Lonesome 7-7203 by viking cowboys

Hawkshaw Hawkins cover “Lonesome 7-7203“ is a 1963 single by Hawkshaw Hawkins, written by Justin Tubb. It was the final single release of his career, released in 1963 on the King label. “Lonesome 7-7203“ was Hawkins’s first chart entry since “Soldier’s Joy“ in 1959. It spent 25 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts, peaking at No. 1 on the chart dated for May 4, 1963.[2] Three days after its release, Hawkins died in an airplane crash which also killed Patsy Cline and Cowboy Copas. Two weeks after Hawkins’ death, the song reached No. 1 for a four-week run.[2] The song, a heartbreak ballad, is from a man who keeps receiving phone calls for his ex. He cannot bear the constant calls (not for him) that remind him of her so he has gotten a new phone number, which he will only reveal to her, that she can call to get back in touch with him (and presumably, resume the relationship). The song is the means that he uses to give out