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DOTTIE WEST REJECTED THIS SONG… THEN ONE WORD CHANGED EVERYTHING ????????

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1970—Nashville. Kris Kristofferson is still a struggling songwriter, staying with Dottie West. He hands her a new song. Dottie reads the lyrics. “Kris… this is too suggestive.” She passes. The song nearly disappears. Then Sammi Smith hears it. She walks into the studio—and changes one word. “Take the ribbon from your hair” becomes “Take the ribbon from my hair.” Suddenly, she isn’t waiting for a man’s invitation. She’s choosing. The song hits No. 1 country, No. 8 pop, sells around 2 million copies, and earns two Grammys—one for Smith, one for Kristofferson. Dottie West would later call rejecting it one of her biggest regrets. One word changed the woman in the song… and changed country music.
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