Dottie Rambo: The Gifted Songwriter of the Twentieth Century (Part 15)

The First Time I Heard About Heaven



Who's Gonna Teach My Children's Children (Dottie Rambo)



You've Never Mentioned Jesus to Me



This Little Sheep's Coming Home



A Hymn From Way Back Home



It's Me Again Lord



Lord Do it Again



Naaman



A Brand New Feeling



Things Are Going to be Better Afterwhile



Tiny



Dottie Rambo on Television

Dottie Rambo started making appearances on television starting around 1965 with the Gospel Singing Jubilee.  She sang with the group who was known as The Singing Rambos.  The group consisted of Buck, Dottie, Reba, and Pat Jones.  The syndicated show was a major production from coast to coast.  The Rambos sang on the Gospel Singing Jubilee for a number of years performing such gospel greats as "He Looked Beyond My Fault and Saw My Need", "Build My Mansion", "The Holy Hills of Heaven Call Me", "The Church Triumphant", "Prisoner of Love", and many others.  That was the first television exposure the Rambos received for their music. 

At the time the Rambos were invited to sing on the Gospel Singing Jubilee, they were members of the United Pentecostal Church.  Buck conferred with eight ministers, whom he considered to be his best preacher friends.  At the time, the United Pentecostal Church preached against Christians owning a television in their home.  However, there wasn't a rule at the time against Christians appearing on television.  The eight ministers advised Buck to accept the TV offer.  Consequently, there was some controversy over that issue once when the Rambos made their first appearance on the Gospel Singing Jubilee.  The same men who had advised Buck to accept the TV offer called and cancelled all the Rambo meetings.  Some United Pentecostal Churches held Rambo record-burning parties in which all church members brought their Rambo records and tossed them into a bonfire.  (Source: The Legacy of Buck and Dottie Rambo)  The Rambos were openly condemned and blackballed from the pulpits of the United Pentecostal Churches.  Their reasoning was that no Christian would display his ministry before the world on television.  As a result they didn't have many meetings scheduled due to the United Pentecostal Church boycotting the Rambos.  Nevertheless, they found a different venue for their singing after their 1964 appearance at the National Quartet Convention.  Their performance so successful at the National Quartet Convention that they were booked to sing in concerts and they would sing in concerts for a number of years to come. 

A number of years later when they moved to California in 1981, they involved themselves with TBN (Trinity Broadcasting Network.)  They developed a long-term friendship with both Paul and Jan Crouch, founders of TBN.  Over the years they would sing on the network and participate in telethons.  As a result of their appearances on TBN, Dottie was awarded with her own program called, "The Dottie Rambo Magazine."  The Dottie Rambo Magazine ran for six years and was the no. 1 rated program for six years on the network.  The old program is still shown in repeats off and on today.  Throughout the years Dottie has made other television appearances such as Rex Humbard, PTL with Jim and Tammy Bakker, and the 700 Club, for example.  She has appeared on numerous television programs from virtually every Christian network as well as the TNN, PAX, and Women's entertainment channels.  She has also appeared on a number of Gaither Homecoming video series.  Her last Gaither Homecoming appearance was in 2008 when she sang one of her old songs entitled, "I Just Came to Talk With You Lord."  Dottie Rambo has also been the subject of a number of television biographic specials such as TBN's Portrait of Grace, INSP's Inspirational Groundbreakers, BBC's White Gospel, and GMC's Faith and Fame.  Faith and Fame was her last television interview prior to her death.  As a result of all the television appearances on Christian television, Dottie Rambo has become a household name in Christian television.