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]
blue, side, lonesome, song, written, recorded, leon, payne, 1960, single, reevesfrom, album, side, hurts, much, releasedjuly, 1966genrecountrylabelrcasongwriter, leon, payneproducer, chet, atkinsjim, reeves, singles, chronology, distant, drums, 1966, 1966, com. Blue Side of Lonesome is a song written and recorded by Leon Payne in 1960 1 Blue Side of Lonesome Single by Jim Reevesfrom the album The Blue Side of LonesomeB side It Hurts So Much To See You Go ReleasedJuly 1966GenreCountryLabelRCASongwriter s Leon PayneProducer s Chet AtkinsJim Reeves singles chronology Distant Drums 1966 Blue Side of Lonesome 1966 I Won t Come In While He s There 1967 Contents 1 Jim Reeves Recording 1 1 Chart performance 2 Cover Versions 3 ReferencesJim Reeves Recording editIt 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 edit Chart 1966 PeakpositionU S Billboard Hot Country Singles 1U S Billboard Hot 100 3 59Canadian RPM Top Singles 4 68South Africa 5 6Cover Versions editGeorge Jones also released a version on his 1966 album Love Bug 6 References edit Leon Payne Blue Side of Lonesome 1960 Vinyl Discogs 1960 Whitburn Joel 2004 The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits 1944 2006 Second edition Record Research p 286 Whitburn Joel 2013 Joel Whitburn s Top Pop Singles 14th Edition 1955 2012 Record Research p 699 RPM Top 100 Singles October 10 1966 PDF South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 1989 Songs A B www allmusic com allmusic com Retrieved July 7 2022 nbsp This 1960s country song related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Blue Side of Lonesome amp oldid 1172062239, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
