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Donald Eugene Gibson (April 3, 1928 [1] – November 17, 2003) was an American songwriter and country musician. A Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Gibson wrote such country standards as "Sweet Dreams" and "I Can't Stop Loving You", and enjoyed a string of country hits ("Oh Lonesome Me") from 1957 into the mid-1970s.
Don Gibson was one of country's most prolific songwriters and performers. He was nicknamed the Sad Poet because his songs were about unrequited love.
Don Gibson Biography. Born Donald Eugene Gibson in 1928 (some sources say 1932), in Shelby, NC; died on November 17, 2003; married Bobbi Patterson, 1967. Don Gibson's reputation as one of the top-notch performers of country music's Golden Age of the late 1950s to mid-1960s is surpassed by his reputation as a songwriter.
Don Gibson was born on April 3, 1928 in Shelby, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Blood Simple (1984), The Departed (2006) and Casino (1995). He was married to Bobbi Patterson. He died on November 17, 2003 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
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Nov 17, 2003 · Donald Eugene Gibson (April 3, 1928 – November 17, 2003) was an American country musician. Gibson was born in Shelby, North Carolina into a poor working-class family, he dropped out of school in the second grade.
Nov 17, 2003 · Don Gibson was responsible for writing at least three of the most famous songs in country music history, for helping define the sound and studio style of modern country music, and for releasing more than eighty charted records between 1956 and 1980.
Nov 19, 2003 · Don Gibson, the reclusive songwriter and singer who transformed his loneliness into such piercing country music classics of heartache and separation as “I Can’t Stop Loving You,” “Sweet Dreams”...
