500 Greatest Songs of All Time
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Hank Williams, 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry'
Writer: Williams
Producer: Fred Rose
Released: Nov. '49, Sterling
Did not chart
This track — a vision of lonesome Americana over a steady beat — was Williams' favorite out of all the songs he wrote. But he worried that the lyrics about weeping robins and falling stars were too artsy for his rural audience, which might explain why the track was buried on the B side of "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It." "Lonesome" didn't catch much attention, but after Williams' death it came to symbolize his whiskey-soaked life, and artists such as Willie Nelson resurrected it, setting the mood for much of the country music that followed.
Appears on: The Ultimate Collection (Universal)
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