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"Oh Lonesome Me" is a popular song written and recorded in December 1957 by Don Gibson with Chet Atkins [5] producing it for RCA Victor in Nashville. Released in 1958, the song topped the country chart for eight non-consecutive weeks.
Donald Eugene Gibson (April 3, 1928 [1] – November 17, 2003) was an American songwriter and country musician.A Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Gibson wrote such country standards as "Sweet Dreams" and "I Can't Stop Loving You", and enjoyed a string of country hits ("Oh Lonesome Me") from 1957 into the mid-1970s.
It was released in 1958 as the B-side of "Oh Lonesome Me", becoming a double-sided country hit single. At the time of Gibson's death in 2003, the song had been recorded by more than 700 artists, most notably by Ray Charles, whose recording reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [5]
Oh Lonesome Me is a studio album by American country singer Don Gibson, released in 1958. It is an example of the beginning of the Nashville Sound . On November 17, 1958, it was rated No. 1 on Billboard magazine's "Favorite C&W Albums" based on the magazine's annual poll of country and western disc jockeys.
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Some of the album's additional track were cover versions of songs recorded by other music artists. The second track, "The Morning After Baby Let Me Down", was made a hit by its writer Ray Griff. The sixth track, "Oh Lonesome Me", was first recorded by its writer as well, Don Gibson.
The songs included on the project were covers of songs first recorded by others. Only one tune composed by Harlan Howard was an original piece. [1] [3] Among its covers was Don Gibson's "Oh Lonesome Me, Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" and Carl Belew's "Lonely Street". The album's theme was centered around having "the blues" and ...
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