"Oh Lonesome Me" | ||||
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Single by Don Gibson | ||||
from the album Oh Lonesome Me | ||||
B-side | "I Can't Stop Loving You" | |||
Released | December 1957 | |||
Format | 7" single | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 2:26 | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Writer(s) | Don Gibson | |||
Producer(s) | Chet Atkins | |||
Don Gibson singles chronology | ||||
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"Oh Lonesome Me" | ||||
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Single by The Kentucky Headhunters | ||||
from the album Pickin' on Nashville | ||||
B-side | "My Daddy Was a Milkman" | |||
Released | 1990 | |||
Format | 7" single | |||
Genre | Country, Southern rock | |||
Length | 3:12 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Writer(s) | Don Gibson | |||
Producer(s) | The Kentucky Headhunters | |||
The Kentucky Headhunters singles chronology | ||||
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"Oh Lonesome Me" is a popular song written and recorded in December 1957 by Don Gibson with Chet Atkins producing it for RCA Victor in Nashville. Released in 1958, the song topped the country chart for eight non-consecutive weeks in addition to reaching No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. Its B-side was "I Can't Stop Loving You", which peaked at No. 7 on the C&W Jockey charts and became a standard song about unrequited love. The vocal backings on both songs were provided by the Jordanaires.
The song was covered by The Kentucky Headhunters in 1990. Their version went to number 8, which was the band's highest-peaking single.