Don Gibson

Don Gibson
Singer

Donald Eugene Gibson was an American songwriter and country musician.

Don Gibson was born on April 3, 1928 in a poor family in Shelby, North Carolina, USA. He dropped out in second grade.

His first band was called Sons of the Soil, with whom he made his first recording in 1949. In 1957, he traveled to Nashville and recorded his self-penned songs "Oh Lonesome Me" and "I Can't Stop Loving You". It resulted in a double-sided hit on both the country and pop charts. "I Can't Stop Loving You" has been recorded by over 700 artists, most notably Ray Charles in 1962.

Gibson married Bobbi Patterson in 1967.

Gibson recorded a series of successful duets with Dottie West in the late 1960s and early 1970s. West and Gibson released an album together in 1969, titled Dottie and Don. He also recorded several duets with Sue Thompson.

He died on November 17, 2003. The Don Gibson Theater opened in November 2009 in historic Uptown Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina. Originally built in 1939. It includes an exhibition on the life and achievements of Don Gibson. It has a 400-seat music hall and adjoining function space that can accommodate up to 275 people.

Songs of Don Gibson

* Blue Blue Day (1958)

* Don't Tell Me Your Troubles (1959)

* Give Myself a Party (1958)

* I Can't Stop Loving You (1957)

* Look Who's Blue (1958)

* Oh Lonesome Me (1958)

* Who Cares (1959)



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