Dottsy Brodt Dwyer (born April 6, 1953 in
Seguin, Texas
Seguin ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Guadalupe County, Texas, United States; as of the 2020 census, its population was 29,433. Its economy is primarily supported by a regional hospital, as well as the Schertz-Seguin Local Government C ...
, United States)
is an American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, o ...
singer. She grew up in Seguin. Between 1975 and 1981, she recorded as Dottsy for the
RCA Records
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label.
During that timespan, she charted thirteen cuts on the ''
Billboard
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Hot Country Songs chart, including the Top Ten "(After Sweet Memories) Play Born to Lose Again."
Four of her other songs reached Top 20 on the same chart.
She returned to her hometown where her family has deep roots. She married and took time off needed to raise her children, while being active in local groups. After her children finished college, Dottsy signed with Heart of Texas Records and in 2010 released an album entitled ''Meet Me in Texas''. She has been performing on a circuit of mostly small towns in Texas, usually touring with other artists from the label.
Dottsy's favorite venue is the
Texas Theatre
The Texas Theatre is a movie theater and Dallas landmark located in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, Texas. It gained historical significance on November 22, 1963, as the location of Lee Harvey Oswald's arrest over the suspicion he was the ...
in Seguin, an 80-year-old one-time movie house. She helped the Seguin Conservation Society raise funds to restore the small movie palace.
Discography
Albums
Singles
References
1953 births
American women country singers
American country singer-songwriters
Living people
Singer-songwriters from Texas
People from Seguin, Texas
RCA Records artists
Country musicians from Texas
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