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)" | |||
| Released | July 1966 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Writer(s) | Leon Payne | |||
| Producer(s) | Chet Atkins | |||
| Jim Reeves singles chronology | ||||
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"Blue Side of Lonesome" is a song by Leon Payne, released in 1966 as a single by Jim Reeves (1923-1964). 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.[1]
Chart performance
| Chart (1966) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 59 |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 68 |
References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 286.
External links
| Preceded by "Almost Persuaded" by David Houston |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single October 15, 1966 |
Succeeded by "Open Up Your Heart" by Buck Owens |
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