Oh Lonesome Me
"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" | |||
Written | June 7, 1957 | |||
Published | February 17, 1958 Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. | |||
Released | December 1957 | |||
Recorded | December 3, 1957 | |||
Studio | RCA Studio B, Nashville, TN | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 2:26 | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Songwriter(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 | May 1990 | |||
Genre | Country rock, rockabilly, rock and roll, southern rock | |||
Length | 3:12 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Songwriter(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. On what became the Billboard Hot 100, it peaked at No. 7. It was Gibson's only Top 10 hit on the pop chart. 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 Kentucky Headhunters version
The song was covered by The Kentucky Headhunters in 1990. Their version went to number 8, which was the band's highest-peaking single.
Chart performance
Chart (1990) | Peak position |
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Canada Country Tracks (RPM) | 19 |
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) | 8 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1990) | Position |
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US Country Songs (Billboard) | 73 |
Cover versions
- 1959: Sacha Distel made a French version "Oh ! Quelle Nuit (Lonesome Me)".
- 1960: Bob Luman's version reached #105 on the U.S. Billboard Pop chart
- 1961: Johnny Cash (went to #13)
- 1962: Ann-Margret on her album On the Way Up
- 1962: Craig Douglas released a cover version in the UK on Decca Records under the production of Bunny Lewis. Douglas' version entered the UK singles chart on October 20, 1962, stayed there for twelve weeks and the best position was at #11
- 1962: Ray Charles for his album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume Two
- 1966: Bobbi Martin's version reached #134 on the U.S. Billboard Pop chart and #64 Country
- 1970: Neil Young (slower version, on After the Gold Rush)
- 1970: Stonewall Jackson (went to #63)
- 1957 songs
- 1958 singles
- 1962 singles
- 1990 singles
- Don Gibson songs
- Ray Price (musician) songs
- Johnny Cash songs
- Larry Finnegan songs
- Neil Young songs
- Stonewall Jackson (musician) songs
- We Five songs
- Loggins and Messina songs
- Lucinda Williams songs
- The Kentucky Headhunters songs
- Song recordings produced by Chet Atkins
- Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles of the year
- Music videos directed by John Lloyd Miller
- RCA Victor singles
- Columbia Records singles
- Mercury Records singles
- Rockabilly songs
- Songs written by Don Gibson