1960 Top Ten Songs: Lonely Weekends (#8)
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (73889)
United States
April 23, 2025 8:13am CST
Quickies are fun, but they end quickly. But my boring countdowns go on forever. 
Today we get another song from the year I was born, making us both 65. Wow. I’m still young and this song is so old! 
Here’s the next song on my list of favorites from 1960.
#8: Lonely Weekends - Charlie Rich
Charlie Rich started out in rock and roll, and he really didn’t venture all that far from it. Yes, I know he had a mass of country hits in the 70s, and he’s in the Country Music Hall of Fame. But this isn’t country. Not even by today’s standards!
No, Rich sounded a little like he was channeling Elvis in this one. He could do that, because Elvis was still in the Army in early 1960. I haven’t found any evidence of Elvis doing a Charlie Rich impersonation to retaliate.
This is a bopping good rocker with, granted, a country theme (oh, boo hoo, I don’t have my girl anymore). Nothing like what he did in the 70s.
Lonely Weekends
Written by Charlie Rich
Recorded by Charlie Rich
From Lonely Weekends With Charlie Rich, 1960
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Today we get another song from the year I was born, making us both 65. Wow. I’m still young and this song is so old! Here’s the next song on my list of favorites from 1960.
#8: Lonely Weekends - Charlie Rich
Charlie Rich started out in rock and roll, and he really didn’t venture all that far from it. Yes, I know he had a mass of country hits in the 70s, and he’s in the Country Music Hall of Fame. But this isn’t country. Not even by today’s standards!
No, Rich sounded a little like he was channeling Elvis in this one. He could do that, because Elvis was still in the Army in early 1960. I haven’t found any evidence of Elvis doing a Charlie Rich impersonation to retaliate.
This is a bopping good rocker with, granted, a country theme (oh, boo hoo, I don’t have my girl anymore). Nothing like what he did in the 70s.
Lonely Weekends
Written by Charlie Rich
Recorded by Charlie Rich
From Lonely Weekends With Charlie Rich, 1960
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@RasmaSandra (84226)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Apr
I know Charlie Rich but nothing about his lonely weekends.
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@FourWalls (73889)
• United States
24 Apr
He didn’t have a lot of major hits until the 70s, but I like his 60s stuff better.
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@FourWalls (73889)
• United States
24 Apr
Yes, that was a typo. Thanks for pointing it out. I corrected it. And I agree, this is a great song. I tend to like this era of Charlie Rich more than his “big hit” days in the 70s.
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