Blue Side of Lonesome

"Blue Side of Lonesome"
Single by Jim Reeves
from the album The Blue Side of Lonesome
B-side"It Hurts So Much (To See You Go)"
ReleasedJuly 1966
GenreCountry
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Leon Payne
Producer(s)Chet Atkins
Jim Reeves singles chronology
"Distant Drums"
(1966) 		"Blue Side of Lonesome"
(1966) 		"I Won't Come In While He's There"
(1967)

"Blue Side of Lonesome" is a song written and recorded by Leon Payne in 1960.[1]

Jim Reeves Recording

It is most famously known from the posthumous 1966 single by Jim Reeves. Reeves had previously recorded this song on his 1962 album, The Country Side of Jim Reeves. The single was Reeves' fifth posthumous release to reach number one on the U.S. country music chart. "Blue Side of Lonesome" stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of nineteen weeks on the chart.[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1966) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 59
Canadian RPM Top Singles[4] 68
South Africa[5] 6

Cover Versions

  • George Jones also released a version on his 1966 album, Love Bug.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Leon Payne – Blue Side of Lonesome (1960, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1960.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 286.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 699.
  4. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - October 10, 1966" (PDF).
  5. ^ "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Songs (A-B)".
  6. ^ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved July 7, 2022.


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