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Orbisongs
Orbisongs
Compilation album by Roy Orbison
Released	November 1965
Recorded	September 15, 1960 – June 1, 1965
Genre	Rockabilly
Length	30:34
Label	Monument
Producer	Fred Foster
Roy Orbison chronology
Singles from Orbisongs
	"Oh, Pretty Woman"; Released: August 29, 1964; "Goodnight"; Released: January 25, 1965; "(Say) You're My Girl"; Released: June 1965;

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Orbisongs is a compilation LP released by Monument Records in 1965 after Roy Orbison had left the label and joined MGM. It features tracks such as the stereo version of "Oh, Pretty Woman", a different version of "Dance", and the unreleased "I Get So Sentimental."^[4]

Cash Box described the single "(Say) You're My Girl" as an "easy-going, pledge of romantic devotion with an infectious repeating rhythmic riff."^[5]

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated November 6, 1965, and remained on the chart for 11 weeks, peaking at number 136.^[6] It entered the UK album chart two years later on July 22, 1967, and spent its only week on the album chart there at number 40.",^[7] It reached No. 74 on the Cashbox albums chart where it spent for 6 weeks.^[8]

The album was released on compact disc by Monument Records in 1993 as tracks 13 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Orbison third studio album from June 1963, In Dreams.^[9]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[10]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[11]
New Record Mirror	^[12]

Billboard gave the album a postive review", saying His rendition of "Let The Good Times Roll" is expectional"^[13]

Cashbox praised Orbison for "Bridging the gap from the big rock sound to the ballad"^[14]

New Record Mirror gave the album a mixed review, saying it features "a somewhat motley slection"^[12]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Oh, Pretty Woman"	Roy Orbison, Bill Dees	2:55
2.	"Dance"	Orbison, Joe Melson	2:25
3.	"(Say) You're My Girl"	Orbison, Dees	2:44
4.	"Goodnight"	Orbison, Dees	2:27
5.	"Nitelife"	Orbison, Melson	2:10
6.	"Let the Good Times Roll"	Leonard Lee	2:30

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"(I Get So) Sentimental"	Orbison, Melson	2:40
2.	"Yo Te Amo Maria"	Orbison, Dees	3:15
3.	"Wedding Day"	Orbison, Melson	2:06
4.	"Sleepy Hollow"	Dees	3:04
5.	"22 Days"	Gene Pitney	3:04
6.	"(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time"	Don Gibson	3:03

Charts

Album

Chart (1965)	Peak position
U.S. Top LPs (Billboard)^[6]	136
U.S. Cashbox^[8]	74
U.K. Albums Chart^[7]	40

Singles

Year	Title	U.S. Hot 100^[15]	U.S. Cashbox ^[16]	CAN ^[17]	U.K. Albums Chart ^[7]
1964	"Oh, Pretty Woman"	1	1	1	1
1965	"Goodnight"	21	20	5	14
	"(Say) You're My Girl"	39	49	17	23
	"Let the Good Times Roll"	81	96	-	-

References

^ "Roy Orbison And The Candy Men - Oh, Pretty Woman Released Dates". 45cat.com. 1964-08-29. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
^ "Roy Orbison - Goodnight Released Dates". 45cat.com. 1965-01-25. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
^ "Roy Orbison - (Say) You're My Girl Released Dates". 45cat.com. 1965-06-01. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
^ Orbison, Roy Jr. (2017). The Authorized Roy Orbison. Orbison, Wesley; Orbison, Alex; Slate, Jeff (2nd ed.). New York: Center Street. ISBN 9781478976547. OCLC 1017566749.
^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. July 3, 1965. p. 14. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
^ ^a ^b Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's top pop albums : 1955-1996 : compiled from Billboard magazine's pop album charts, 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 580. ISBN 0898201179.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Roy Orbison". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 278. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
^ "In Dreams/Orbisongs". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
^ "Roy Orbison - Orbisongs: Ratings & Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1062. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (May 6, 1967). "new albums reviewed by Norman Joplin and Peter Jones new albums reviewed by Norman Joplin, Some sophisticated new Motown albums" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 321. p. 8. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
^ "Pop Spotlight: Orbisongs". Billboard. Vol. 77, no. 43. October 23, 1965. p. 60.
^ "Cashbox Pop Picks Album Reviews: Orbisongs". Cash Box. Vol. 27, no. 14. November 6, 1965. p. 30.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn's top pop singles 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wisc.: Record Research. p. 502. ISBN 0898201551.
^ Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. p. 254. ISBN 1-56308-316-7.
^ "Canadian Singles". RPM magazine. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-06-13.

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[:11-1] "Roy Orbison And The Candy Men - Oh, Pretty Woman Released Dates". 45cat.com. 1964-08-29. Retrieved 2024-08-29.

[:12-2] "Roy Orbison - Goodnight Released Dates". 45cat.com. 1965-01-25. Retrieved 2024-08-29.

[:13-3] "Roy Orbison - (Say) You're My Girl Released Dates". 45cat.com. 1965-06-01. Retrieved 2024-08-29.

[4] Orbison, Roy Jr. (2017). The Authorized Roy Orbison. Orbison, Wesley; Orbison, Alex; Slate, Jeff (2nd ed.). New York: Center Street. ISBN 9781478976547. OCLC 1017566749.

[cb-5] "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. July 3, 1965. p. 14. Retrieved 2022-01-12.

[:1-6] Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's top pop albums : 1955-1996 : compiled from Billboard magazine's pop album charts, 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 580. ISBN 0898201179.

[:0-7] "Roy Orbison". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 May 2024.

[:3-8] Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 278. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.

[9] "In Dreams/Orbisongs". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 September 2024.

[AMG-10] "Roy Orbison - Orbisongs: Ratings & Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-09-23.

[11] Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1062. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 29 August 2024.

[NRM-12] Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (May 6, 1967). "new albums reviewed by Norman Joplin and Peter Jones new albums reviewed by Norman Joplin, Some sophisticated new Motown albums" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 321. p. 8. Retrieved 29 September 2024.

[:02-13] "Pop Spotlight: Orbisongs". Billboard. Vol. 77, no. 43. October 23, 1965. p. 60.

[:132-14] "Cashbox Pop Picks Album Reviews: Orbisongs". Cash Box. Vol. 27, no. 14. November 6, 1965. p. 30.

[15] Whitburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn's top pop singles 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wisc.: Record Research. p. 502. ISBN 0898201551.

[:022-16] Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. p. 254. ISBN 1-56308-316-7.

[CAN-17] "Canadian Singles". RPM magazine. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-06-13.

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 ''[[Cash Box]]'' described the single "(Say) You're My Girl" as an "easy-going, pledge of romantic devotion with an infectious repeating rhythmic [[riff (music)|riff]]."<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=July 3, 1965 |page=14 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1965/CB-1965-07-03.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}</ref>
+The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated November 6, 1965, and remained on the chart for 11 weeks, peaking at number 136.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstopp00whit/page/580/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn's top pop albums : 1955-1996 : compiled from Billboard magazine's pop album charts, 1955-1996 |date=1996 |publisher=Record Research |isbn=0898201179 |location=Menomonee Falls, Wis. |pages=580}}</ref> It entered the UK album chart two years later on July 22, 1967, and spent its only week on the album chart there at number 40.",<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Roy Orbison |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/16272/roy-orbison/ |access-date=20 May 2024 |publisher=Official Charts}}</ref> It reached No. 74 on the [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]] albums chart where it spent for 6 weeks.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Hoffmann |first=Frank W |url=https://archive.org/details/cashboxalbumchar0000hoff/page/278/mode/2up |title=The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974 |date=1988 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-2005-6 |location=Metuchen, N.J. |pages=278}}</ref>
-{{Album reviews
-|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
+The album was released on compact disc by [[Monument Records]] in 1993 as tracks 13 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Orbison third studio album from June 1963, [[In Dreams (Roy Orbison album)|In Dreams]].<ref>{{cite web |title=In Dreams/Orbisongs |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/in-dreams-orbisongs-mw0000413114 |access-date=23 September 2024 |publisher=AllMusic}}</ref>
-|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r14551|pure_url=yes}} link]
-}}The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated November 6 that year and remained on the chart for 11 weeks, peaking at number 136.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstopp00whit/page/580/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn's top pop albums : 1955-1996 : compiled from Billboard magazine's pop album charts, 1955-1996 |date=1996 |publisher=Record Research |isbn=0898201179 |location=Menomonee Falls, Wis. |pages=580}}</ref>
+== Reception ==
+{{Music ratings
+| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
+| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AMG">{{Cite web |title=Roy Orbison - Orbisongs: Ratings & Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/orbisongs-mw0000368613 |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
+| rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
+| rev2score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2007 |publisher=Omnibus Press |page=1062 |isbn=9781846098567 |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0000unse_v3u2/page/1062/mode/2up |access-date=29 August 2024}}</ref>
+| rev3 = ''[[New Record Mirror]]''
+| rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="NRM" />
+}}
+[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] gave the album a postive review", saying His rendition of "Let The Good Times Roll" is expectional"<ref name=":02">{{cite magazine |date=October 23, 1965 |title=Pop Spotlight: Orbisongs |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KCkEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA36&dq=orbisongs%20billboard%201965&pg=PT1#v=onepage&q=orbisongs%20billboard%201965&f=false |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page=60 |volume=77 |issue=43 |editor=}}</ref>
+[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]] praised Orbison for "Bridging the gap from the big rock sound to the ballad"<ref name=":132">{{Cite magazine |date=November 6, 1965 |title=Cashbox Pop Picks Album Reviews: Orbisongs |url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox27unse_14/page/30/mode/2up |magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |pages=30 |volume=27 |issue=14}}</ref>
+[[Record Mirror|New Record Mirror]] gave the album a mixed review, saying it features "a somewhat motley slection"<ref name="NRM">{{Cite magazine |last1=Jones |first1=Peter |last2=Jopling |first2=Norman |date=May 6, 1967 |title=new albums reviewed by Norman Joplin and Peter Jones new albums reviewed by Norman Joplin, Some sophisticated new Motown albums |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/67/Record-Mirror-1967-05-06.pdf |access-date=29 September 2024 |magazine=[[New Record Mirror]] |page=8 |issue=321}}</ref>
 ==Track listing==
-{{track list
+{{track listing
 |headline = Side one
 |title1 = [[Oh, Pretty Woman]]
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 |length6 = 2:30
 }}
-{{track list
+{{track listing
 |headline = Side two
 |title1 = (I Get So) Sentimental
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 |length6 = 3:03
 }}
+== Charts ==
+=== Album ===
+{| class="wikitable"
+!Chart (1965)
+!Peak
+position
+|-
+|U.S. [[Billboard 200|Top LPs]] (''Billboard'')<ref name=":1" />
+| align="center" |136
+|-
+|U.S. [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]<ref name=":3" />
+| align="center" |74
+|-
+|U.K. [[UK Albums Chart|Albums Chart]]<ref name=":0" />
+| align="center" |40
+|}
+=== Singles ===
+{| class="wikitable"
+!Year
+!Title
+!U.S. [[Hot 100]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur/page/502/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn's top pop singles 1955-2002 |date=2002 |publisher=Record Research |isbn=0898201551 |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisc. |pages=502}}</ref>
+!U.S. [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]
+''<ref name=":022">{{Cite book |last=Downey |first=Pat |url=https://archive.org/details/cashboxpopsingle00down/page/254/mode/2up |title=Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993 |date=1994 |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |isbn=1-56308-316-7 |location=Englewood, Colo. |pages=254}}</ref>''
+![[Canadian Singles Chart|CAN]]
+<ref name="CAN">{{cite web |date=17 July 2013 |title=Canadian Singles |url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=roy+orbison&ChartEn=Top+Singles& |access-date=2016-06-13 |publisher=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM magazine]]}}</ref>
+!U.K. [[UK Albums Chart|Albums Chart]]
+<ref name=":0" />
+|-
+|1964
+|"[[Oh, Pretty Woman]]"
+| align="center" |1
+| align="center" |1
+| align="center" |1
+| align="center" |1
+|-
+| rowspan="3" |1965
+|"Goodnight"
+| align="center" |21
+| align="center" |20
+| align="center" |5
+| align="center" |14
+|-
+|"(Say) You're My Girl"
+| align="center" |39
+| align="center" |49
+| align="center" |17
+| align="center" |23
+|-
+|"[[Let the Good Times Roll (Shirley and Lee song)|Let the Good Times Roll]]"
+| align="center" |81
+| align="center" |96
+| align="center" |-
+| align="center" |-
+|-
+|}
 ==References==

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Discography
Studio albums	Lonely and Blue Roy Orbison at the Rock House Crying In Dreams There Is Only One Roy Orbison Orbisongs The Orbison Way The Classic Roy Orbison Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson The Fastest Guitar Alive Cry Softly Lonely One Roy Orbison's Many Moods Big O Hank Williams: The Roy Orbison Way Roy Orbison Sings Memphis Milestones I'm Still in Love With You Regeneration Laminar Flow In Dreams: The Greatest Hits studio re-recordings of earlier hits) Mystery Girl King of Hearts One of the Lonely Ones
Compilations	Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits Early Orbison The Great Songs of Roy Orbison The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison In Dreams: The Greatest Hits The Legendary Roy Orbison 16 Biggest Hits Greatest Hits Live The Essential Roy Orbison A Love So Beautiful Unchained Melodies
Collaborations	Class of '55 Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
Soundtrack appearances	Roadie Blue Velvet Less than Zero
Live	A Black & White Night Live
Singles	"Tryin' to Get to You" "Ooby Dooby" "Go Go Go" "Only the Lonely" "Blue Angel" "Running Scared" "Crying" / "Candy Man" "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)" "Working for the Man" "In Dreams" "Blue Bayou" "Pretty Paper" "It's Over" "Oh, Pretty Woman" "Memphis, Tennessee" "You Got It" "She's a Mystery to Me" "I Drove All Night"
Related articles	Traveling Wilburys Roy Orbison/The Beatles Tour Fred Foster In Dreams (musical)
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