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Roy Orbison

Anthology

Roy Orbison was a rare solo hitmaker in the groupdominated Sixties using the experience gained following in the footsteps of Elvis at Sun Records to register UK and US charttoppers The year of 1962 is recalled in pop history as the year the Beatles released their first worldchanging single That was in October Earlier in the year when they made their radio debut on the BBCOs TeenagerOs Turn the song they chose to cover was Roy OrbisonOs ODream BabyO The original had made US Number 4 and would reach UK Number 2 behind the ShadowsO OWonderful LandO OrbisonOs path would cross the BeatlesO again the following year when he toured the UK for the first time at the top of a bill that also included Gerry and the Pacemakers It was when flying to Britain that he left his regular glasses in the aircraft seat pocket and had to wear the darktinted shades that instantly became his trademark ItOs also relevant that Roy was one of the few solo stars to survive the British Invasion which saw groups hold sway and would top this off with a second coming in the late Eighties as a member of the Traveling Wilburys D whose ranks included Beatle George Harrison Roy Kelton Orbison was born in Vernon Texas on 23 February 1936 His career began in the early Fifties as teenage vocalist with a country band the Wink Westerners They took their name from the oil town of Wink where the Orbison family had moved for his father to find work By 1955 Roy was part of another local group known as the Teen Kings who recorded in a New Mexico studio whose owner Norman Petty would soon discover Buddy Holly and the Crickets It was while studying at North Texas State College that Roy first heard OOoby DoobyO a song penned by fellow students Dick Penner and Wade Moore It would become his first single OGo Go GoO was another song from this period written by Roy after he heard ElvisOs OThatOs All RightO Jerry Lee Lewis and Ricky Nelson would separately cover it under the title ODown The LineO Sun RecordsO release of OOoby DoobyO on the label in May 1956 was a dream come true It made Number 59 in BillboardOs chart and Orbison put a deposit on his dream car a Cadillac with his first royalty cheque Not content with singing his own material Roy decided that the best way to make his name as a songwriter was to pen a hit for the hottest act around the Everly Brothers He borrowed the cash to get to Indiana and once backstage played them OClaudetteO written for and named after his teenage sweetheart The Everlys released it as the other side of their hit OAll I Have To Do Is DreamO Orbison then left both Sun Records and the stage to become a songwriter with Nashville publishers AcuffRose But he was soon back in the spotlight as an artist when OOnly The LonelyO a song turned down by the Everlys and Elvis Presley sold a million in the US and reached Number 2 also topping the UK hit parade It was a source of pride to Roy that he penned the hit himself with Joe Melson former lead singer of Midland band the Cavaliers It is included here alongside US Number 1 UK 9 ORunning ScaredO plus OCryingO and OBlue AngelO two more transatlantic hits from 1961 The OrbisonMelsonpenned OCryingO would top the UK chart in 1980 when covered by Don McLean while OCandy ManO the Bside of RoyOs US Number 2 original made Number 25 in its own right From 1962 we feature ODream BabyO RoyOs fourth millionseller and the hit that so inspired the Beatles plus OThe CrowdO US 26UK 40 and the double Asided OLeahOOWorking For The ManO that was a Top 40 US hit twice over He would remain a Billboard chart highflyer until the end of 1966 later hits including OIn DreamsO OItOs OverO and his second US charttopper OOh Pretty WomanO But there was heartbreak as well as success to contend with Claudette died in a motorcycle accident while two of RoyOs three sons perished in a house fire two years later Luckily he found happiness with Barbara Wellhonen a German girl who became his second wife And Barbara it was who picked up the pieces when Roy Orbison died of a heart attack in December 1988 at the age of only 52 Roy OrbisonOs music will surely be enjoyed for many years to come and this fantastic collection covering the story from Sun to his Sixties heyday gives you many good reasons why why

Tracklist

• CD1
  1. Only The Lonely
  2. Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
  3. Crying
  4. Lana
  5. Working For The Man
  6. Let's Make A Memory
  7. Dance
  8. Evergreen
  9. Almost Eighteen
  10. With The Bug
  11. Night Life
  12. Come Back To Me (My Love)
  13. The Actress
  14. Love Star
  15. Here Comes That Song Again
  16. Mama
  17. The Great Pretender
  18. (I'd Be) A Legend In My Time
  19. Leah
  20. Blue Angel
  
  CD2
  1. Running Scared
  2. Love Hurts
  3. The Crowd
  4. I'm Hurtin'
  5. Bye Bye Love
  6. Pretty One
  7. Blue Avenue
  8. Cry
  9. Sweet And Innocent
  10. Paper Boy
  11. Seems To Me
  12. Loneliness
  13. Jolie
  14. I'll Say It's My Fault
  15. Wedding Day
  16. She Wears My Ring
  17. Summer Song
  18. Raindrops
  19. I Can't Stop Loving You
  
  CD3
  1. Candy Man
  2. Uptown
  3. Today's Teardrops
  4. Ooby Dooby
  5. Rockhouse
  6. Go! Go! Go!
  7. You're My Baby
  8. Devil Doll
  9. Twenty-Two Days
  10. Problem Child
  11. You're Gonna Cry
  12. Chicken Hearted
  13. I Like Love
  14. Sweet And Easy To Love
  15. I Never Knew
  16. It's Too Late
  17. This Kind Of Love
  18. Tryin' To Get To You
  19. Mean Little Mama