(Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely

"Oh Baby Mine (I Get So Lonely)" is a popular song. It was written by Pat Ballard and was published in 1953.

"Oh Baby Mine (I Get So Lonely)[1]"
Single by The Four Knights
Released1953
Recorded1953
Length2:02
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Pat Ballard

Original recording

The biggest hit version was done by The Four Knights on Capitol Records in 1953.[2]

Cover versions
  • Bing Crosby recorded the song January 29, 1954 accompanied by Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians in Los Angeles.[3]
  • Anne Shelton with Ken Mackintosh and his orchestra recorded it in London on March 3, 1954. The song was released by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalog number B 10680.
  • In 1954, Johnnie & Jack, had a #1 country hit with their recording.[4] In April 1954, it peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard country and western chart.[5] It was also ranked No. 25 on Billboard's 1954 year-end country and western retail sales chart.[6]
  • The Statler Brothers, whose version was a #2 country hit in 1983. The Statlers' version was their first song to feature vocals by Jimmy Fortune, who had replaced the retired Lew DeWitt (who left due to health problems).
  • Also in 1983, Dutch singer/comedian Andre van Duin released it (with new lyrics) as De Heidezangers; in the accompanying video he portrayed a three-piece amateur-band of piano, guitar and bass. He famously turned "Oh baby mine" into the speech-impedimental "Ik ssspeel de basss" ("I play the bass").
  • A Slovenian version Čuj, deklica was recorded by Pepel in kri.

Media culture

References
  1. https://www.discogs.com/The-Four-Knights-Oh-Baby-Mine-I-Get-So-Lonely-I-Couldnt-Stay-Away-From-You/release/9806640
  2. https://www.discogs.com/The-Four-Knights-Oh-Baby-Mine-I-Get-So-Lonely-I-Couldnt-Stay-Away-From-You/release/9806640
  3. Bing Crosby through the Years, volume six, 1953-1954, Sepia, 2010
  4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 177.
  5. Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 163. ISBN 0823076326.
  6. "1954's Top C & W Records". The Billboard. December 25, 1954. p. 17.



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