T I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry. Along with “He Stopped Loving Her Today” and “When I Call Your Name,” if you were to poll fans about their favorite country song of all time – this one from 1951 would inevitably top the list. Interestingly enough, the song started off as the B-side of “My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It,” Elvis Presley called the song one of the saddest he ever heard during his 1973 Aloha From Hawaii NBC special, and the song stands as one of the most covered of Williams’ career – with versions from B.J. Thomas, George Jones….and even Pro Football Hall of Fame member Terry Bradshaw, who took the song to No. 17 in 1976.
Songs with Banjo from Harold Hagler
