Oh Lonesome Me (album)

Oh Lonesome Me
Studio album by Don Gibson
Released	April 1958
Recorded	June and December 1957, February 1958, RCA Studios, Nashville, TN
Genre	Country
Label	RCA
Producer	Chet Atkins
Don Gibson chronology
Songs by Don Gibson (1958) Oh Lonesome Me (1958) No One Stands Alone (1958)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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

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.^[2]

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. 

Side One
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bad Bad Day"		2:38
2.	"Take Me as I Am (Or Let Me Go)"	Boudleaux Bryant	2:32
3.	"I Can't Leave"		2:15
4.	"I Can't Stop Loving You"		2:37
5.	"Blues in My Heart"	Jenny Lou Carson, Red Foley	2:40
6.	"Sweet, Sweet Girl"		1:53

Side Two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Blue Blue Day"		1:56
8.	"Heartbreak Avenue"	Mel Foree	2:45
9.	"We Could"	Bryant	2:31
10.	"Oh Lonesome Me"		2:32
11.	"Too Soon to Know"		2:36
12.	"If You Don't Know It"		2:14

1998 Reissue Bonus Tracks
Track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Give Myself a Party" (1958)		2:30
14.	"Who Cares (For Me)" (1959)		2:13
15.	"Just One Time" (1960)		2:03
16.	"Sea of Heartbreak" (1961)	Paul Hampton, Hal David	2:30

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

1. Allmusic review
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. ISBN 0-306-80683-5.