Classic Track: Woman (Sensuous Woman) Don Gibson

[mkl62]

A #1 hit for Don Gibson on the Country & Western charts. This was the 237th #1 C&W song of the Rock Era. It also hit #1 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks charts. When this song hit #1, I was mourning the sudden death of my grandfather (August 16, 1972). Beside farming all of his life, he also played the fiddle. He played for square dances at his home and in the area. To Don and PaPa: We love you and miss you. Thank you for the memories.

[lynettemonroe]

love this song!

[sillygirl665]

It gets no better than this folks!

[DrOlds7298]

@sillygirl665 No,it doesn't?

[buckarooski99]

I agree with MikeG above - same sentiments! Heard this song first back in the early 70s and have always loved it...and it was always Sensual, not Beautiful

[kf4mxp176]

this was one of his best from the early seventys

[JacklynHunyadi]

this movie is awesome..going to watch this in webmovietube

[linuxxxunil]

Listen to this song and in the twinkling of an eye, I am ten years old again sitting in the back seat of a car hearing it on the radio ('72 version). Not many songs can do that.

[delindakalley]

Alot have sung this, but none like him!

Even my teenagers and their friends love this. Catch them singing all of the time.

[Awios1]

@delindakalley YEA THIS IS A GREAT SONG AND WILL ALWAYS BE.

[3funke]

This is the song that revived Dons flagging fortunes in the 70's truely beautiful.

[delindakalley]

just pure simple words sung beautifully.

[gcc639]

Great. I have a question though and hope somebody can help. I got to know this song as "Woman, BEAUTIFUL Woman." What happened to that "beautiful" part, where and why was the word SENSUAL used? I think I still have the single on vinyl of the beautiful version. I remember it so well, because at my wedding it was used as our song for opening the dance floor because it was such a magnificent song.

[flashbell]

@gcc639 , I believe you are confusing this song with another.

[gcc639]

@flashbell Nope not confusing it with any other song. I KNOW what was played at my wedding, coz I was the DJ and listed the music. I have the song somewhere.

[flashbell]

@gcc639 , Well if you locate it I'd like to hear it. I have been listening to this song since it charted in June, 1972 and I don't know any other version.

[memawslotsafun]

@gcc639 air time was BEAUTIFUL woman- but the vinyl was SENSUOUS- as SENSUOUS was one of "those words" that almost got it banned! My how times have changed.....

[glj2412]

@gcc639 I've posted a copy of "Woman (Beautiful Woman)" by Don Gibson on YouTube. Just search .. Don Gibson - Woman (Beautiful Woman) - 1972

[jnvyoral]

I didn't realize Don Gibson wrote Sweet Dreams. He was certainly a great songwriter along with being a great singer.

[hereintherealworld1]

This is a great version, but Mark Chesnutt does it best!!

[flashbell]

@hereintherealworld1 , Thiis isn't a version. This is the original by Don Gibson. Chesnut can't put the feel into it like Don. This song was written for Don Gibson. Chesnutt does good with his own original songs, like Too Cold at Home.

[hereintherealworld1]

This is a great version, but Mark Chesnutt does it best!!

[leonidaroofner27]

wow..amazing..awesome..just watched this in webmovietube

[divinagoettel22]

didnt see the tennisball thing coming! nice one,going to watch this in webmovietube

[mlvn4545]

Women oooooooooooooooo sensuous women, you control the world I live in....

[margusify]

PERFECT!

[yankeebelle54]

Goes straight to the heart.

[crowleyman1000]

i miss the real country music!!!!

[1789cp]

ohhhhh

[saddlebum38]

This is my favorite song my Don Gibson!

[ExarKenneth71]

country for grownups!

[72whitebug]

Sinceyouwas up, get me a beer..

[1956shotgun]

Yes this was the best of the best hated it when he passed on!

[Mark308308]

Great Old Song & Great Singer.



[TheBlueoverthemoon]

As far as I'm concerned Don Gibson is up there the all time greats! Don you are a 5 star general in the world of country music! YEE HAH!

[sinni1lake1]

true country

[Rhondalove]

I go to a local opry. The old timers there have introduced me to so many of these wonderful songs. They may be in their 70s and 80s, but they can still play the instruments and sing and they know so many songs that are new to me. It's like entering a new world of music.

[mangreen57]

old? new to me and i love it

[jlaws63]

Great song. Shows how old-school is sometimes the best.

[nokiannie]

love this song

[AnthonyJ74]

This guy is great! I never knew of Don Gibson before...Im only 35, but I know what true country is -- and this is it! I hate today's country music with a passion....I love these classic country songs....I'm a big George Jones, Conway Twitty, Hank jr., Ferlin Husky, etc. fan, but I have to add Don Gibson to that mix now.....

[burneyf]

@AnthonyJ74 Anthony, you are so right If what they call country today is country, I'll eat my hat. Try out Gene Watson, Hank Sr and Moe Bandy, now that's real country

[wqvsaa]

A most awesome song

[davesharonpoky]

Today's country music sounds like the pop music of yesterday. True country music is dying.

[eurobaby460]

@davesharonpoky Agree completely. Today's country is lacks heart and soul. Every time I flip it on there talking/singing about, "I'm white trash and proud of it" or keggers in the closet with day old pizza, just craaaaapppp. Well maybe there will be a revival like the 80's. Keep the faith!

[ramlinrose2]

old time favorite song love it......:)

[oldbearswitch]

I am pretty sure this came about cuz of the book "Sensous Woman" by "J". It was big around that time.

Easy to check, but I am too buzzed, busy, and lazy to do so. Great song!

[lesy1]

check out an up-tempo version @ davepedalsteel. Same song see if you like the twist. I think you will.

[pussnatcher]

i guess im supposed to apologiz sorry blah,blah,blah keep the music coming,blahblahblah,you gotta say it fast for it to be cool...

[pussnatcher]

oh yah thanks for the song, I heard it on the radio and fell in

[jb92034]

Another classic --thanks Flash

[ramlinrose2]

all time favorite.............:)

[JamesMatchboxLee]

A Very Small Percentage Of TODAYS Country Has A Bit Of The Classic Sound, But The Rest Is ROCK or POP ........ I Say, Let Them Market Those People On Rock Stations That Dont Even Exsist....Out Here In Tacoma Wa. The Music Scene SUCKS......Im Ready To Move Back East,, I Hate It Out Here

[82abnoff]

I do not know. Some things I like and some things I do not like.

[mammie64]

One great singer/song writer!

[mammie64]

one of country music great song writers, listen to this song and sweet dreams he wrote!

[captainjackrussell]

I think the last true country song made was by George Jones (He stop loving her today) Gibson was one of my top country singers, I hope the trend will go back to this type of music in my life time but to much money is made with the rock country or so called country.

[flashbell]

It ain't country music, it is bad rock 'N roll

[HoustonPublisher]

Flashbell

You got that right. It has no roots, it's noise and recycled rock and roll money and greed. Even the youngsters are complaining about it. That's why if I tune into music today, you won't find and stations they call country on my radio unless they play real country music like this. I was raised on both country and rock and I know the difference between the two. Too bad the others don't. Long story short today's country music is s**t, not even country what so ever. Not even good rock

[pussnatcher]

BLAH BLAH BLAH

[HoustonPublisher]

Man you caused me to sign in just to read your BLAH BLAH BLAH. Man that's just wrong.

[HoustonPublisher]

Well you've caused me once again to log back in to read BLAH BLAH BLAH. At least your names half right, I love eating it myself. blah blah blah...

[ParkerAllen2]

@flashbell I agree 100%. What they call country today is usually water-downed rock - it's not good country and it's not good rock.

[haunter112]

Anyone who believes that TRUE country music is dead is wrong.

Stop listening to Top 40 radio and expecting it to be something it isn't.

REAL country music is still being written and recorded... you just have to find it.

(steps off soapbox)

[captainjackrussell]

One shouldn't have to look for it on some off station. Name one new song that has come out in the last five years that even comes near what was out in the 40-50-60 and early 70. The trend started to change late 70 on. If the young people that are into country love the new songs more power to them, they will have them to fall back on when they get to my age. I will be long gone but my kind of music will live on. Their's will be gone when they are.

[GeneRoberts61]

I have to agree with you. With the possible exception of Gary Allan, the others who tend to top today's "Country" Music charts are nothing more than pop artists. And not even good pop at that.

[noelsingletary]

I agree. Real country music is getting harder to find. Dwight Yoakum sings traditional country and is one of my favorites. Long live Dwight!

[HoustonPublisher]

noelsingletary. I'm right with you. Dwight Yoakum is one of not even a hand full of true country musicians left today.

[stevealcaleb]

This and Sea of Heartbreak are my two favorite Don Gibson songs.

[jcrafts55]

No, Mojo, it's just that today's sound is not the same. Maybe I should have said "Classic Country". Do you like today's brand of Country Music as much as the "classic" sound?

[jcrafts55]

I miss Country Music so much!

[mojochessclassics]

did you go deaf?

[sharon30512]

Somewhere between the greed for money and sound judgment. T his was written by the poster of this video. Please tell me what you mean.

[Jaybird1103]

I always thought Don Gibson wrote "Woman (Sensuous Woman), but it was Gary Paxton who penned this song. A great song nonetheless. I used to not like Mr. Gibson but after I took a music appreciation in college, I appreciated his music more. I also liked the way he dressed on stage in later years, when he either wore a cowboy hat or a fedora hat, a suit and white shirt, and either a Gibson or D'Angelico guitar with him. Rest in Peace, Don Gibson.

[gfhuntl]

Is Don buried in his home town of Shelby, NC? I live close by and would like to pay my respects to a true legend.

[flashbell]

He is buired in Sunset Cemetery Shelby North Carolina. Wait until you see his monument it is awsome.

[kmcwhq]

"Somewhere between the greed for money and sound judgment, the legends of country music were tossed aside for the outlandish sound they call country music today. RJB Nashville, Tennessee."

AMEN!

Please do all you can to reverse this trend.

And thank you SO much

[62reasons]

I remember this record: Hickory label. Wow! I never thought I'd ever see/hear this on-line. A true classic from 35 years ago.

[csharp798]

Don's voice is as smooth as twenty one year old Alabama moonshine, Hotdam'n thats some good stuff.

[sjkalsc]

Love that song. It was a hit when I was young.

[IamWVhillbilly]

Amen Mike.... Waylon said it best COUNTRY MY ASS!!! Listen you hear music... I mans heart and soul, no lead drummer!!!!! Sad all the greats are gone..

[faronfan]

IamW..not all the greats are gone, thank God we still have Vern Gosdin, Ray Price, Geo Jones, Merle, Hank Locklin, Bill Anderson, Loretta, Kitty, Jean Shepard, Geo IV, Bobby Bare,Mel Tillis..bet I even forgot some!

[MikeG62]

Wow, I haven't heard this song in years! Back when country music was real. You can flush Big & Rich down the toilet and I won't care!

[flashbell]

Why just Big & Rich? Get rid of all the trash. I don't have a problem with them calling it music, but I take exception to them calling it "country music."

[MikeG62]

I couldn't agree with you more, flashbell. It's not country music anymore with heart and soul. Just manufactured assembly line crap. Hank Williams and Don Gibson and many others wouldn't even be acknowledged if they were alive today.

[SummerRkl]

Agree!!

[kenaly4]

A Big AMEN To That!!!!

[VINTAGEQUEEN54]

@MikeG62

Down the toilet w/Big & Rich and all the rest of the "packaged, promoted, pop music assholes" and there are way too many to mention, but the first big FLUSH should be B & R.

[guitardds]

I'm new to this song but once I heard it, It was as comfortable as a pair of well worn shoes. It's goooooooooood!

[ugotafriend86]

Beautiful song, thank you for sharing

[AtheistRcults]

It is a pathetic country music association that disrespects those true country music artists... if it isn't big money for them, they couldn't care less. So sad... Don was a great.. I met him in San Diego in 1959 in a music store just off broadway... we will never see the likes of the past greats... it was a unique era... 50s and 60s.

[shelia1955]

This wassssssssss country music!!!!!! What some memories!!

[amersbabe]

i wanna be next to u amer (cry) i love you baby

[bluewolverine40]

It took those tards in Nashville forty years too put Don in the hall of fame two years before his death pfft Should have been in there years ago.

[mtedora]

now, being from NY i did not get introduced to Country Music until i was in my

30's, really, but have come to think it's absolutely fabulous, especially Klassic Kuntry. and this tune has become one of my fav's! i want to hear it again and again.

[amersbabe]

i just cant get enough of this song , i loved it when it first came out..thanx for sharing a memory that was displaced in my mind.

[dinoslady]

Don Gibson, Jim Reeves, George Jones and Don Williams were the greatest Country singers I think of all time.I guess I can't leave out George Strait. Thanks for posting

[jteeeeeton]

You forgot Hank Williams, Hank Snow, Merle Haggard, Faron Young,Lefty Frizzel, Ernest Tubb, Glen Cambell etc. (LOL!)Oh- and don't forget the girls- Skeeter Davis, Patsy Cline, Wanda Jackson, Jean Shepard, Anita carter, Emmylou Harris and Dolly...

[supergwats]

easy 4/4 time, 5-voice backing harmony, slide guitar, 8-track recording -- pretty much the formula for great country music. and this is one of the very best ever written.

[amersbabe]

THIS SONG IS AWESOME!!!!!

[fleamaller]

I miss country like this. It's just not the same these days. Thanks!

[Rareed63]

Does it alot better than Mark Chestnut

[flashbell]

Yes, because this is the original. You can't beat the original.

[Rareed63]

I know thats what i was trying to tell a friend of mine they was talking about this song Mark Chestnut did and I ask em if they'd ever heard the original

[hereintherealworld1]

@Rareed63 -- you are full of it!!

[hereintherealworld1]

Mark Chesnutt does it the best- you are full of it! 

[casonetto]

Awesome song, thank you.

[houstonfire62]

dont get no better than this!!!!

[oddfather2387]

Don Gibson's best song in my opinion. Great song!!!

[Cashfan84]

I agree 100%