West earned her first top-40 hit in 1963 with "Let Me Off at the Corner", followed a year later by the top-10 duet with Jim Reeves, "Love Is No Excuse". Also in 1964, she auditioned for RCA Victor producer Chet Atkins, the architect of the Nashville sound, who agreed to produce her composition "Here Comes My Baby". The single made West the first female country artist to win a Grammy Award ("Best Female Country Vocal Performance"), leading to an invitation to join the Grand Ole Opry. "Here Comes My Baby" reached number 10 on "Billboard" country charts in 1964. After releasing the "Here Comes My Baby" LP in 1965, West and producer Chet Atkins reunited the following year for "Suffer Time," which generated her biggest hit yet in "Would You Hold It Against Me". In 1967, the West/Atkins pairing issued three separate albums: "With All My Heart and Soul" (featuring the number-eight smash "Paper Mansions"), "Dottie West Sings Sacred Ballads", and "I'll Help You Forget Her".