Saturday Night at the Oldies: Self-Pity

Marianne Faithfull, The Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Part of her story in this 2013 Telegraph piece.

Warren Zevon, Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me.  The female version by Linda Ronstadt.  She blows Zevon's version clean out of the water, and she is prettier too.

Beatles, I'm a Loser

Ted Daffan, Born to Lose, 1943.  I prefer this spare original rendition to the lush  Ray Charles cover from the early '60s.  Don Gibson does a great job with it too.

Buck Owen's Cryin' Time surely belongs on the list.  A year later, in 1965, Ray Charles came out with his better-known cover.

Brenda Lee can be relied on for schmalz, sentiment, and self-pity.  Losing You.  Fool #1.  All Alone Am I. Break it to Me Gently.