"Oh Baby Mine (I Get So Lonely)" is a
popular song written and published by
Pat Ballard in 1953.
Original recording
The biggest hit version was done by
The Four Knights on
Capitol Records in 1953.[1] The song reached No. 3 on Billboard's Best Sellers chart,[2] and No. 2 on Cash Box in 1954.[3]
In 1954,
Johnnie & Jack, had a number 1 country hit with their recording.[5] In April 1954, it peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard country and western chart.[6] It was also ranked No. 25 on Billboard's 1954 year-end country and western retail sales chart.[7]
The Statler Brothers, whose version was a number 2 country hit in 1983. The Statlers' version was their first song to feature vocals by
Jimmy Fortune, who had replaced
Lew DeWitt, who had retired due to health problems.
Also in 1983, Dutch singer/comedian
Andre van Duin released it (with new lyrics) as "De Heidezangers"; in the accompanying video he portrayed a three-piece amateur-band of piano, guitar and bass. He famously turned "Oh Baby Mine" into the speech-impedimental "Ik ssspeel de basss" ("I play the bass").