Savour this Salute to Songwriter Dottie Rambo

Many of our Homecoming videos include songs written by Dottie Rambo. This video tribute to Dottie highlights some of those heartwarming moments. With host Bill Gaither, Dottie shares the story of her life as a songwriter, a story that began when she was just a child. This special video features performances with Homecoming artists who have had a “home going” since these tapings, including Vestal Goodman, Jake Hess, Bob Cain, James Blackwood and others.

Open a hymnal today and you’ll probably find at least one or more songs by Dottie Rambo, who has composed and published more than 2,500 songs during a performing career that began at age 12. Her impact on gospel music has been compared to that of Fanny Crosby, legendary American hymn writer. Dottie is a member of both the Southern Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. When Whitney Houston recorded her song “I Go To The Rock” for the movie The Preacher’s Wife, the soundtrack achieved double platinum status and Dottie won a Dove Award as the song’s composer. In 2001 she was awarded the ASCAP Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

He Looked Beyond My Fault/the Homecoming Friends ° When I Lift Up My Head/ Kim Hopper, Candy Christmas ° One More Valley/Bob Cain ° Remind Me, Dear Lord/ Terry Blackwood ° On The Sunny Banks/Ginger Laxson, Ann Downing, Charlotte Ritchie, Brenda Ruppe, Sheri Easter ° Sheltered In The Arms Of God/James Blackwood ° Tears Will Never Stain The Streets Of That City/Dottie Rambo, Jason Crabb, Kelly Bowling, Terah Penhollow, Gerald Crabb ° If That Isn’t Love/Jeanne Johnson ° I’ve Never Been This Homesick Before/Jessy Dixon ° Mama’s Teaching Angels How To Sing/Mary Tom Speer ° I Go To The Rock/Sheri Easter, Larnelle Harris, Melody Tunney ° Too Much To Gain To Lose/Jake Hess ° The Holy Hills Of Heaven Call Me/Vestal Goodman, Dottie Rambo ° Holy Spirit, Thou Art Welcome/the Homecoming Friends ° We Shall Behold Him/Sandi Patty