Airplay Discs

by G.E. Hewitt

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Title: Country Style USA #151
Artist: Don Gibson
Format: disc     Label: U.S. Government     Cat. Num.: 151     Rel. Year: 1959
2:43 July 1959 (ca) rt Oh Lonesome Me (Don Gibson)
2:39 July 1959 (ca) rt I Can't Stop Loving You (Don Gibson)
1:27 July 1959 (ca) rt Just A Closer Walk With Thee (Traditional)

Don Gibson (v, g, mc), Floyd Cramer (p), others unknown (acc)

NOTES:
This transcription opens and closes with a theme of "Stay A Little Longer".

Title: Country Style USA #157
Artist: Don Gibson
Format: disc     Label: U.S. Government     Cat. Num.: 157     Rel. Year: 1959
2:41 August 1959 (ca) rt Oh Lonesome Me (Don Gibson)
2:27 August 1959 (ca) rt Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go) (Boudleaux Bryant)
1:53 August 1959 (ca) rt Blue Blue Day (Don Gibson)
1:28 August 1959 (ca) rt Just A Closer Walk With Thee (Traditional)

Don Gibson (v, g, mc), Floyd Cramer (p), others unknown (acc)

NOTES:
This transcription opens and closes with a theme of "Stay A Little Longer".

Title: Country Style USA #177
Artist: Don Gibson
Format: disc     Label: U.S. Government     Cat. Num.: 177     Rel. Year: 1959
2:47 October 1959 (ca) rt Give Myself A Party (Don Gibson)
2:11 October 1959 (ca) rt Look Who's Blue (Don Gibson)
2:58 October 1959 (ca) rt Where No One Stands Alone (Mosie Lister)

Don Gibson (v, g, mc), The Jordanaires (bkv), unknown (acc)

NOTES:
This transcription opens and closes with a theme of "Stay A Little Longer".

Title: Country Style USA #188
Artist: Don Gibson
Format: disc     Label: U.S. Government     Cat. Num.: 188     Rel. Year: 1959
1:54 November 1959 (ca) rt Blue Blue Day (Don Gibson)
2:53 November 1959 (ca) rt Heartbreak Avenue (Mel Foree)
1:51 November 1959 (ca) rt Climbing Up The Mountain (Mosie Lister)

Don Gibson (v, g, mc), The Jordanaires (bkv), unknown (acc)

NOTES:
This transcription opens and closes with a theme of "Stay A Little Longer".

Title: Pet Milk #198
Artist: Don Gibson
Format: disc     Label: Grand Ole Opry     Cat. Num.: 198     Rel. Year: 1960
2:08 January 8, 1960 KM8P-2278 rt I'm Movin' On (Hank Snow)
2:16 January 8, 1960 KM8P-2278 rt Heartbreak Avenue (Mel Foree)
2:06 January 8, 1960 KM8P-2278 rt Don't Tell Me Your Troubles (Don Gibson)

Don Gibson (v, g, mc), The Jordanaires (bkv), Leon Sutton (g), Marvin Hughes (p, dir), others unknown (acc)

NOTES:
Issued 1960 for radio airplay.

Title: Pet Milk #218
Artist: Don Gibson
Format: disc     Label: Grand Ole Opry     Cat. Num.: 218     Rel. Year: 1960
2:11 May 27, 1960 L8MP-4871 rt Just One Time (Don Gibson)
2:21 May 27, 1960 L8MP-4871 rt If I Can Stay Away Long Enough (Benny E. Martin)
1:35 May 27, 1960 L8MP-4871 rt Didn't Work Out, Did It? (Dave Rich)

Don Gibson (v, g, mc), The Jordanaires (bkv), Leon Sutton (g), Marvin Hughes (p, dir), others unknown (acc)

NOTES:
Issued 1960 for radio airplay.

Title: Pet Milk #227
Artist: Don Gibson
Format: disc     Label: Grand Ole Opry     Cat. Num.: 227     Rel. Year: 1960
1:23 August 5, 1960 L8MP-8154 rt Oh Lonesome Me (Don Gibson)
1:57 August 5, 1960 L8MP-8154 rt (I'd Be) A Legend In My Time (Don Gibson)
2:11 August 5, 1960 L8MP-8154 rt Just One Time (Don Gibson)

Don Gibson (v, g, mc), The Jordanaires (bkv), Leon Sutton (g), Jimmie Selph (rg, stg), Hank Garland (eg), Tommy Jackson (fdl), Marvin Hughes (p, dir), Junior Huskey (b), Buddy Harman (d)

NOTES:
Issued 1960 for radio airplay.

Title: Pet Milk #235
Artist: Don Gibson
Format: disc     Label: Grand Ole Opry     Cat. Num.: 235     Rel. Year: 1960
2:02 September 30, 1960 LM8P-0740 rt Far Far Away (Don Gibson)
2:06 September 30, 1960 LM8P-0740 rt A Stranger To Me (Don Gibson)
2:13 September 30, 1960 LM8P-0740 rt Just One Time (Don Gibson)

Don Gibson (v, g, mc), The Jordanaires (bkv), Marvin Hughes (p, dir), others unknown (acc)

NOTES:
Issued 1960 for radio airplay.

Title: Pet Milk #243
Artist: Don Gibson
Format: disc     Label: Grand Ole Opry     Cat. Num.: 243     Rel. Year: 1960
1:42 November 25, 1960 LM8P-3255 rt Far Far Away (Don Gibson)
2:16 November 25, 1960 LM8P-3255 rt Nobody But You (Tex Atchison, Red Murrell)
2:22 November 25, 1960 LM8P-3255 rt Sweet Dreams (Of You) (Don Gibson)
1:52 November 25, 1960 LM8P-3255 rt Come On In (And Make Yourself At Home) (Virgil F. Stewart)
2:09 November 25, 1960 LM8P-3255 rt Just One Time (Don Gibson)

Patsy Cline (v), Don Gibson (v, g, mc), The Jordanaires (bkv), Don Helms (stg), Marvin Hughes (p, dir), others unknown (acc)

NOTES:
Issued 1960 for radio airplay. This disc is shared between the Patsy Cline and Don Gibson discographies on this website, since it features both artists.

Title: Country Style USA #232
Artist: Don Gibson
Format: disc     Label: U.S. Government     Cat. Num.: 232     Rel. Year: 1960
1:58 April 1960 (ca) rt Blue Blue Day (Don Gibson)
2:56 April 1960 (ca) rt Heartbreak Avenue (Mel Foree)
2:44 April 1960 (ca) rt Oh Lonesome Me (Don Gibson)

Don Gibson (v, g, mc), The Jordanaires (bkv), Floyd Cramer (p), others unknown (acc)

NOTES:
This transcription opens and closes with a theme of "Stay A Little Longer".

Title: Country Style USA #251
Artist: Don Gibson
Format: disc     Label: U.S. Government     Cat. Num.: 251     Rel. Year: 1960
3:00 May 1960 (ca) rt Oh Lonesome Me (Don Gibson)
2:43 May 1960 (ca) rt If I Can Stay Away Long Enough (Benny E. Martin)
2:35 May 1960 (ca) rt Just One Time (Don Gibson)

Don Gibson (v, g, mc), The Jordanaires (bkv), unknown (acc)

NOTES:
This transcription opens and closes with a theme of "Stay A Little Longer".

Title: Pet Milk #259
Artist: Don Gibson
Format: disc     Label: Grand Ole Opry     Cat. Num.: 259     Rel. Year: 1961
1:48 March 17, 1961 M8MP-2740 rt What About Me (Don Gibson)
2:49 March 17, 1961 M8MP-2740 rt The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise (Eugene Lockhart, Ernest Seitz)
1:58 March 17, 1961 M8MP-2740 rt Far Far Away (Don Gibson)

Don Gibson (v, g, mc), The Jordanaires (bkv), Harold Harper (eg), Marvin Hughes (p, dir), others unknown (acc)

NOTES:
Issued 1961 for radio airplay.

Title: Pet Milk #286
Artist: Don Gibson
Format: disc     Label: Grand Ole Opry     Cat. Num.: 286     Rel. Year: 1961
2:06 September 22, 1961 MM8P-1162 rt Sea Of Heartbreak (Hal David, Paul Hampton)
2:10 September 22, 1961 MM8P-1162 rt I Think It's Best (To Forget Me) (Don Gibson)
1:51 September 22, 1961 MM8P-1162 rt Camptown Races (Stephen Foster)

Don Gibson (v, g, mc), Marvin Hughes (p, dir), others unknown (acc)

NOTES:
Issued 1961 for radio airplay.

Title: Pet Milk #308
Artist: Don Gibson
Format: disc     Label: Grand Ole Opry     Cat. Num.: 308     Rel. Year: 1962
2:10 February 23, 1962 N8MP-0614 rt Sea Of Heartbreak (Hal David, Paul Hampton)
2:43 February 23, 1962 N8MP-0614 rt Heartbreak Avenue (Mel Foree)
2:07 February 23, 1962 N8MP-0614 rt Lonesome Number One (Don Gibson)

Don Gibson (v, g, mc), The Jordanaires (bkv), Marvin Hughes (p, dir), others unknown (acc)

NOTES:
Issued 1962 for radio airplay.

Title: Program No. 106
Artist: Faron Young
Format: disc     Label: Grand Ole Opry     Cat. Num.: 106     Rel. Year: 1964
3:51 November 1964 SO 2169 rt I Can't Stop Loving You (Don Gibson)
2:18 November 1964 SO 2169 rt Oh Lonesome Me (Don Gibson)

Don Gibson (v, g), Hal Rugg (stg), others unknown (acc), Ott Devine, Grant Turner (mc)

NOTES:
Issued 1964 for radio airplay. The program introduction reveals this to be a compilation disc. Faron Young gets first mention and song, so the disc is filed under his name.

Title: Program No. 16
Artist: Don Gibson
Format: disc     Label: Grand Ole Opry     Cat. Num.: 16     Rel. Year: 1964
2:28 May 11, 1964 SO-1752 rt Oh Lonesome Me (Don Gibson)
3:51 May 11, 1964 SO-1752 rt Lonely Street (Carl Belew, Kenny Sowder, W.S. Stevenson)
2:58 May 11, 1964 SO-1753 rt A Stranger To Me (Don Gibson)
2:22 May 11, 1964 SO-1753 rt Who Cares (For Me) (Don Gibson)
2:36 May 11, 1964 SO-1753 rt I Can't Stop Loving You (Don Gibson)

Don Gibson (v, g), unknown (acc), Ott Devine, Grant Turner (mc)

NOTES:
Issued 1964 for radio airplay.

Title: Program No. 23
Artist: Marty Robbins
Format: disc     Label: Grand Ole Opry     Cat. Num.: 23     Rel. Year: 1964
2:58 May 11, 1964 SO-1753 rt A Stranger To Me (Don Gibson)
2:22 May 11, 1964 SO-1753 rt Who Cares (For Me) (Don Gibson)
2:28 May 11, 1964 SO-1752 rt Oh Lonesome Me (Don Gibson)

Don Gibson (v, g), unknown (acc), Ott Devine, Grant Turner (mc)

NOTES:
Issued 1964 for radio airplay. The program introduction reveals this to be a compilation disc. Marty Robbins gets first mention and song, so the disc is filed under his name. Gibson's performances are repeated from Program #16, though "A Stranger To Me" and "Oh Lonesome Me" feature different introductions on that disc.

Title: Program No. 48
Artist: Jimmy C. Newman
Format: disc     Label: Grand Ole Opry     Cat. Num.: 48     Rel. Year: 1964
5:34 July 1, 1964 SO 1856 rt I Can't Stop Loving You (Don Gibson)
2:22 July 1, 1964 SO 1856 rt Oh Lonesome Me (Don Gibson)

Don Gibson (v, g), Hal Rugg (stg), others unknown (acc), Ott Devine, Grant Turner (mc)

NOTES:
Issued 1964 for radio airplay.

Title: Program No. 62
Artist: Wilburn Brothers
Format: disc     Label: Grand Ole Opry     Cat. Num.: 62     Rel. Year: 1964
3:48 July 25, 1964 SO 1919 rt I Can't Stop Loving You (Don Gibson)

Don Gibson (v, g), Hal Rugg (stg), others unknown (acc), Ott Devine, Grant Turner (mc)

NOTES:
Issued 1964 for radio airplay.

Title: Program No. 71
Artist: Don Gibson
Format: disc     Label: Grand Ole Opry     Cat. Num.: 71     Rel. Year: 1964
2:30 August 1964 SO-2019 rt Oh Lonesome Me (Don Gibson)
2:35 August 1964 SO-2019 rt God Walks These Hills With Me (Vic McAlpin, Marvin Hughes)
2:07 August 1964 SO-2019 rt When Your House Is Not A Home (Roger Miller)
2:26 August 1964 SO-2020 rt Heartbreak Avenue (Mel Foree)
3:51 May 11, 1964 SO-1752 rt Lonely Street (Carl Belew, Kenny Sowder, W.S. Stevenson)
3:17 August 1964 SO-2020 rt Where No One Stands Alone (Mosie Lister)

Don Gibson (v, g), Hal Rugg (stg), unknown, others unknown (acc), Ott Devine, Grant Turner (mc)

NOTES:
Issued 1964 for radio airplay. "Lonely Street" is a repeat performance from Program #16.

Issues Reported: 20