The Originals © by Arnold Rypens

Artist: Bob Gibson
Author: Bob Gibson/Lester Brown
Label: Riverside
Year: 1957

On album I Come For To Sing. About a little town in Texas. Bob also cut the first Sam Stone (see there).

Covers:

1958:: Erik Darling [as Aboline]
1959:: Lonesome Travelers [produced by Chet Atkins, with John Loudermilk on guitar]
1961:: Barry & Barry [McGuire & Kane; as Lose The Blues In Abilene]
1962:: Judy Collins
1962:: Brothers Four
1962:: Pernell Roberts [Adam Cartwright in Bonanza]
1963:: George Hamilton IV [n°1 C&W; from now on with additional credits for John D. Loudermilk, just because he predicted hit quality]
1963:: Rod McKuen
1963:: Walter Forbes [as Abilene Blues]
1963:: Highwaymen
1963:: Bobby Darin
1963:: Missiles [in French as Marilyn and in Italian as Come Fai]
1963:: Ben Steneker [as Ameland]
1963:: Don Mercedes
1964:: Bee Gees [tv-recording]
1964:: Buck Owens
1964:: Bobby Goldsboro
1964:: Waylon Jennings
1964:: Roy Drusky
1964:: Martin Denny
1964:: Bobby Bare
1966:: Vic Dana
1967:: Guy Mitchell [as My Abilene]
1968:: Jimmy Dean [as Abolene]
1968:: Bobby Bare
1977:: Sonny James [hit C&W]
1983:: Chet Atkins
1996:: Willie Nelson
1998:: Meridian Green [author Bob Gibson's daughter, along with Gene Parsons]
2000:: Josh Roy Brown [son of the other author Lester Brown]

Not to be confused with the Abilene of Dave Alvin, Sheryl Crow or Damon Jurado.

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