Roy Orbison Singles Discography
| Roy Orbison discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 23 |
| Live albums | 4 |
| Compilation albums | 24 |
| Singles | 92 |
Roy Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer-songwriter who found the most success in the early rock and roll era from 1956[1] to 1964. He later enjoyed a resurgence in the late 1980s with chart success as a member of the Traveling Wilburys and with his Mystery Girl album which included the hit single 'You Got It'.[2] At the height of his popularity, 22 of Orbison's songs placed on the US Billboard Top 40 chart, and six peaked in the top five, including two number one hits. In the UK, Orbison scored ten top-10 hits between 1960 and 1966, including three No. 1 singles.
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Born and raised in Texas, Orbison got his start in a rockabilly band in high school. According to the official Roy Orbison discography by Marcel Riesco, Orbison's first release was in March 1956 on the Je-Wel label.[3] He broke into professional music under Sam Phillips at Sun Records in the summer of 1956,[4] but found only marginal success there.[5] After a couple years writing for other musicians (including 'Claudette' recorded by The Everly Brothers), Orbison recorded several songs at Monument Records under producer Fred Foster starting in 1959. With Foster, Orbison and his frequent songwriting partners Joe Melson and Bill Dees tailored many of Orbison's songs for his unique voice; his most popular songs were dramatic ballads ending with emotional crescendos that showcased his powerful vocals. After his biggest hit in 1964, 'Oh, Pretty Woman', Orbison continued to record and chart intermittently in the UK,[1] but it was not until 1987 that he again found the level of popular worldwide success he had known in the early 1960s, when his original recording of 'In Dreams' was used in David Lynch's film Blue Velvet.[1] The following year, Orbison co-founded the supergroup Traveling Wilburys with George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty.[6] Lynne produced Orbison's final album Mystery Girl, which was released posthumously in February 1989.
- Roy Orbison B: It's Over: Monument USA: MN45-550: Apr 1970: 7' 1: Roy Orbison A: (Love Me Like You Did It) Last Night B: Close Again: MGM USA: K 14293: 16 Aug 1971: 7' 2: Roy Orbison A: Remember The Good B: If Only For A While: MGM USA: K 14413: 1972: 7' 0: Roy Orbison A: God Love You B: Changes: MGM USA: K14358: 1 Feb 1972: 7' 0: Roy.
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- SUN 242 Roy Orbison and the Teen Kings Ooby dooby 59 /Go! (May 1956) Label variations depicted. Note the catalog number's position. SUN 243 Carl Perkins Boppin' the blues 70 / All mama's children (May 1956) Label variations depicted.
Roy Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer-songwriter. Nicknamed “The Big O”, his best-known songs include “Oh, Pretty Woman”, “You Got It”, “Crying. Roy Orbison B: It's Over: Monument USA: MN45-550: Apr 1970: 7' 1: Roy Orbison A: (Love Me Like You Did It) Last Night B: Close Again: MGM USA: K 14293: 16 Aug 1971: 7' 2: Roy Orbison A: Remember The Good B: If Only For A While: MGM USA: K 14413: 1972: 7' 0: Roy Orbison A: God Love You B: Changes: MGM USA: K14358: 1 Feb 1972: 7' 0: Roy. See all the albums from Roy Orbison available on Napster. Texas-born singer/songwriter/guitarist Roy Orbison first came to prominence with Sun Records in the 1950s, where he was typecast as a jiving Rockabilly singer with his minor hit 'Ooby Dooby.'
This discography shows main official U.S. and U.K. releases. According to Riesco's official Orbison discography,[7] there were numerous international single and album releases of importance (not released in the U.S. or U.K.) like the German 'San Fernando' b/w 'Mama' (London DL 20 726).[7]
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Albums[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [8] | US Country [9] | AUS [10][11] | CAN [12] | GER [13] | NED [14] | NZ [15] | NOR [16] | SWE [17] | UK [18] | |||||
| Roy Orbison at the Rock House |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Lonely and Blue |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | |||
| Crying |
| 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | |||
| In Dreams |
| 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | |||
| Orbisongs |
| 136 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | |||
| Oh, Pretty Woman (non US)[1] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | |||
| There Is Only One Roy Orbison |
| 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | |||
| The Orbison Way |
| 128 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | |||
| The Classic Roy Orbison |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | |||
| Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Fastest Guitar Alive |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Cry Softly Lonely One |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Roy Orbison's Many Moods |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Hank Williams the Roy Orbison Way |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Big O (non US)[1] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Roy Orbison Sings |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Memphis |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Milestones |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| I'm Still in Love with You |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Regeneration |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Laminar Flow |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| In Dreams: The Greatest Hits (studio re-recordings of older hits) |
| 95 | — | 24 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 86 |
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| Mystery Girl |
| 5 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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| King of Hearts |
| 179 | — | 25 | 61 | — | — | 18 | — | — | 23 | |||
| Mystery Girl (25th Anniversary Edition) |
| — | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | — | — | 90 | |||
| One of the Lonely Ones |
| — | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| '—' denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Collaboration albums[edit]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [8] | US Country [9] | AUS [10][11] | CAN [12] | GER [13] | NED [14] | NZ [15] | NOR [16] | SWE [17] | UK [18] | |||||
| Class of '55 (with Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins) |
| — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 (As Traveling Wilburys) |
| 3 | — | 1 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
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| '—' denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Live albums[edit]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [8][9] | AUS [10][11] | CAN [12] | NED [14] | NZ [15] | SWE [17] | UK [18] | ||||||||
| A Black & White Night Live |
| 123 | 28 | 63 | 68 | 14 | 45 | 51 |
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| Combo Concert: 1965 Holland |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Live at the BBC |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Authorized Bootleg Collection[32] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| The Last Concert (4 December 1988) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| A Black & White Night Live 30[33] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| '—' denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Compilation albums[edit]
There are hundreds of compilations and greatest hits of Roy Orbison released internationally. Below is a selection of all the compilation albums which have achieved global chart peaks. For a more complete list of compilation releases, see link.[34]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [8] | US Country [9] | AUS [10][11] | CAN [12] | GER [13] | NED [14] | NZ [15] | NOR [16] | SWE [17] | UK [18] | |||||
| Orbiting with Roy Orbison and Bristow Hopper | Released: 1962
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| Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits |
| 13 | — | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | 40 |
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| More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits |
| 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Exciting Sounds of Roy Orbison |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | |||
| Early Orbison |
| 101 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Very Best of Roy Orbison (1966 release) |
| 94 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison |
| — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39 |
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| The Best of Roy Orbison |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
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| Golden Days - The Collection Of 20 All-Time Greats |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | 63 |
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| The Very Best of Roy Orbison |
| — | — | — | — | — | 61 | — | — | — | — | |||
| For the Lonely: 18 Greatest Hits |
| 110 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Collection |
| — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Legendary Roy Orbison 20 Original Hits/Recordings |
| — | — | — | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
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| The Very Best of Roy Orbison - You Got It |
| — | — | 20 | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | — | |||
| Blue Bayou — Seine 24 Schönsten Love-Songs |
| — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Ballads |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 | |||
| The Very Best of (with Fats Domino) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | |||
| Super Hits |
| 104 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| The Very Best of Roy Orbison (1996 release) |
| 186 | 29 | 23 | — | 75 | — | — | 8 | 33 | 18 |
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| 16 Biggest Hits |
| — | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| The Very Best of (Various European Releases) |
| — | — | — | — | 77 | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | |||
| Love Songs |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 4 |
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| 20 Golden Hits |
| — | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Platinum Collection |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 |
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| The Essential Roy Orbison |
| — | 62 | 39 | — | — | 35 | — | 6 | 5 | — |
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| The Very Best of Roy Orbison (2006 release) |
| — | — | 11 | 33 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 20 |
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| Playlist: The Very Best of Roy Orbison |
| — | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Monument Singles A-Sides (1960–1964) |
| — | 50 | 26 | — | — | — | 34 | — | — | 87 | |||
| The Monument Singles Collection (1960–1964) |
| — | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Opus Collection |
| 65 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Ultimate Collection |
| — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 |
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| A Love So Beautiful (with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) |
| 151 | — | 9 | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | 2 |
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| Unchained Melodies (with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) |
| — | — | 32 [39] | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
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| '—' denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Singles[edit]
| Year | Single | B-side | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album (Main Title) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot 100 [8] | Adult Con. [9] | Hot Country [9] | AUS [40] | BEL [41] | CAN [42] | IRE [43] | NED [44] | NOR [45] | UK [46] | |||||
| 1956 | 'Tryin' to Get to You' (As a member of Teen Kings) | 'Ooby Dooby' | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (Single release only)[1] | |
| 'Ooby Dooby' | 'Go! Go! Go!' | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (Single release only)[1] | ||
| 'Rock House' | 'You're My Baby' | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (Single release only)[1] | ||
| 1957 | 'Sweet and Easy to Love' | 'Devil Doll' | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (Single release only) | |
| 'Chicken Hearted' | 'I Like Love' | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (Single release only) | ||
| 1958 | 'Seems to Me' | 'Sweet and Innocent' | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Special Delivery (Various Artists) | |
| 'Almost 18' | 'Jolie' | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1959 | 'Paper Boy' | 'With the Bug' | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (Single release only) | |
| 'Up Town' | 'Pretty One' | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits | ||
| 1960 | 'Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)' | 'Here Comes That Song Again' | 2 | — | — | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | Lonely and Blue | |
| 'Blue Angel' | 'Today's Teardrops' | 9 | — | — | 28 | — | 14 | — | — | — | 11 | |||
| 'I'm Hurtin' | 'I Can't Stop Loving You' | 27 | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1961 | 'Running Scared' | 'Love Hurts'[a] | 1 | — | — | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 9 | Crying | |
| 'Crying' | 'Candy Man'[b] | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 25 | |||
| 1962 | 'Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)' | 'The Actress' | 4 | — | — | 2 | — | 8 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits | |
| 'The Crowd' | 'Mama' | 26 | — | — | 25 | — | 25 | — | — | — | 40 | |||
| 'Evergreen' (AUS only)[7] | 'Love Star' | — | — | — | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 'Working for the Man' | 'Leah'[c] | 33 | — | — | 1 | — | 19 | — | — | — | 50 | More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits | ||
| 1963 | 'In Dreams' | 'Shahdaroba' | 7 | 3 | — | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 6 | In Dreams | |
| 'Falling' | 'Distant Drums'[d] | 22 | 7 | — | 3 | 8 | 29 | 8 | — | — | 9 | |||
| 'Blue Bayou' | 'Mean Woman Blues'[e] | 29 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 14 | 1 | — | 10 | 3 | |||
| 'Pretty Paper' | 'Beautiful Dreamer' | 15 | 10 | — | 4 | — | 9 | — | — | — | 6 | |||
| 1964 | 'Borne on the Wind' | 'What'd I Say'[f] | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | 9 | — | — | 15 | More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits | |
| 'It's Over' | 'Indian Wedding'[g] | 9 | 1 | — | 9 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | |||
| 'Oh, Pretty Woman' | 'Yo te Amo María' | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Orbisongs | |
| 1965 | 'Goodnight' | 'Only with You' | 21 | — | — | 6 | 2 | 5 | — | 5 | — | 14 | ||
| '(Say) You're My Girl' | 'Sleepy Hollow' | 39 | — | — | 8 | 15 | 17 | — | 10 | — | 23 | |||
| 'Ride Away' | 'Wondering' | 25 | — | — | 15 | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | 34 | There Is Only One Roy Orbison | ||
| 'Crawling Back' | 'If You Can't Say Something Nice' | 46 | — | — | 14 | 20 | 2 | — | — | — | 19 | The Orbison Way | ||
| 'Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart' | 'Wait' | 31 | — | — | 19 | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | 22 | |||
| 1966 | 'Let the Good Times Roll' | 'Distant Drums' | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Orbisongs | |
| 'Twinkle Toes' | 'Where Is Tomorrow' | 39 | — | — | 13 | 14 | 25 | — | — | — | 29 | The Classic Roy Orbison | ||
| 'Lana' | 'Summersong' | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | 8 | 19 | — | 15 | Crying | ||
| 'Too Soon to Know' | 'You'll Never Be Sixteen Again' | 68 | — | — | 20 | 5 | 71 | 4 | — | — | 3 | Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson | ||
| 'There Won't Be Many Coming Home' | 'City Life' (AUS) Going Back to Gloria (UK)[7] | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | The Fastest Guitar Alive | ||
| 'Communication Breakdown' | 'Going Back to Gloria' | 60 | — | — | 8 | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | Cry Softly Lonely One | ||
| 1967 | 'So Good' | 'Memories' | 132 | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | (Single release only) | |
| 'Cry Softly Lonely One' | 'Pistolero' | 52 | — | — | 10 | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | Cry Softly Lonely One | ||
| 'She' | 'Here Comes the Rain Baby' | 119 | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1968 | 'Born to Be Loved by You' | 'Shy Away' | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | (Single release only) | |
| 'Walk On' | 'Flowers' | 121 | — | — | 53 | — | 93 | — | — | — | 39 | Roy Orbison's Many Moods | ||
| 'Heartache' | 'Sugar Man' | 104 | — | — | 57 | — | 89 | — | — | — | 44 | |||
| 1969 | 'My Friend' | 'Southbound Jericho Parkway'[h] | — | — | — | 99 | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | The Great Songs of Roy Orbison | |
| 'Penny Arcade' | 'Tennessee Owns My Soul' | 133 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | The Big O | ||
| 'Break My Mind' | 'How Do You Start Over' | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1970 | 'She Cheats on Me' | 'How Do You Start Over' | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (Single releases only) | |
| 'So Young' | 'If I Had a Woman Like You' | 122 | — | — | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1971 | '(Love Me Like You Did It) Last Night' | 'Close Again' | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972 | 'God Love You' | 'Changes' | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Roy Orbison Sings | |
| 'Remember the Good' | 'Harlem Woman' | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 'Memphis, Tennessee' | 'I Can Read Between the Lines' | — | — | — | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Memphis | ||
| 1973 | 'Blue Rain (Coming Down)' | 'Sooner or Later' | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Milestones | |
| 'I Wanna Live' | 'You Lay Easy on My Mind' | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1974 | 'Sweet Mama Blue' | 'Heartache' | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | I'm Still in Love with You | |
| 1975 | 'Hung Up on You' | 'Spanish Nights' | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 'Still' (AUS only)[7] | 'It's Lonely' | — | — | — | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1976 | 'Belinda' | 'No Chain at All' | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Regeneration | |
| 'I'm a Southern Man' | 'Born to Love Me' | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1977 | 'Drifting Away' | 'Under Suspicion' | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (Single release only) | |
| 1979 | 'Easy Way Out' | 'Tears' | 109 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Laminar Flow | |
| 'Poor Baby' | 'Lay It Down' | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1980 | 'That Lovin' You Feelin' Again' (with Emmylou Harris) | 'Lola' (non-Orbison track) | 55 | 10 | 6 | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Roadie (Soundtrack) | |
| 1985 | 'Wild Hearts (..Time)' | 'Wild Hearts (instrumental)' | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 76 | Insignificance (Soundtrack) | |
| 1987 | 'In Dreams' | 'Leah' | — | — | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | In Dreams: The Greatest Hits | |
| 'Crying' (with k.d. lang) | 'Falling' | — | 28 | 42 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | King of Hearts | ||
| 1988 | 'Handle with Care' (As a member of Traveling Wilburys) | 'Margarita' | 45 | — | — | 3 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 24 | — | 21 | Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | |
| 1989 | 'You Got It' | 'The Only One' | 9 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Mystery Girl |
| 'End of the Line' (As a member of Traveling Wilburys) | 'Congratulations' | 63 | — | — | 12 | 39 | 11 | 14 | 50 | — | 52 | Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | ||
| 'California Blue' | 'In Dreams' | — | 44 | 51 | 65 | 25 | 75 | 23 | — | — | 77 | Mystery Girl | ||
| 'She's a Mystery to Me' | 'Dream Baby' | — | 23 | — | 17 | 12 | — | 5 | 19 | — | 27 | |||
| 'Oh Pretty Woman' | 'Claudette' | — | 48 | 89 | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | A Black & White Night Live | ||
| 1992 | 'I Drove All Night' | 'Forever Friends' | 74 | — | — | 132 | — | 22 | 6 | — | — | 7 | King of Hearts | |
| 'Crying' (reissue with k.d. lang) | 'Falling' | — | 40 | — | 71 | — | — | 9 | — | — | 13 | |||
| 'Heartbreak Radio' | 'Crying' | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | 36 | |||
| '—' denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
- ^'Love Hurts' peaked at #5 on the Australian charts.
- ^'Candy Man' peaked at #25 on the US Hot 100, #3 on the Canadian charts and #1 on the Australian charts.
- ^'Leah' peaked at #25 on the US Hot 100, #19 on the Canadian charts and #1 on the Australian charts.
- ^'Distant Drums' reached #3 on the Australian charts.
- ^'Mean Woman Blues' peaked at #5 on the US Hot 100, #14 on the Canadian charts, #1 on the Australian charts and #3 on the UK singles chart.
- ^'What'd I Say' reached #8 on the Australian charts.
- ^'Indian Wedding' reached #9 on the Australian charts.
- ^'Southbound Jericho Parkway' reached #99 on the Australian charts.
Music videos[edit]
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 'Walk On' | |
| 1985 | 'Wild Hearts Run Out of Time' | |
| 1989 | 'You Got It' | |
| 'She's a Mystery to Me' | ||
| 1992 | 'I Drove All Night' | |
| 'Crying' | ||
| 'Heartbreak Radio' | ||
| 1999 | 'Oh, Pretty Woman' | |
| 'Home Alone' | ||
| 2014 | 'The Way Is Love' |
Collaborations and guest appearances[edit]
- 'Find My Baby for Me' – Sonny Burgess
- 'I Was a Fool' – Ken Cook
- 'Jenny' – Ken Cook
- 'I Fell in Love' – Ken Cook
- 'Rockabilly Gal' – Hayden Thompson
- 'Greenback Dollar', 'Watch and Chain' – Ray Harris
- 'Cast Iron Arm' – Johnny Wilson
- 'You've Got Love' – Johnny Wilson
- 'Don't Do Me This Way' – Ricky Tucker (reportedly with Buddy Holly)
- 'Patty Baby' – Ricky Tucker (reportedly with Buddy Holly)
- 'Fools Like Me' – Jerry Lee Lewis
- 'No One Really Cares' – Kris Jensen
- 'Shook Up' – Joe Melson
- 'Dance' – Joe Melson
- 'I'm in a Blue Mood' – Conway Twitty
- 'Tennessee Owns My Soul' – Bill Dees
- 'I Belong to Him' – Jessi Colter with Waylon Jennings
- 'Indian Summer' – Gatlin Brothers & Barry Gibb
- 'Leah' – Bertie Higgins
- 'Beyond the End' – Jimmy Buffett
- 'Zombie Zoo' – Tom Petty
- 'Life Fades Away' – Written by Glenn Danzig
- 'Crying' – k.d. lang
- 'Zigzag' on Zig Zag (Original Motion Picture Score) (MGM, 1970)
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- CD1: Live from Batley Variety Club, Batley, England, May 9, 1969;
- CD2: Live from Birmingham, USA, July 13, 1980;
- CD3: Live from the Fiesta Club, Stockton, England, Mar. 25, 1980;
- CD4: Live from Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, England, Oct. 18, 1975.
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Of all the artists who passed through the doors of Sam Phillips's Sun label in the 1950s, Roy Orbison must have seemed the least likely to succeed. He gave it his best shot, cutting a minor rockabilly hit called Ooby Dooby, but he wasn't suited, sonically or aesthetically, for rock'n'roll. In fact, he sounded a bit like he looked: weird, troubled, wraith-like. At moments of high anxiety – and in the songs that were to make him famous, you were never very far away from one of those – he would rise into a desperate, quavering falsetto that occasionally sounded not unlike a theremin, the primitive synthesiser Hollywood films used to denote the alien or bizarre. In an era when balladeers tended to give it lots of extravagant hand gestures, Orbison stood eerily still on stage, his eyes permanently hidden behind dark glasses. The cumulative effect on at least one set of onlookers, the present writer's paternal grandparents, was to convince them that Orbison was actually blind, a belief they steadfastly cleaved to, despite constant assurances to the contrary.
It wasn't until he fetched up at Monument Records that things started to go Orbison's way. It was a minor operation – their other big contribution to rock history was Boots Randolph's Yakety Sax, better known as the Benny Hill theme – but, after a couple of false starts, they worked out what to do with him: let him sing the ballads he'd written with another minor rockabilly singer called Joe Melson, despite the fact that they'd already been rejected by Elvis and the Everly Brothers. In fairness, you can see why they passed. Download nfs carbon full. Magnificently larded with strings and backing vocals that tapped into doo-wop's ethereal extremes, the run of Monument singles that began with Only the Lonely mapped new, dark emotional territories for rock music. It wasn't just their novelty that made them seem strange. There's a deep strain of almost indefinable weirdness running through songs like In Dreams – 'A candy-coloured clown they call The Sandman tiptoes to my room every night,' intones Orbision gloomily at its outset – made all the weirder by the fact that Orbison clearly didn't think they were weird at all. In an interview with Nick Kent a few days before his death in 1988, just as his career was undergoing a renaissance, he professed to being 'almost mortified' at the way the film that had started said renaissance, David Lynch's Blue Velvet, made In Dreams seem so sinister.
No one had waded this deep into misery and male vulnerability before, although plenty eventually would. One of the reasons you can still feel Orbison's direct influence in an era when rock seems to have cut most of its audible ties with the 50s pioneers may be that the Monument singles provide an bridge between the rock'n'roll era and one of latterday rock's great touchstones: the glorious, melodramatic ballads of Scott Walker. You can hear the roots of virtually every subsequent rock tragedian on these two CDs: the 1962 B-side Mama – in which he bewails his latest emotional disasters down the phone to his mother at such length you rather picture old Ma Orbison holding the receiver away from her ear – carries a distinct hint of Morrissey moaning for his mum on I Know It's Over and Shakespeare's Sister.
But the point isn't their influence, the point is how fantastic they still sound in their own right. Orbision refined his style until it reached a terrible perfection on 1964's staggering It's Over, on which stars cry, rainbows weep, drums beat out a leaden march, and the chords churn, pushing the song on to the point where despair becomes a kind of catharsis: there's something almost exultant about the final repetitions of the song's title. Elsewhere, however, you get the sense that Orbison wasn't the most versatile performer. As Oh, Pretty Woman proved, he could do rock'n'roll if the lyrics still cast him as the tormented outsider – 'Are you lonely just like me?' he wails, which presumably makes it the first rock song in history to address the topic of angling for a sympathy shag. But when they didn't, the results are baffling: he sings Let the Good Times Roll like a man dolefully piercing the film on a Birds Eye microwaveable roast lamb dinner for one.
Roy Orbison Hit Songs
Perhaps that's what led to his commercial decline, which began not long after the 1965 live performance included on a DVD here, and went on for another 20 years, as evidenced by the unwittingly grim title of a posthumous live album: Orbison Over England: March 25 1980, The Fiesta Club, Stockton-On-Tees. Then again, listening to Crying or Running Scared blaring out in glorious original mono, it's hard not to dismiss Orbison's failings outright, as indeed posterity seems to have done. If you're this good at doing one thing, versatility almost seems beside the point.