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'''Donald Eugene Gibson''' was born in Shelby, North Carolina on April 3, 1928 into a poor working class family. With a limited formal education, his career as a singer/songwriter began by performing in local clubs and on the radio.

'''Donald Eugene Gibson''' was born in Shelby, [[North Carolina]] on April 3, 1928 into a poor working class family. With a limited formal education, his career as a singer/songwriter began by performing in local clubs and on the radio.

Moving to Tennessee as a young man he joined the KNOX barn dance in Knoxville before recording his own composition, “Oh Lonesome Me” in Nashville. It would be a chart topping hit on both the country and pop Hit Parade in 1958. It was followed by another song Don wrote, a top ten country hit, “I Can’t Stop Loving You,” that would later become a #1 world wide hit for Ray Charles. “Blue Blue Day,” “Give Myself A Party” and “Look Who’s Blue” were also hits in 1958.

Moving to Tennessee as a young man he joined the KNOX barn dance in Knoxville before recording his own composition, “Oh Lonesome Me” in Nashville. It would be a chart topping hit on both the country and pop Hit Parade in 1958. It was followed by another song Don wrote, a top ten country hit, “I Can’t Stop Loving You,” that would later become a #1 world wide hit for Ray Charles. “Blue Blue Day,” “Give Myself A Party” and “Look Who’s Blue” were also hits in 1958.