My 100 Favorite Charted Country Songs: Blue Side of Lonesome

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Ugh. I had to get up at 0-stupid-30 for an 8:15 podiatrist appointment. Then, when I got home, I saw that one of my favorite actors from the 70s British TV shows I watched had passed away (Kenneth Cope, the British readers may remember Randall and Hopkirk [Deceased]). So I’m having lunch and then going to sleeeeeeeeeeeeeep. Oh, will you look who’s showing up again on one of my countdowns…. Blue Side of Lonesome - Jim Reeves So NJ Chic? Here he is again. You HAVE heard of him. Yep, I didn’t make this guy up. I also didn’t make his success up. This made both charts, topping the country charts two years after his death. The great Leon Payne wrote this heartbreaker. Payne was quite versatile, writing the classic ballad “I Love You Because,” as well as the sinister “Psycho.” And, of course, there’s nothing like Gentleman Jim’s great voice to deliver it. Blue Side of Lonesome Written by Leon Payne Recorded by Jim Reeves From The Country Side of Jim Reeves, 1962 Also from A Touch of Sadness, 1966 Peak chart position: #1 (also charted #59 pop) Today’s rock song: “Come Dancing” The floor has a carpet of sorrow: