Oh Lonesome Me



"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 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.

Cover versions

 * 1961: Johnny Cash (went to #13)
 * 1962: Craig Douglas released a cover version in Great Britain on Decca Records under the production of Bunny Lewis. Douglas' version entered the British singles charts on October 20, 1962, stayed there for twelve weeks and the best position was as # 11.
 * 1962: Larry Finnegan as a single
 * 1965: Per Myrberg Swedish version named "Stackars Mej"
 * 1970: Stonewall Jackson (went to #63)
 * 1970: Neil Young (slower version, on After The Gold Rush)
 * 1978: Loretta Lynn on episode 308 of The Muppet Show
 * 1992: Mexican Banda group Banda Vallarta Show covered this song in their album Esa Chica Me Vacila
 * 2000: Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel, on compilation album Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records
 * 2007: Southern Culture On The Skids
 * 2009: M. Ward included in the album Hold Time