 left home and went on the road, with her first engagement being at a church in Indianapolis, Indiana. She formed a trio called “The Gospel Echoes” and traveled throughout the Midwestern and southern United States.^[3] Born again is a term used originally and mainly in Christianity, where it is associated with salvation, conversion and spiritual rebirth. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Location in the state of Indiana Coordinates: County Marion Founded 1821 Government  - Mayor Bart Peterson (D) Area  - City  372 sq mi (963. ... Look up trio in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

In 1950, at age sixteen, she met Buck Rambo at a revival meeting. They married shortly thereafter and began traveling and singing together with ‘’The Gospel Echoes” and later as "The Singing Rambos" and "Rambos". In 1952 she and Buck gave birth to a baby girl they named Reba Faye. Accounts differ as to their daughter’s entrance into the group some saying she was singing as early as three,^[4] while Reba Rambo-McGuire’s personal bio says she began at age twelve.^[5] Through an introduction by the Happy Goodman Family, another gospel group, Rambo sang for then governor of Louisiana, Jimmie Davis, who was also a popular country and gospel music recording artists. Davis signed her to a writing contract with his publishing company, Jimmie Davis Music (BMI). She received a signing bonus of around $3,000, the most she had ever earned to that time.^[6] Throughout the 1960s her star began to rise and with Buck and Reba as “The Singing Rambos” she traveled internationally, including a 1967 trip to Vietnam to perform for American troops.^[7] The Happy Goodman Family was a Southern Gospel group founded in the 1940s by Howard Happy Goodman. ... Official language(s) de jure: none de facto: English & French Capital Baton Rouge Largest city New Orleans [1] Area  Ranked 31st  - Total 51,885 sq mi (134,382 km²)  - Width 130 miles (210 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 16  - Latitude 29°N to 33°N  - Longitude 89°W... Jimmie Davis James Houston Davis, better known as Jimmie Davis, (September 11, 1899 - November 5, 2000) was a noted singer of both sacred and popular songs who served two nonconsecutive terms as a Democratic governor of Louisiana in the mid-twentieth century. ... BMI may stand for: Bank Melli Iran, a public bank in Iran. ...

Recording artist

It was her first big break and Davis’ company’s promotion of Rambo’s songs resulted in a Warner Bros. Records recording contract for she and The Gospel Echoes. After earning as little as $50 a week for years, often working day jobs to make ends meet, Rambo’s fortunes began to improve. Their records were selling and her songs were being noticed within the industry, with other gospel groups beginning to record them.^[8] In 1968 she won a Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance for her album It’s The Soul Of Me.^[9] Upon leaving Warner Bros., she signed with the Benson Records and their Heartwarming label of Nashville and maintained a long-term relationship with them. Warner Bros. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance was awarded from 1969 to 1977. ... Benson Records is a record label. ... For other cities named Nashville, see Nashville (disambiguation). ...

Composer

Rambo has reportedly written and co-written between 700 and 2,500 songs.^[10] However ASCAP has registered 205 titles in its online database to date^[11] and BMI shows an additional 87 songs.^[12] In the case of ASCAP, this disparity may be attributed to the possibility that all of a given writer’s titles may not yet have been uploaded to their data base.^[13] She is, nevertheless a prolific composer and her hits include " We Shall Behold Him", "Holy Spirit Thou Art Welcome (In The Place)", "I Go To The Rock", “Sheltered Within The Arms Of God”, “I Will Glory In The Cross”, “He Saw Beyond My Fault”, “Tears Will Never Stain The Streets Of That City”, “What Earthly Reason”, “If That Isn’t Love”, and many more. She co-wrote a number of songs with former Louisiana governor Jimmie Davis.^[14] The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) is an organization known as a collecting society that protects intellectual property, ensuring that music which is broadcast, commercially recorded, or otherwise used for profit, pays a fee to compensate the creators of that music. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ...

Her songs have been recorded by an impressive list of gospel and secular artist alike, including Andrae Crouch (“He Looked Beyond My Fault”), Elvis Presley (“If That Isn’t Love”), Walt Mills (“Just In Time”), Barbara Mandrell (“I Will Glory In The Cross”), The Whites (“He Hasn’t Lost His Touch”), The Oakridge Boys (“Sailing Toward Home”), Cynthia Clawson (“Teach Us To Pray”), Whitney Houston (“I Go To The Rock”), Mark Lowry (“I Call Him Lord), Jesse Dixon (“I’ve Never Been This Homesick Before”), Sandi Patty (“I Will Lift You There”, “Keeper Of The Well”), Dolly Parton (“Stand By The River”), Bill & Gloria Gaither (“If That Isn’t Love”), Steve Green (“When His Kingdom Comes”), Imperials (“We Shall Behold Him”) and Dottie West. (“Tiny”).^[15] Andraé Edward Crouch (born July 1, 1942), gospel musician, recording artist, songwriter, arranger, and producer, was a key figure in the Jesus Music movement of the 1960s and 1970s. ... Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), often known simply as Elvis and also called The King of Rock n Roll or simply The King, was an American singer, musician and actor. ... Barbara Ann Mandrell (born December 25, 1948 in Houston, Texas) is a Country Music singer, who became one of the most successful Pop-oriented Country music singers of the 1970s and 80s. ... The Whites are an American country music vocal group consisting of Buck White and his daughters Sharon and Cheryl. ... The Oak Ridge Boys are one of the best-known country and gospel bands in United States. ... Cynthia Clawson has been singing the gospel for more than four decades. ... Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born on August 9, 1963), is an American R&B/pop singer, actress, former fashion model, record and film producer. ... Mark Allen Lowry (born June 24, 1958 in Houston, Texas) is an American evangelical Christian comedian and singer. ... Sandi Patti (born July 12, 1956 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), known as The Voice, is an American Contemporary Christian music singer. ... Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American Grammy-winning and Academy Award-nominated country singer, songwriter, composer, author, actress and philanthropist. ... William Bill Gaither (born March 28, 1936) is an American singer and songwriter of southern gospel and Contemporary Christian music. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Imperials are a fictional race that hail from the province of Cyrodiil in the video game series The Elder Scrolls. ... Dottie West, born Dorothy Marie Marsh (October 11, 1932 in McMinnville, Tennessee–September 4, 1991 in Nashville, Tennessee) was a United States country music singer. ...

Throughout her career, beginning with the sixties "Gospel Singing Jubilee", Rambo has appeared on numerous television programs on virtually every Christian network as well as the TNN, PAX, and GMT channels. She had her own successful series, "Dottie Rambo Magazine" in the 1980s on TBN which was the No.1 rated program on the network for six years and has rerun on and off since.^[16] She also has been a regular guest on Bill Gaither’s syndicated Gaither Homecoming program^[17] TNN may be: TNN Networks, a telecommunications company in Israel TNN Radio, a radio network in Bulgaria The Nashville Network, a television network today called Spike TV The New Naphtilians, a webcomic by Geppers Creepers This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might... In computer security, PaX is a patch for the Linux kernel that implements least privilege protections for memory pages. ... For alternate meanings of GMT, see GMT (disambiguation). ... The Trinity Broadcasting Network, or TBN, is the worlds largest Christian television network, with a larger U.S. viewership than its three main competitor networks combined. ... Gaither Homecoming is the name applied to a series of videos, music recordings and concerts, which are organized, promoted and usually presented by Christian music songwriter and impresario Bill Gaither. ...

Divorce

In 1987, Rambo suffered a ruptured disk which led to paralysis in her left leg. She underwent a series of surgeries that eventually reinstated limited mobility. During this time her husband had an affair (one of sevral) and left her.^[18] Dottie and he divorced in the April of 1994 and he remarried. She remains single. After the divorce, unable to work she struggled with finances and was forced to rely on support by family and friends. Following those life altering experiences, Dottie's secretary absconded with all of the Dottie’s and her ministry's finances and disappeared. ^[19] Paralysis is the complete loss of muscle function for one or more muscle groups. ...

Later years

In the late- 90s, she was able to make selected appearances, performing in concerts, evangelistic meetings and churches across the nation. Her calendar has become more robust in recent years and in 2007, she will perform nationwide and will appear in concert at country singer Dolly Parton’s Tennessee theme park, Dollywood. She is currently booked for about fifty dates and will probably include more as the year progresses.^[20] In 2003 Rambo reentered the studio to record her first solo album in eighteen years. The result was the award-winning hit ‘’Stand By The River’’.^[21] Dollywood is a theme park owned by country music singer Dolly Parton and Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation. ...

She is now back in the studio and has begun the recording of a new album. This album will be a continuation of the perseverance that she has shown to the world. There will be some oldies, but there will also be some new hits that Dottie will be adding to her portfolio. Stay tuned to her website www.dottierambo.net for the release dates.

Honors

She has received numerous awards and other honors over the years and has being inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame on two occasions; once with The Rambos and once as a solo artist. In 1994 the Christian Country Music Association awarded her with the Songwriter of the Century Award. In 1999, she won a GMA Dove Award for “I Go To The Rock” which Whitney Houston performed in the Hollywood film, The Preacher's Wife. She was given the "ASCAP Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2000, and two "Christian Country Music Association" (CCMA) awards; the “Pioneer Award” in 2003, and in 2004, “Songwriter of the Year”. She was inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame in 2006. Her most recent CD, Stand By The River won two "Christian Music Fan Awards", for “Song of The Year” and “Duo of The Year” (with Dolly Parton).^[22] The Gospel Music Hall of Fame, created in 1971 by the Gospel Music Association, is a Hall of Fame dedicated exclusively to recognizing meaningful contributions by individuals in all forms of gospel music. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Gospel Music Association (GMA) was founded in 1964 for the purpose of supporting and promoting the development of all forms of Gospel music. ... The Dove Awards, created in 1969 by the Gospel Music Association to honor the outstanding achievements in contemporary Christian and gospel music, are held annually in Nashville, Tennessee. ... Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born on August 9, 1963), is an American R&B/pop singer, actress, former fashion model, record and film producer. ... The Preachers Wife is a 1996 film directed by Penny Marshall and produced by Debra Martin Chase. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Song list

List of songs by Dottie Rambo Songs Written By Dottie Rambo A Brand New Breed Of Believers A Brand New Feeling A Hymn From Way Back Home A Soul Was Born Aint Gonna Let The Mountains Praise The Lord Aint It Good To See The Sunshine Again And Thats The Way It Was...

Discography

Albums released in North American

Solo

0 The Good Ole Days

0 Dottie Rambo and the

0 Big Heart Warm Voice

1967 It's The Soul Of Me/Sings Spirituals

1972 Heart Prints

1973 Dottie Rambo Song Book

1977 Love Letters

1978 Choral Concert Of Love

1981 Makin' My Own Place

1992 Hook Line, Subject & Rhyme

1993 Walkin Toward Recovery

1993 Dottie Rambo (self title)

1994 Mama's Favorite Hymns

1994 Oil And The Wine (Son of Thunder, Daughter of Light)

1996 Down By The Creek Bank

2004 Stand By The River

As "The Rambos"

0 Rambos

1968 Those Singing Rambos (Reba's 1st Album)

1970 Live

1972 The Best Of The Rambos

1972 Soul In The Family

1973 Sing Me On Home

1973 Spotlighting The Rambos

1973 Belief

1973 Sonshine

1974 Yours, Until He Comes

1974 Rambos Alive and Live at Souls Harbor

1975 There Has To Be A Song

1975 These Three Are One

1976 The Son Is Shining

1976 Rambo Country

1977 Naturally

1978 Queen of Paradise

1978 Down By The Creek Bank

1979 Rambos Silver Jubilee

1979 Crossin' Over

1981 Rambo Reunion

1982 We Shall Behold Him/Muical

1982 Messiah Bright Morning Star

1983 Son Of Thunder, Daughter of Light

1983 Memories Made New

1984 Destined For The Throne

1984 The Perfect Rose Single & Interview

1986 Reaching Around The World

1987 The Legend Continues

1990 Greatest Hits Vol. 1&2

1990 Greatest Hits Video

1990 Christian Video Magazine "The Rambos Special"

1992 Masters of Gospel

1992 Lost Recordings of The Rambos/Gospel Echoes

1993 Walking Toward Recovery

1993 Dottie Rambo (self title)

1994 Mama's Favorite Hymns

1994 Oil And The Wine (Son of Thunder, Daughter of Light)

1994 20 Gospel Classics

1996 Best Of The Jubilee Years The Rambos

1998 Rambos Collection Vol. 1&2

Awards

Dove Award Winner: The Dove Awards, created in 1969 by the Gospel Music Association to honor the outstanding achievements in contemporary Christian and gospel music, are held annually in Nashville, Tennessee. ...

• 1981
  • Songwriter of the Year
  • Song of the Year -- "We Shall Behold Him"

• 1991
  • Gospel Music Hall of Fame

Grammy Winner: This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

• 1968
  • Best Soul Gospel Performance -- "The Soul of Me"

References

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External links

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