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"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" has been identified with Williams's musical legacy, and has been widely praised. In the 2003 documentary The Road to Nashville, singer k.d. lang stated: "I think 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry' is one of the most classic American songs ever written, truly. Beautiful song."
In 1966, Thomas and the Triumphs released the album I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Pacemaker Records), featuring a hit cover version of the Hank Williams song "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry". The single sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. [7] The follow-up single, "Mama", peaked at No. 22.
Herbert Paul Gilley (October 1, 1929 – June 16, 1957) was an American country music lyricist and promoter from Kentucky. In his lifetime, he was little known as a songwriter, but decades after his death by drowning at age 27, he was identified more widely as likely having written the lyrics to a dozen famous songs, including two that were hits for Hank Williams: "Cold, Cold Heart" and "I'm ...
The Living Room Sessions is free of gospel. But the album does offer a fair sampling of Thomas' pop and country mastery via hits he had between 1966 and 1983. He enlists Isaac Slade, of the rock band the Fray, to assist him on "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry." Gill chimes in on "I Just Can't Help Believing." Keb' Mo' shares the mic on "Most of All."
I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome (co-written with Bill Monroe) I'm Gonna Break Your Heart (I'm Gonna) Sing, Sing, Sing; I'm Not Coming Home Anymore; I'm Praying For the Day (co-written with Pee Wee King) I'm So Happy I Found You (lyrics by Williams, recorded by Lucinda Williams for The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams) I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
"Mama" is a song by American singer B. J. Thomas, released in March 1966 as a single from his debut album I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry. It peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was later covered by British singer Dave Berry, whose version became a top-ten hit in the UK.
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry: Scepter Records: Tomorrow Never Comes: 1967 Sings for Lovers and Losers: 1968 On My Way: 133 1969 Young and in Love: Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head: 12 10 1970 Greatest Hits Volume 1: 90 Everybody's Out of Town: 72 71 Most of All: 67 44 1971 Greatest Hits Volume 2: 92 1972 Country: 209 Billy Joe Thomas: 145 1973 ...
Like his earlier masterpiece "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," it was released as the B-side (MGM-10904B) to "Dear John" (MGM-10904A), since it was an unwritten rule in the country music industry that the faster numbers sold best.