"Oh Lonesome Me" is a popular song written and recorded in December 1957 by Don Gibson with Chet Atkins[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]
The vocal backings on both songs were provided by the Jordanaires.
1959: Elvis Presley Elvis made a relaxed version of this song in December 1958, while performing military service in Germany, during his stay at the Hotel Grünewald, Bad Nauheim, where he resided.
1959: Sacha Distel made a French version "Oh ! Quelle Nuit (Lonesome Me)".[8]
1960: Bob Luman's version reached #105 on the U.S. Billboard Pop chart
1962: Craig Douglas released a cover version in the UK on Decca Records under the production of Bunny Lewis.[10] Douglas' version entered the UK singles chart on October 20, 1962, stayed there for twelve weeks and the best position was at #11[11]
1962: Connie Francis - included in her album Connie Francis Sings Great Country Hits[12]
1962: Kay Starr included in her album Just Plain Country[13]
1962: Ray Charles for his album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume Two
1992: Mexican Banda group Banda Vallarta Show covered this song in Spanish. This version is named "Oh Solitario" which is part of their Esa Chica Me Vacila album
2000: Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel, on compilation album Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records
^Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 157. ISBN978-0-89820-177-2.
^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.
