What I'm Cut Out to Be

What I'm Cut Out to Be
Studio album by Dottie West
Released	March 1968
Recorded	November 1967; RCA Victor Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Country, Nashville sound
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Chet Atkins
Dottie West chronology
I'll Help You Forget Her (1967) What I'm Cut Out to Be (1968) Country Girl (1968)

What I'm Cut Out to Be is the name of a country music album by Dottie West, released in 1968.

The album sold quite well considering there were no singles released from the disc, peaking in the Country Top 20. One song from the album, "Before The Next Teardrop Falls", became a major hit seven years later for Freddy Fender. Although sales of this album were decent, no singles were released from it.

Track listing

1. "What I'm Cut Out to Be" (Red Lane)
2. "Where Love Is" (Dee Moeller)
3. "Catch the Wind" (Donovan)
4. "My Baby's Gone" (Hazel Houser)
5. "Look What You're Doing" (Curly Putman, Dee Moeller)
6. "It's Over" (Jimmie Rodgers)
7. "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" (Ben Peters, Vivian Keith)
8. "I Don't Wanna Play House" (Billy Sherrill, Glenn Sutton)
9. "A Handful" (Red Lane)
10. "If You Go Away" (Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen)
11. "Crying" (Joe Melson, Roy Orbison)

Personnel

• Dottie West - vocals
• Grady Martin, Wayne Moss, Harold Bradley, Ray Edenton - guitar
• Bill West - steel guitar
• Bob Moore, Roy Huskey - bass
• Floyd Cramer - piano
• Charlie McCoy - harmonica, vibes
• Buddy Harman - drums
• The Jordanaires - backing vocals
• Cam Mullins - arranger, conductor
• Jim Malloy - engineer

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1968	Top Country Albums	#18
1968	The Billboard 200	#N/A