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However, 1966 was a year of great change for West. Not only did she release her highest-selling solo album of all time ("Suffer Time"), but she also released the single "Would You Hold It
Against Me". The song was written by West and her husband Bill. The song was released on her new album that year,
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in 1965, making West the first female
Country singer to ever win a Grammy. However, after the success of "Here Comes My Baby", West couldn't really follow-up her success with another Top 10 hit for a while, and West never won a Grammy award again, although she would receive several later nominations.
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By 1966, Dottie West's professional career in
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