Don Gibson
Donald Eugene Gibson (April 3, 1928 – November 17, 2003) was an American country singer and songwriter. Gibson wrote such country standards as the ballad "Sweet Dreams" and "I Can't Stop Loving You", and enjoyed a string of country hits from 1956 until the late '70s, including number ones on the US Country Chart with Oh Lonesome Me and Blue Blue Day, both tracks he also wrote. Gibson was a inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, nicknamed "the Sad Poet" because he frequently wrote songs that told of loneliness and lost love. |
Birth and Death Data: Born Shelby (city in and the county seat of Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States), Died November 17, 2003 (Nashville (capital and largest city of Tennessee, United States) )
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1950 - 1956
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, guitar, leader, composer, lyricist, songwriter
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | E0VB-5804 | 10-in. | 10/17/1950 | I love no one but you | Don Gibson ; King Cotton Kinfolks | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | E0VB-5805 | 10-in. | 10/17/1950 | Carolina breakdown | Don Gibson ; King Cotton Kinfolks | String band | vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | E0VB-5806 | 10-in. | 10/17/1950 | Roses are red | Don Gibson ; King Cotton Kinfolks | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, guitar, songwriter | |
| Victor | E0VB-5807 | 10-in. | 10/17/1950 | Wiggle wag | Don Gibson ; King Cotton Kinfolks | String band | vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | CO50836 | 10-in. | 2/1/1954 | Many times I've waited | Don Gibson | Male vocal solo, with string band | composer, lyricist | |
| Columbia | CO56466 | 10-in. | 6/22/1956 | Wasted words | Ray Price | Male vocal solo, with string band | composer, lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Gibson, Don," accessed December 24, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/312551.
Gibson, Don. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 24, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/312551.
"Gibson, Don." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 24 December 2025.
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Wikipedia: Don Gibson
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Gibson, Don (Donald Eugene), 1928-2003 - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2007012778
Wikidata: Don Gibson - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1239171
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/100245393
MusicBrainz: Don Gibson - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/870ab832-904b-4b49-ab72-7e6b0e0da65f
Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1676470 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1676470
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