Stone Cold Sober Stone Cold Sober "Stone Cold Sober" is the debut single by English recording artist Paloma Faith from the album "Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?" (2009). It was released on 15 June 2009 and entered the UK chart at number 17. The theme of the song is the predicament of appearing to be one thing and actually being quite another. Faith told "Q" July 2009 about the "Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?" album: "My vocal style suits the subject matter of my album. It's about the human condition, the constant striving for love and companionship.
Singer-songwriter Hoagy Carmichael, Billie Holiday, Ray Charles, Harry Gibson, and Nina Simone, as well as in the rock n' roll genre from which emerged influential singer-songwriters Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Roy Orbison, Sam Cooke, Ritchie Valens, and Paul Anka. In the country music field, singer-songwriters like Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn, George Jones, Merle Haggard, Roger Miller, Billy Edd Wheeler, and others emerged from the 1940s through the 1960s, often writing compelling songs about love relationships and other subjects. The first popular recognition of the singer-songwriter in English-speaking North America and the United Kingdom occurred