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| type = studio
| single1 = [[Oh, Pretty Woman]]
| single1 = [[Oh, Pretty Woman]]
| single1date = August 29, 1964<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |date=1964-08-29 |title=Roy Orbison And The Candy Men - Oh, Pretty Woman Relased Dates |url=https://www.45cat.com/record/45851 |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=45cat.com |language=en}}</ref>
| single1date = August 29, 1964<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |date=1964-08-29 |title=Roy Orbison And The Candy Men - Oh, Pretty Woman Released Dates |url=https://www.45cat.com/record/45851 |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=45cat.com |language=en}}</ref>
| single2 = Goodnight
| single2 = Goodnight
| single2date = January 25, 1965<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |date=1965-01-25 |title=Roy Orbison - Goodnight Relased Dates |url=https://www.45cat.com/record/45873 |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=45cat.com |language=en}}</ref>
| single2date = January 25, 1965<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |date=1965-01-25 |title=Roy Orbison - Goodnight Released Dates |url=https://www.45cat.com/record/45873 |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=45cat.com |language=en}}</ref>
| single3 = (Say) You're My Girl
| single3 = (Say) You're My Girl
| single3date = June 1965<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |date=1965-06-01 |title=Roy Orbison - (Say) You're My Girl Relased Dates |url=https://www.45cat.com/record/45891 |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=45cat.com |language=en}}</ref>
| single3date = June 1965<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |date=1965-06-01 |title=Roy Orbison - (Say) You're My Girl Relased Dates |url=https://www.45cat.com/record/45891 |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=45cat.com |language=en}}</ref>

Revision as of 12:39, 11 September 2024

Orbisongs
Studio album by
Roy Orbison
ReleasedNovember 1965
RecordedSeptember 15, 1960 – June 1, 1965
GenreRock
Length30:34
LabelMonument
ProducerFred Foster
Roy Orbison chronology
There Is Only One Roy Orbison
(1965) 		Orbisongs
(1965) 		The Orbison Way
(1966)
Singles from Orbisongs
  1. "Oh, Pretty Woman"
    Released: August 29, 1964[1]
  2. "Goodnight"
    Released: January 25, 1965[2]
  3. "(Say) You're My Girl"
    Released: June 1965[3]

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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[6]

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.[7] 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."[8]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Oh, Pretty Woman"Roy Orbison, Bill Dees2:55
2."Dance"Orbison, Joe Melson2:25
3."(Say) You're My Girl"Orbison, Dees2:44
4."Goodnight"Orbison, Dees2:27
5."Nitelife"Orbison, Melson2:10
6."Let the Good Times Roll"Leonard Lee2:30
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."(I Get So) Sentimental"Orbison, Melson2:40
2."Yo Te Amo Maria"Orbison, Dees3:15
3."Wedding Day"Orbison, Melson2:06
4."Sleepy Hollow"Dees3:04
5."22 Days"Gene Pitney3:04
6."(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time"Don Gibson3:03

References

  1. ^ "Roy Orbison And The Candy Men - Oh, Pretty Woman Released Dates". 45cat.com. 1964-08-29. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  2. ^ "Roy Orbison - Goodnight Released Dates". 45cat.com. 1965-01-25. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  3. ^ "Roy Orbison - (Say) You're My Girl Relased 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.
  5. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. July 3, 1965. p. 14. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  6. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1062. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Roy Orbison". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 May 2024.


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