ROOTS of Country Music

The Professional Work of Dottsy

(B. Dottsy Brodt, Apr.6, 1953, Seguin, Texas (TX). Dottsy was a husky-voiced minor leaguer who had a few respectable chart hits in the mid-1970s. She began playing guitar and singing in public at an early age. Dottsy worked with bands in and around Seguin during her teens. She won a talent contest on KBER, San Antonio, Texas in 1966. Dottsy had her own TV show in San Antonio two years later.

Dottsy's musical career began with the aid of a Texas theme park owner who had previously discovered Johnny Rodriguez. James T. "Happy" Shahan owned Alamo Village, a tourist attraction that featured Wild West shows and concerts. Like Rodriguez, Shahan hired the former Junior Miss Pageant winner to sing in his shows (1972).

Shahan took Dottsy to Nashville and began pitching the young singer to various record labels. Dottsy hitched a ride with Johnny Rodriguez's road show and after briefly touring with him, she landed a contract with RCA Records, becoming the first country act to be officially known by just one name. RCA record executive Roy Dea offered Dottsy a recording contract after listening to a few of her demo tapes. Their association produced four top-20 Billboard singles including Storms Never Last (No. 17, 1975), After Sweet Memories, Play Born to Lose Again (No. 10, 1977), I'll Be Your San Antonio Rose (No. 12, 1975), and Trying To Satisfy You (No. 12, 1979). Legendary country music artist Waylon Jennings backed Dottsy on the song, Tryin To Satisfy You.

Dottsy opened for some of country music's biggest artists including Johnny Rodriguez, Tammy Wynette, Asleep At The Wheel, Ronnie Milsap, Charlie Pride, Cal Smith and Don Gibson. She toured extensively across the United States, Scotland, Holland, England and Canada. Dottsy was also featured on television programs such as Hee Haw, Pop Goes The Country, That Nashville Music, the Bill Mack Show and she made appearances on the Grand Ole Opry. Dottsy left RCA (1979) and signed with Tanglewood Records (1981), where she released three more charted singles, but none broke into the top-40.

Her heart wasn't firmly set on the music business, so Dottsy decided to leave the music business and concentrate on working with autistic and mentally challenged children. Dottsy had a good voice, nothing earthshaking, but sincere and heartfelt, perhaps a little on the demure side. After Sweet Memories, Play Born to Lose Again (No. 10, 1977) was her biggest chart single. Dottsy was inducted intof the Country Music Association of Texas Hall of Fame in 1998.