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I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Composer: Hank Williams

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry was one of the songs rehearsed by the Grateful Dead and Bob Dylan prior to the 1987 Dylan & The Dead tour but it was not performed live. The song was played by Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh and Bill Kreutzmann with Doug Sahm, Leon Russell and others at a show in November 1972.

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry was first recorded by Hank Williams in 1949 and released on a single a couple of months later.



Hank Williams

no info Single (I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry / My Bucket's Got a Hole in It), Hank Williams, 1949
no info Single (The Blues Come Around / I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry), Hank Williams, 1952
no info Moanin' The Blues (LP), Hank Williams, 1952
no info Moanin' The Blues, Part 1 EP, Hank Williams, 1953
no info Moanin' The Blues, Vol 2 EP, Hank Williams, 1956
no info 36 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits, Hank Williams, 1957
no info Authentic Sound Of Country Hits EP, Hank Williams, 1959
no info Moanin' The Blues (LP), Hank Williams, 1959 (UK)
info Hank Williams' Greatest Hits: 14 of Hank's All-Time Best, Hank Williams, 1960
no info I'm Blue Inside, Hank Williams, 1961
no info Single (I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry /Cold Cold Heart), Hank Williams, 1962
info The Very Best of Hank Williams, Hank Williams, 1963
no info The Hank Williams Story, Hank Williams, 1965
no info Single (I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry / You Win Again), 1966
no info The Legend Lives Anew: Hank Williams with Strings, Hank Williams, 1966
no info I'm Blue Inside, Hank Williams, 1968
no info 24 Karat Gold Hits, Hank Williams, 1968
no info The Essential, Hank Williams, 1969
no info Single (Cold Cold Heart / I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry), Hank Williams, 1970
no info 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits, Hank Williams, 1970
no info The Legend of Hank Williams in Story and Song, Hank Williams/Hank Williams, Jr., 1973
no info Archetypes, Hank Williams, 1974
no info 40 Greatest Hits, Hank Williams, 1978
no info 24 Of Hank William's Greatest Hits, Hank Williams, 1979
no info The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music, Various Artists, 1981
no info Country & Western Classics, Hank Williams, 1982
no info Hank Williams On The Air, Hank Williams, 1985
no info 40 Greatest Hits, Hank Williams, 1988
info Original Singles Collection...Plus, Hank Williams, 1992
no info Health and Happiness Shows, Hank Williams, 1993
info Complete Hank Williams, Hank Williams, 1998
no info The Original, Hank Williams, 2001
no info Legendary Country Singers, Hank Williams, 2002
no info Country, Bluegrass and Mountain Music, Various Artists, 2002
info Turn Back the Years: The Essential Hank Williams Collection, Hank Williams, 2005
no info The Ultimate Collection, Hank Williams, 2005
no info Gold, Hank Williams, 2005
info Essential Guide to American Roots, Various Artists, 2006
no info The Unreleased Recordings, Hank Williams, 2008
no info Rare and On The Radio: The Legendary, Hank Williams, 2008
info The Roots of the Grateful Dead, Various Artists, 2008
no info Hank Williams Revealed: The Unreleased Recordings, Hank Williams, 2009
no info The Complete Mother's Best Recordings...Plus!, Hank Williams, 2010
no info Icon, Hank Williams, 2011
no info Icon 2, Hank Williams, 2012

Other recordings

no info Memories Of Hank Williams, Jug Scott, 1957
no info Marty Robbins (EP), Marty Robbins, 1957
no info Songs Of Robbins, Marty Robbins, 1957
no info Sing Me a Sad Song, George Hamilton IV, 1958
no info Margaret, Margaret Whiting, 1958
no info American Country Songs, Helen Merrill, 1959
no info Sings Songs Of Hank Williams, Joni James, 1959
no info Lonely Street, Andy Williams, 1959
no info Single (The Village Of St. Bernadette / I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry), Andy Williams, 1959
no info Single (Seven Beers With The Wrong Woman / I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry), Cousin Roy, 1959
no info Single (You Don't Know Me / I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry), Helen Merrill, 1960
no info Ronnie Hawkins Sings the Songs of Hank Williams, Ronnie Hawkins, 1960
info Now, There Was a Song!, Johnny Cash, 1960
no info Single (I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry / Hot Spell), Margaret Whiting, 1960
no info R.F.D., Tab Hunter, 1960
no info Teen Angel, Mark Dinning, 1960
no info Walkin' And A Hummin', Ferlin Husky, 1961
no info Sings Golden Country Hits, Tommy Edwards, 1961
no info Single (I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) / I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry), Johnny Tillotson, 1962
no info Jimmie Williams Sings, Jimmie Williams, 1962
no info Steel Guitar Sounds Of Hank Williams, Don Helms, 1962
no info I Remember Hank Williams, Floyd Cramer, 1962
no info The Hank Williams Song Book, Connie Stevens, 1962
no info It Keeps Right on A-Hurtin', Johnny Tillotson, 1962
info Sing Great Country Hits, The Everly Brothers, 1963
no info The Very Best of, Tommy Edwards, 1963
info Bluegrass Special, Bill Monroe & his Blue Grass Boys, 1963
no info Sings Country Hits From The Heart, Rosemary Clooney, 1963
no info Sings The Songs Of Hank Williams, Hank Williams Jr., 1964
no info Lonely Guitar, Duane Eddy, 1964
no info Sings Hank Williams, Hank Locklin, 1964
no info Blues In My Heart, Wanda Jackson, 1965
no info Del Shannon Sings Hank Williams, Del Shannon, 1965
info Hits From The Country Hall Of Fame, Floyd Cramer, 1965
no info Nashville Hits, Ace Cannon, 1965
no info Spike Jones Plays Hank Williams Hits, Spike Jones, 1965
no info Carla, Carla Thomas, 1966
no info I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, B.J. Thomas, 1966
no info Single (I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry / Candy Baby), B.J. Thomas, 1966
no info The Best of, Frank Ifield, 1966
info Roy Acuff Sings Hank Williams, Roy Acuff, 1966
no info It's Only Love, Tommy James & the Shondells, 1966
no info Laughing Guitar, Crying Guitar, Jimmy Bryant, 1966
no info Plays All-Timers, Bill Black's Combo, 1966
no info Don't Touch Me, Wilma Burgess, 1966
no info Tears & Heartaches, Kay Starr, 1966
no info The Big Country Hits, The Jordanaires, 1966
no info In A New Dimension, Roy Drusky, 1966
no info Plays The Theme From Doctor Zhivago And Other Great Songs, Jimmy Wilkerson, 1966
no info Sing And Play The Hits Of Nashville Tennessee, Peter & Gordon, 1966
no info Country Hits, Leroy Van Dyke, 1966
no info Sings Country & Western, Charlie Rich, 1967
no info Songs For Sometime Losers, Dinah Shore, 1967
no info Bluegrass Favorites, Don Reno & Bill Harrell And The Tennessee Cut-Ups, 1967
no info Sings The Country Album, The Carter Family, 1967
info Son of KRLA: 21 Solid Rocks, Various Artists (B.J. Thomas), 1967
no info KJR 16 All American Hits, Various Artists (B.J. Thomas), 1967
no info Sings Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb, 1968
no info More Country Soul, Don Gibson, 1968
no info Jimmy Dickens Sings, Little Jimmy Dickens, 1968
no info Woman Leave Me Alone, John L. Sullivan, 1968
no info The Best Of Johnny Tillotson, 1968
no info Salutes The Country Music Hall of Fame, Billy Walker, 1968
no info Live at Cobo Hall, Detroit, Hank Williams, Jr., 1969
no info Marty's Country, Marty Robbins, 1969
info Mother Earth Presents Tracy Nelson Country, Mother Earth, 1969
no info A Tribute to Hank Williams, Stonewall Jackson, 1969
no info Sings The Country Music Hall Of Fame Hits Vol. 1, Jerry Lee Lewis, 1969
no info Before Your Heartaches Came, Bobby Helms, 1969
no info For The Love Of Him, Bobbi Martin, 1969
no info Single (I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry / I Would), Linda Plowman, 1970
no info Hank Williams the Roy Orbison Way, Roy Orbison, 1970
no info The World of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash, 1970
no info Here I Am, Macon's Mayor Ronnie Thompson, 1970
no info Place in the Country, Skeeter Davis, 1970
no info Country, Al Hirt, 1970
no info I Walk Alone, Don Gibson, 1971
no info Willie Nelson and Family, Willie Nelson, 1971
no info From The Heart, Marty Robbins, 1971
info King of Rock and Roll, Little Richard, 1971
info Two Aces: Sho-Budding Again, Buddy Emmons & Shot Jackson, 1971
no info Careless Hands, Dottie West, 1971
no info Delta Dawn, Tanya Tucker, 1972
no info Charlie McCoy, Charlie McCoy, 1972
no info Cimarron Bluegrass, Frank Necessary & The Stone Mountain Boys, 1972
no info Call Me, Al Green, 1973
no info Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite, Elvis Presley, 1973
no info I Remember Hank Williams, Glen Campbell, 1973
info Hank Wilson's Back, Leon Russell, 1973
no info Single (Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms / I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry), Hank Wilson, 1973
no info 12 Favorites, Nashville Harmonica, 1973
no info Sparklin' Brown Eyes, Dickey Lee, 1973
no info Single (Love Don't Last Long / I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry), Odessa, 1973
no info Donny, Donny Osmond, 1974
no info Good Old Boys, Casey Anderson, 1974
no info Live At The Big Red Barn, The Russell Brothers, 1974
no info Five Feet High and Rising, Johnny Cash, 1974
no info He Wakes Me with a Kiss, Skeeter Davis, 1974
no info Home In The Country, Don Ho, 1974
no info Sings The Songs Of Hank Williams, Charlie Rich, 1975
no info Country Guitar II, Phil Baugh, 1975
no info Taylor Made: The Soul Fiddle Of, Merle "Red" Taylor, 1975
no info A Tribute To Hank Williams, Jerry Jowers, 1975
no info Pickin' & Singin', Larry Sparks & the Lonesome Ramblers, 1975
no info Fiddle Tradition, Chubby Wise And Howdy Forrester, 1975
no info Billy Jo Spears, Billy Jo Spears, 1976
no info Single (I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry / Making Plans), Terry Bradshaw, 1976
no info Hank 'N' Me, Ray Price, 1976
no info 200 Years of Country Music, Sonny James, 1976
no info Sings Hank Williams, Larry Sparks, 1977
no info First Edition, Blue Velvet, 1977
no info My Music & Me, Roy Clark, 1977
no info Slidin' Smoke, Mike Auldridge And Jeff Newman, 1978
no info The Little Fiddler, Robert Herridge, 1978
no info Country Memories, Elvis Presley, 1978
no info Sings Hank Williams and Jimmie Rodgers, Boxcar Willie, 1979
no info Welcome To My World, Elvis Presley, 1979
no info Z.Z. Hill, Z.Z. Hill, 1981
no info Doggone My Time, Cathy Fink, 1981
no info Cotton Eyed Joe, Texas Dance Hall Band, 1981
no info Ferlin Husky, Ferlin Husky, 1982
no info Big O Country, Roy Orbison, 1982
info Greatest Hits, Charlie McCoy, 1982
no info The Living legend Of, Al Hirt, 1983
no info The Spirit Is Free, Ronnie Gilbert, 1985
no info Plain Brown Wrapper, Gary Morris, 1986
no info Nashville Harmonica - 12 Favorites, Nashville Harmonica, 1987
no info Master Of Suspense, Jack Walrath, 1987
no info Trinity Sessions, Cowboy Junkies, 1988
no info Greatest Hits, B. J. Thomas, 1990
no info All His Early Hits - And More!!!, Johnny Tillotson, 1990
info Saturday Rolling Around, The GPs, 1991
info Bluegrass 1959-1969, Bill Monroe, 1991
info The Man in Black: 1959-1962, Johnny Cash, 1991
no info Live in Chicago, Hasil Adkins, 1992
no info Ol' Waylon Sings Ol' Hank, Waylon Jennings, 1992
no info Greatest Hits, Dottie West, 1992
no info Spinning Around The Sun, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, 1993
info The Locust Years...And the Return to the Promised Land, Jerry Lee Lewis, 1994
no info Glum, Giant Sand, 1994
info Walk A Mile In My Shoes: The Essential 70's Masters, Elvis Presley, 1995
no info New Moon Daughter, Cassandra Wilson, 1995
info Keeper of the Flame, Vernon Oxford, 1995
no info New Moon Daughter, Cassandra Wilson, 1995
no info 200 More Miles: Live Performances 1985-1994, Cowboy Junkies, 1995
no info A Picture Of Hank: The New Bluegrass Way, Various Artists (Kathy Chaviola), 1995
no info A Tribute To Hank Williams, Various Artists (Glen Campbell), 1995
no info Tracy Nelson Country, Tracy Nelson, 1996
no info Reckless Country Soul, Jason And The Nashville Scorchers, 1996
info Tears Will Be the Chaser for Your Wine, Wanda Jackson, 1997
info Philibuster, Phil Leadbetter, 1997
info Another Story, Ernest Tubb & His Texas Troubadors, 1999
no info Lost Highway: A Tribute to Hank Williams, Various Artists (B.J. Thomas), 1999
no info Land Of Mystery, The Residents, 1999
no info Ghost Town, Bill Frisell, 2000
no info Best Of Cowboy Junkies, 2001
no info 200 Years of Country Music/In Prison, in Person, Sonny James, 2001
no info Sings The Songs Of Hank Williams / Country Style..., Joni James, 2001
info Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute, Various Artists (Keb' Mo), 2001
no info American IV: The Man Comes Around, Johnny Cash, 2002
no info Hanky Panky/It's Only Love, Tommy James & the Shondells, 2002
info Blue Light 'Til Dawn / New Moon Daughter, Cassandra Wilson, 2002
info Anthology, Bill Monroe, 2003
info Legacy 1961-2002, Glen Campbell, 2003
no info Heartworn Highways (DVD), Various Artists (Steve Young), 2003
no info My God Is Real/I Walk Alone, Don Gibson, 2004
no info The Immortal Soul of, Al Green, 2004
info Live from the Bardavon, Vol. 1, Various Artists (Ruth Ungar), 2004
info King of Rock and Roll: The Complete Reprise Recordings, Little Richard, 2005
info Sing Great Country Hits / Gone Gone Gone, The Everly Brothers, 2005
info The Legend, Johnny Cash, 2005
no info Swingin' On A Seven-String, Lenny Breau, 2005
info The Price of Fame 1960-1965, The Everly Brothers, 2006
no info NBC-TV Special/Aloha from Hawaii, Elvis Presley, 2006
no info Waylon Sings Hank Williams, Waylon Jennings, 2006
no info Sing Me a Hank Williams Song, Various Artists (Marty Robbins), 2006
no info Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian, 2006
no info Trinity Revisited, Cowboy Junkies, 2008
no info Solos (DVD), Bill Frisell, 2008
info Bill Frisell Live Download Series: Noe Valley Ministry, February 5th, 2005, Set 2, Bill Frisell, 2008
info Country Trilogy Collection, Various Artists (Billy Jo Spears), 2008
no info Hank Stuff, Deanna Cox, 2008
no info Sing: Chapter 1, Wynonna, 2009
no info Temple Bar, John Waite, 2009
no info The Best Of Hank Wilson, Leon Russell, 2009
no info The Best Of Bill Frisell Vol. 1: Folk Songs, Bill Frisell, 2009
no info Spirit Moves, Dave Douglas Brass Ecstasy, 2009
no info The Last Ride: A Story Of Hank Williams, Various Artists (Michael English), 2012
no info The Living Room Sessions, B.J. Thomas, 2013
no info Country For Old Men, John Scofield, 2016

 
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