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"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Hank Williams in 1949. Williams wrote the song originally intending that the words be spoken, rather than sung,[2] as he had done on several of his Luke the Drifter recordings. The song about loneliness was largely inspired by his troubled relationship with wife Audrey Sheppard. With evocative lyrics, such as the opening lines "Hear that lonesome whip-poor-will/He sounds too blue to fly," the song has been covered by a wide range of musicians.
Rolling Stone ranked it #111 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, the oldest song on the list.
Among those who have recorded the song following Williams' death include Johnny Cash with Nick Cave, Marty Robbins, Ray Charles, Dean Martin, Al Green, Gary Morris, Stephan Eicher, B. J. Thomas (this version was a U.S. chart hit, peaking at #8), Cassandra Wilson, Dottie West, Diamanda Galás, Freddy Fender, The Raveonettes, The Mountain Goats, The Cowboy Junkies, Volbeat, Roy Orbison, and Atlas Sound.
Williams' version ranked #29 in CMT's 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music in 2003.
Traveling Wilburys, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Bob Dylan
Blues, Memphis, Tennessee, Rock and roll, Country music, Graceland
Grand Ole Opry, Bob Dylan, World War II, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, MGM Records
Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Rockabilly, Western swing, Grand Ole Opry
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Record label, Hanky Panky (Tommy James and the Shondells song), Crimson and Clover, Niles, Michigan, Michigan
David Allan Coe, Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle, Rodney Crowell
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