"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. On what became the
Billboard Hot 100, it peaked at No. 7. It was Gibson's only Top 10 hit on the pop chart.[6] 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.[7]
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.[8]
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^Gillett, Charlie (1996). The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll ((2nd Ed.) ed.). New York, N.Y.: Da Capo Press. pp. 108–109.
ISBN978-0-306-80683-4.