Dottsy

{{short description|American country music singer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{BLP sources|date=April 2020}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Dottsy

| birth_name = Dottsy Brodt

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|04|06}}

| origin = Seguin, Texas, U.S.

| instrument = Vocals, guitar

| genre = Country

| occupation = Singer

| years_active = 1975–present

| label = RCA
Tanglewood
Heart of Texas Records

}}

Dottsy Brodt Dwyer (born April 6, 1953, in Seguin, Texas, United States){{cite book|title=The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Guinness Publishing|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=725}} is an American country music singer. She grew up in Seguin. Between 1975 and 1981, she recorded as Dottsy for the RCA Records label. During that timespan, she charted thirteen cuts on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, including the Top Ten "(After Sweet Memories) Play Born to Lose Again." Four of her other songs reached Top 20 on the same chart.{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=128|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}

She returned to her hometown where her family has deep roots. She married and took time off needed to raise her children, while being active in local groups. After her children finished college, Dottsy signed with Heart of Texas Records and in 2010 released an album entitled Meet Me in Texas. She has been performing on a circuit of mostly small towns in Texas, usually touring with other artists from the label.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

Dottsy's favorite venue is the Texas Theatre in Seguin, an 80-year-old one-time movie house.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}} She helped the Seguin Conservation Society raise funds to restore the small movie palace.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}