Just Call Me Lonesome (Eddy Arnold song)

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"Just Call Me Lonesome"
Single by Eddy Arnold
A-side "That Do Make It Nice"
PublishedOctober 23, 1953 (1953-10-23) Forrest Music Corp. [1]
ReleasedAugust 1955
Genre country
Label RCA 47-6198
Songwriter(s) Rex Griffin

"Just Call Me Lonesome" is a song written by Rex Griffin [2] and first recorded by Eddy Arnold in 1955, [3] when it reached number two on the U.S. country singles chart. [4] "Just Call Me Lonesome" subsequently appeared on albums by numerous recording artists:

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