The PUZZLES - Lonesome Me (Don Gibson/Chet Atkins cover)

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The Puzzles playing "Oh Lonesome Me" is a popular song written and recorded by Don Gibson with Chet Atkins producing for RCA-Victor in Nashville in 1958. The song topped the country chart for eight non consecutive weeks [1], and went into the top 10 on the pop chart, peaking at number eight [2]. Its B-side was "I Can't Stop Loving You" which peaked at number seven on the C&W Jockey charts and became a standard song for unrequited love. [3] The song was the first of several crossovers featuring Gibson's blend of rockabilly and the Nashville sound, and was the most popular of his crossover hits.