This day in music history.

September 4, 1991, Dottie West dies at age 58 from injuries sustained five days earlier in a car accident. Born Dorothy Marie Marshin in TN, on October 11, 1932. West was the first woman to win a Grammy for a country song. She started performing on local radio shows at the age of 13 and studied music at Tennessee Tech. She had her first Top 40 hit in 1963 with "Let Me Off at the Corner", in all she had over 40 top forty hits including 5 number ones. The day of the car accident Dottie was driving herself to the Grand Ole Opry when her car stalled, a friend saw her on the side of the road and offered her a ride. The friend lost control of his car on an off ramp and sent the car air born for 180 feet. Dottie died while in surgery to stop her liver from bleeding.
Cold Hand Of Fate by Dottie West
The dawn of springtime gave birth to a new love
For you and me it was born too late
For we both have been placed in the arms of others
cheated by the cold hands of fate
Fate has no conscience no mercy for me and you
And the cold hand of fate wrote the book of who loves who
So let the snow of the winter cover our love
And for the sense of misfortune we'll pay
But we know in our hearts this love will live forever
cheated by the cold hands of fate
And fate has no conscience...