"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]
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)".[12]
1960: Bob Luman's version reached #105 on the U.S. Billboard Pop chart
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.
