My 100 Favorite Charted Country Songs: (Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely

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We all have one of “those” weeks. I had one yesterday. The lowlight was my brother having to send his oldest furbaby to Rainbow Bridge. I’m going to take a deep breath, stay away from the text messages sending me bad news, and give you another song on my list of 100 favorite country songs that made the Billboard charts. (Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely - Johnnie and Jack As I’ve mentioned before, I knew Charlie Louvin casually. Being a part of the preeminent harmony duet in country music, he had the perfect description of the tenor singer in this act: “Jack Anglin sang like a B string.” Johnnie (Wright) and Jack (Anglin) were brothers-in-law (Jack married Johnnie’s sister). They had a string of successful hits in the early 50s, then the Louvins and the Wilburns came along with much prettier harmonies and that was that for Johnnie and Jack. Still, they did manage popularity until the end of the act in 1963, when Anglin was killed in a single-vehicle wreck on his way to Patsy Cline’s memorial service. (They did have one other drawback to their success: Wright’s wife just happened to be “Queen of Country Music” Kitty Wells…) This was originally a doo-wop/R&B song by a group called the Four Knights. Johnnie and Jack made it 1000% country with their rendition. As much as I love the Statler Brothers, their 1983 cover of this did NOTHING for me, given that they slowed the pace of the song down considerably. No, this is always an uptempo, fiddle-driven song to me. (Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely Written by Pat Ballard Recorded by Johnnie and Jack Released as a single, 1954 Peak chart position: #1 Today’s rock song: “My Little Town” Tossing and turning in my slumber: