The Very Best of Roy Orbison - Roy Orbison

7.7	Listal rating

Manufacturer : Virgin
Release date : 4 November 1996
Number of discs : 1
EAN : 0724384248321
UPC : 724384248321

Rock (1), Compilation (1), Oldies (1), 05 (1), (lib) (1), *saipal (1)

Description

It must rank as the most fortuitous bit of cloth-eared A&R decision-making in rock & roll history. In the early 1960s, The Everly Brothers and Elvis Presley both turned down a song called "Only The Lonely", leaving the frustrated writer of the song--a little-known Texan called Roy Orbison--to record it himself. The ensuing career is neatly summed u ... (more)

Performed by

Roy Orbison

Track listing

1. Only The Lonely
2. You Got It
3. Oh Pretty Woman
4. In Dreams
5. Crying
6. Blue Angel
7. Working For The Man
8. Running Scared
9. She's A Mystery To Me
10. Blue Bayou
11. It's Over
12. California Blue
13. Claudette
14. Mean Woman Blues
15. Ooby Dooby
16. Too Soon To Know
17. Falling
18. Dream Baby
19. I Drove All Night
20. Pretty Paper
21. Goodnight