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Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Roy Orbison
ReleasedAugust 1, 1962
RecordedSeptember 18, 1959 - January 10, 1962
StudioRCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Rock and roll, rockabilly
Length28:38
Label Monument (M 4009)
Producer Fred Foster
Roy Orbison chronology
Crying
(1962) 		Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits
(1962) 		In Dreams
(1963)

Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits is a Roy Orbison record album from Monument Records recorded at the RCA Studio B in Nashville [1] and released in 1962. Between the hit songs were also "Love Star" and "Evergreen" [1] which were released here for the first time. "Dream Baby" had recently been a No. 4 hit in the United States and No. 2 in England. [2]

According to the authorised Roy Orbison biography, [3] this was Orbison's third album on the Monument label, and his first greatest hits compilation. It was a success remaining in the charts for 140 weeks. [2] It was re-released in 1967 after his departure from Monument Records.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Crowd"Roy Orbison, Joe Melson2:19
2."Love Star" Cindy Walker2:58
3." Crying"Roy Orbison, Joe Melson2:45
4."Evergreen"Joe Tanner2:43
5." Running Scared"Roy Orbison, Joe Melson2:10
6."Mama"Roy Orbison, Joe Melson, Ray Rush2:58
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1." Candy Man"Beverly Ross, Fred Neil2:48
2." Only the Lonely"Roy Orbison, Joe Melson2:24
3." Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)"Cindy Walker2:35
4." Blue Angel"Roy Orbison, Joe Melson2:50
5."Uptown"Roy Orbison, Joe Melson2:05
6."I'm Hurtin'"Roy Orbison, Joe Melson2:43

References

  1. ^ a b Orbison (2017).
  2. ^ a b Orbison (2017), p. 89.
  3. ^ Orbison (2017), p. 247.
  • Orbison, Roy Jr. (2017). The Authorized Roy Orbison. Orbison, Wesley; Orbison, Alex; Slate, Jeff (2nd ed.). New York: Center Street. ISBN  9781478976547. OCLC  1017566749.
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