Don Gibson
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Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Don Gibson â born in Shelby, North Carolina on April 3, 1928 â was a singer-songwriter best-known for writing country standards such as âI Canât Stop Loving Youâ and âSweet Dreams.â Nicknamed âThe Sad Poetâ due to his lyrics that touched on the sadder side of relationships, Don Gibson was a member of Sons of the Soul and began his recording career in 1949. After recording some solo singles throughout the first half of the 1950s, the most successful of which was âSweet Dreams,â which landed in the Top 10. The song was covered by several other country artists including Patsy Cline, whose version was released after her death in 1963. âSweet Dreamsâ went on to be one of her most beloved songs. Meanwhile, Don Gibson ended up in Nashville, Tennessee with producer / guitarist Chet Atkins and released several singles on RCA Victor. The first of those singles, 1958âs âOh Lonesome Me,â hit number 1 on Billboardâs Country Singles chart and number 7 on the Hot 100. Don Gibsonâs next single, âI Canât Stop Loving Youâ (1958), was a number 7 hit on the country chart, but only reached number 81 on the Hot 100. The song became another oft covered hit for other artists including the most well-known being Ray Charlesâ fiery version. Don Gibson scored one more chart topper in 1958 with âBlue Blue Day.â While he continued to have a number of Top 10 country hits â including âGive Myself a Partyâ (number 5 in 1958), âWho Caresâ (number 3 in 1959), âDonât Tell Me Your Troublesâ (number 5 in 1959), âJust One Timeâ (number 2 in 1960), a re-recording of âSweet Dreamsâ (number 6 in 1960), âSea of Heartbreakâ and âLonesome Number Oneâ (both number 2 in 1960) and many others â he didnât score another number 1 until 1972 with âWoman (Sensuous Woman).â While releasing his own solo singles and albums, Don Gibson also recorded collaborations with Dottie West and Sue Thompson. Many of his albums â including Too Much Hurt (1965), Great Country Songs (1966), All My Love (1968) and Woman (Sensuous Woman) (1972) â made the Top 20 although he seemed to have more success as a singles artist. Don Gibson was inducted into Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1973 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001, and the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2010. He died on November 17, 2003, at the age of 75.
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Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Oh Lonesome Me
- Sea of Heartbreak
- Blue Blue Day
- There Goes My Everything
- Green Green Grass of Home
- (There She Goes) I Wish Her Well
- Good Old Fashioned Country Love
- Guess Away The Blues
- There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight
- Having Second Thoughts
- Wher Is Your Heart Tonight
- Heartbreak Avenue
- This Cold War With You
- Too Soon to Know
- Tutti Frutti / Honeycomb / Multiplication / Peppermint Twist / What I Say / Roll over Beethoven / Oh, Lonesome Me / Wake up Little Suzie / At the Hop / Walking Back to Happiness / Along Came Jones featuring Don Gibson
- Touch the Morning
- How's the World Treating You
- Two of Us Together
- I Can't Leave (Oh, Lonesome Me)
- Ages and Ages Ago by Don Gibson
- I Can Mend Your Broken Heart
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- Watch Where You're Going
- We Could (Oh, Lonesome Me)
