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Don Gibson

Oh Lonesome Me

1958 · via Neil Young and 1 more

Don Gibson wrote “Oh Lonesome Me” and put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1958. Also recorded by Johnny Cash (released 1960), Neil Young (released 1969) and George Jones (released 1962), among 476 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

Don Gibson – Oh Lonesome Me
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Don Gibson wrote this one and cut it first, and it traveled from him to Johnny Cash and George Jones before Neil got his hands on it. Play Gibson's original, then hear how Neil bent it.

Gibson cut this one first, and it traveled: Johnny Cash and George Jones had a go, and so did Neil Young. Start with Gibson's own, then hear what Young did with it.

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Credited writer: Don Gibson.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1958.

Other recordings on file · first release year

476 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Neil Young recorded "Oh Lonesome Me," and Johnny Cash and George Jones cut it too. Who wrote the song and made its first recording?Don Gibson
a knot from Neil Young · next: Don Gibson
Don Gibson wrote and first recorded "Oh Lonesome Me." Which of these artists, not someone you'd file next to him, later recorded it too?Neil Young
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