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Oh Lonesome Me (album)

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Released
  
April 1958

Label
  
RCA

Songs by Don Gibson (1958)
  
Oh Lonesome Me (1958)

Genre
  
Country

Producer
  
Chet Atkins

Recorded
  
June and December 1957, February 1958, RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee

Oh Lonesome Me is a studio album by country music singer Don Gibson, released in 1958. It is an example of the beginning of the Nashville Sound.

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The title song reached the Top 10 and also topped the country chart. Its B-side was "I Can't Stop Loving You" which became a standard song for unrequited love.

The title song has been covered many times, most notably by Neil Young as part of the 1970 LP, After the Goldrush. M. Ward and Lucinda Williams performed it in 2009 for Hold Time.

Track listing

All tracks written by Don Gibson except as noted.

Personnel

  • Don Gibson – vocals, guitar
  • Hank Garland – guitar
  • Chet Atkins – guitar
  • Velma Williams Smith – guitar
  • Bob Moore – bass
  • Buddy Harman – drums
  • Floyd Cramer – piano
  • The Jordanaires, (Gordon Stoker, Hoyt Hawkins, Neal Matthews, Hugh Jarrett) - background vocals

    • References

    Oh Lonesome Me (album) Wikipedia
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