Roy Orbison discography 2023962 225320923 2008-07-13T02:11:29Z Aspects 4441371 Removed boldfaced per [[Wikipedia:Record charts]] ===Studio albums=== * 1961 [[Roy Orbison at the Rock House]] (Sun) * 1961 [[Lonely and Blue]] (Monument) Re-issued, 2006 ([[Legacy Recordings]]) * 1962 [[Crying (album)|Crying]] (Monument) Re-issued, 2006 ([[Legacy Recordings]]) * 1963 [[In Dreams (album)|In Dreams]] (Monument) Re-issued, 2006 ([[Legacy Recordings]]) * 1965 [[There Is Only One Roy Orbison]] (MGM) * 1965 [[Orbisongs]] (Monument) * 1966 [[The Orbison Way]] (MGM) * 1966 [[The Classic Roy Orbison]] (MGM) * 1967 [[Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson]] (MGM) * 1967 [[The Fastest Guitar Alive]] (Movie Soundtrack) (MGM) * 1967 [[Cry Softly Lonely One]] (MGM) * 1969 [[Roy Orbison's Many Moods]] (MGM) * 1970 [[Hank Williams the Roy Orbison Way]] (MGM) * 1970 [[The Big O (album)|The Big O]] (UK, London) * 1970 [[Zig Zag]] (Movie Soundtrack) (MGM) * 1972 [[Roy Orbison Sings]] (MGM) * 1972 [[Memphis (album)|Memphis]] (MGM) * 1973 [[Milestones (Roy Orbison album)|Milestones]] (MGM) * 1974 [[I'm Still in Love with You (Roy Orbison album)|I'm Still in Love with You]] (Mercury) * 1976 [[Regeneration (album)|Regeneration]] (Monument) * 1978 [[Living Legend]] (Movie Soundtrack, only 1,000 copies were made) * 1979 [[Laminar Flow (album)|Laminar Flow]] (Asylum) * 1980 [[Roadie (film)|Roadie]] (Movie Soundtrack appearance) (Warner Bros) * 1985 [[Class of '55]] (Lewis, Cash and Perkins) (Polygram) * 1987 [[In Dreams: The Greatest Hits]] (New recordings, Virgin) * 1987 [[Less Than Zero (film)|Less Than Zero]] (Movie Soundtrack appearance)(Def Jam/Columbia) * 1988 [[Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1]] (Wilbury/WB) * 1989 [[Mystery Girl]] (Virgin) * 1992 [[King of Hearts (album)|King of Hearts]] (Virgin) ===Live albums=== * 1989 [[A Black & White Night Live]] (Virgin) ===Compilations=== * 1962 [[Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits]] (Monument) * 1964 [[More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits]] (Monument) * 1970 [[The Great Songs of Roy Orbison]] (MGM) * 1975 [[The Living Legend of Roy Orbison]] (Columbia Special Products, Candlelite Music) * 1977 [[All-Time Greatest Hits (double album)|All-Time Greatest Hits]] (Monument) * 1989 (CBS special products CD) The Legendary Roy Orbison 20 Original Hits/Original Recordings (PolyGram/PolyTel) & (1988 Telstar Records Ltd.) ==Singles== Charted hits shown '''in bold'''. ====The 1950s==== Roy Orbison's only chart appearances in the 1950s were on the US Hot 100. {| class="wikitable" ! width="50" rowspan="2"| US Release Date ! width="120" rowspan="2"| A-Side ! width="120 rowspan="2"| B-Side ! width="50" rowspan="2"| Label ! colspan="1"| Chart Positions ! colspan="1"| Notes |- ! width="60"| <small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US Hot 100]]</small> ! width="120"| |- |1956 |Trying to Get to You |Ooby Dooby |Je-Wel | | |- |1956 |'''Ooby Dooby''' |Go Go Go |Sun |#56 | |- |1956 |Rock House |You're My Baby |Sun | | |- |1957 |Sweet and Easy to Love |Devil Doll |Sun | | |- |1957 |Chicken Hearted |I Like Love |Sun | | |- |1958 |Seems to Me |Sweet and Innocent |RCA | |B-side was later covered by [[Donny Osmond]] in 1971, becoming Osmond's first chart hit (peaking at #7). |- |1958 |Almost 18 |Jolie |RCA | | |- |1959 |Paper Boy |With the Bug |Monument | |Re-released in 1962 with "Here Comes That Song Again" as the B-side. This re-release also failed to chart. |- |1959 |'''Uptown''' |Pretty One |Monument |#72 | |- |} ====The 1960s==== Includes chart appearances from around the world, and in the US Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts. Orbison did not appear on the US country charts until the 1980s. {| class="wikitable" ! width="50" rowspan="2"| US Release Date ! width="120" rowspan="2"| A-Side ! width="120 rowspan="2"| B-Side ! width="50" rowspan="2"| Label ! colspan="6"| Chart Positions |- ! width="60"| <small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US Hot 100]]</small> ! width="60"| <small>US A/C</small> ! width="60"| <small>Australia</small> ! width="60"| <small>Canada</small> ! width="60"| <small>Norway</small> ! width="60"| <small>[[UK]]</small> ! width="120"| Notes |- |1960 |'''[[Only the Lonely|Only the Lonely (Know The Way I Feel)]]''' |Here Comes That Song Again |Monument |#2 | |#5 |#2 |#4 |#1 | |- |1960 |'''Blue Angel |Today's Teardrops |Monument |#9 | |#28 |#14 | |#11 | |- |1960 |'''I'm Hurtin' |I Can't Stop Loving You |Monument |#27 | | |#27 | | | |- |1961 |'''[[Running Scared (song)|Running Scared]] |<small>[[Love Hurts]]<i>(see below) |Monument |#1 | |#5 |#1 | |#9 | |- |1961 |<small><i>{see above} |'''Love Hurts |Monument | | |#5 | | | |- |1961 |'''[[Crying (song)|Crying]] |<small> Candy Man <i>(see below) |Monument |#2 | |#1 |#3 | |#25 | |- |1961 |<small><i>{see above} |'''Candy Man |Monument |#25 | |#1 |#3 | | | |- |1962 |'''Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) |The Actress |Monument |#4 | |#2 |#8 |#5 |#2 | |- |1962 |'''The Crowd |Mama |Monument |#26 | |#25 |#25 | |#40 | |- |1962 |'''Evergreen | |Monument | | |#100 | | | |Australian release only |- |1962 |'''Working for the Man |<small>Leah <i>(see below) |Monument |#33 | |#1 |#19 | |#50 | |- |1962 |<small><i>{see above} |'''Leah |Monument |#25 | |#1 |#19 | | | |- |1963 |'''[[In Dreams (song)|In Dreams]] |Shahadaroba |Monument |#7 |#3 |#1 |#7 | |#6 | |- |1963 |'''Falling |<small>Distant Drums<i>(see below) |Monument |#22 |#7 |#3 |#29 | |#9 | |- |1962 |<small><i>{see above} |'''Distant Drums |Monument | | |#3 | | | | |- |1963 |'''[[Blue Bayou]] |<small>Mean Woman Blues <i>(see below) |Monument |#29 | |#1 |#14 |#10 |#3 | |- |1963 |<small><i>{see above} |'''[[Mean Woman Blues]] |Monument |#5 | |#1 |#14 | |#3 | |- |1963 |'''Pretty Paper |<small>Beautiful Dreamer<i>(see below) |Monument |#15 |#10 |#4 |#9 | |#6 |UK release charted in 1964, with different B-side. |- |1963 |<small><i>{see above} |'''Beautiful Dreamer |Monument | | |#4 | | | | |- |1964 |'''Borne on the Wind |<small>What'd I Say <i>(see below) |Monument/ London | | |#8 | | |#15 |UK/Australia release only. |- |1964 |<small><i>{see above} |'''What'd I Say |Monument/ London | | |#8 | | | |UK/Australia release only. |- |1964 |'''[[It's Over (Roy Orbison song)|It's Over]] |<small>Indian Wedding <i>(see below) |Monument |#9 |#1 |#9 |#29 |#10 |#1 | |- |1964 |<small><i>{see above} |'''Indian Wedding |Monument | | |#9 | | | | |- |1964 |'''[[Oh, Pretty Woman]] |Yo Te Amo Maria |Monument |#1 | |#1 |#1 |#1 |#1 | |- |1964 |'''She Wears My Ring<br><small><b>(4-track EP) |Wedding Day/<br> Love Hurts/<br> Borne on the Wind |Monument | | |#68 | | | |Australia/NZ release only. |- |1965 |'''Goodnight |Only with You |Monument |#21 | |#6 |#5 | |#14 | |- |1965 |'''(Say) You're My Girl |Sleepy Hollow |Monument |#39 | |#8 |#17 | |#23 | |- |August 1965 |'''Ride Away |Wondering |MGM |#25 | |#15 |#1 | |#34 | |- |October 1965 |'''Crawling Back |If You Can't Say Something Nice |MGM |#46 | |#14 |#2 | |#19 | |- |December 1965 |'''Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart |Wait |MGM |#31 | |#19 |#2 | |#22 | |- |1966 |Distant Drums |'''Let the Good Times Roll |Monument |#81 | | | | | | |- |March 1966 |'''Twinkle Toes |Where Is Tomorrow |MGM |#39 | |#13 |#25 | |#29 | |- |1966 |'''Lana |Our Summersong |Monument | | |#4 | | |#15 | |- |June 1966 |'''Too Soon to Know |You'll Never Be Sixteen Again |MGM |#68 | |#20 |#71 | |#3 | |- |1966 |'''There Won't Be Many Coming Home |Going Back to Gloria |MGM/ London | | |#12 | | |#18 |UK/Australian release only. Australian release charted in Feb 1967. |- |November 1966 |'''Communication Breakdown |Twinkle Toes |MGM |#60 | |#8 |#75 | | | |- |February 1967 |'''So Good |Memories |MGM |#132 | |#28 | | |#32 | |- |June 1967 |'''Cry Softly Lonely One |Pistolero |MGM |#52 | |#10 |#29 | | |B-side featured in [[The Fastest Guitar Alive]]. |- |September 1967 |'''She |Here Comes the Rain Baby |MGM |#119 | |#23 | | | | |- |January 1968 |'''Born to Be Loved by You |Shy Away |MGM | | |#25 | | | | |- |May 1968 |'''Walk On |Flowers |MGM |#121 | |#53 |#93 | |#39 | |- |August 1968 |'''Heartache |Sugar Man |MGM |#104 | |#57 |#89 | |#44 | |- |March 1969 |'''My Friend |<small>Southbound Jericho Parkway <i>(see below) |MGM | | |#99 | | |#35 | |- |March 1969 |<small><i>{see above} |'''Southbound Jericho Parkway |MGM | | |#99 | | | | |- |August 1969 |'''Penny Arcade |Tennessee Owns My Soul |MGM |#133 | |#1 | | |#27 | |- |December 1969 |'''Break My Mind |How Do You Start Over |MGM/ London | | |#26 | | | |UK/Australian release only. Australian release charted in Jan 1970. |- |} ====The 1970s==== In the 1970s, Orbison only appeared in the US and Australian pop charts. {| class="wikitable" ! width="50" rowspan="2"| US Release Date ! width="120" rowspan="2"| A-Side ! width="120 rowspan="2"| B-Side ! width="50" rowspan="2"| Label ! colspan="2"| Chart Positions |- ! width="60"| <small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US Hot 100]]</small> ! width="60"| <small>Australia</small> ! width="180"| Notes |- |January 1970 |She Cheats on Me |How Do You Start Over Again |MGM | | | |- |April 1970 |'''So Young |If I Had a Woman Like You |MGM |#122 |#82 | |- |August 1971 |(Love Me Like You Did) Last Night |Close Again |MGM | | | |- |January 1972 |God Love You |Changes |MGM | | | |- |July 1972 |Remember The Good |Harlem Woman |MGM | | |Also issued with "If Only for a While" as B-side. |- |September 1972 |'''Memphis, Tennessee |I Can Read Between the Lines |MGM | |#84 | |- |May 1973 |Blue Rain (Coming Down) |Sooner or Later |MGM | | | |- |August 1973 |I Wanna Live |You Lay So Easy on My Mind |MGM | | | |- |1974 |Sweet Mama Blue |Heartache |Mercury | | | |- |1975 |Hung Up on You |Spanish Nights |Mercury | | | |- |1975 |It's Lonely |'''Still |Mercury | |#56 | |- |1976 |Belinda |No Chain at All |Monument | | | |- |1976 |I'm a Southern Man |Born to Love Me |Monument | | | |- |1977 |Drifting Away |Under Suspicion |Monument | | | |- |1979 |'''Easy Way Out |Tears |Asylum |#109 | | |- |1979 |Poor Baby |Lay It Down |Asylum | | | |- |} ====The 1980s==== {| class="wikitable" ! width="50" rowspan="2"| US Release Date ! width="120" rowspan="2"| A-Side ! width="120 rowspan="2"| B-Side ! width="50" rowspan="2"| Label ! colspan="7"| Chart Positions |- ! width="60"| <small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US Hot 100]]</small> ! width="60"| <small>US A/C</small> ! width="60"| <small>US Country</small> ! width="60"| <small>Australia</small> ! width="60"| <small>Canada</small> ! width="60"| <small>Norway</small> ! width="60"| <small>[[UK]]</small> ! width="120"| Notes |- |1980 |'''That Lovin' You Feelin' Again (with [[Emmylou Harris]]) |(non-Orbison B-side) |Warner |#55 |#10 |#6 |#97 | | | | |- |1985 |Wild Hearts |(various b sides) |ZTT/ Island | | | | | | | | |- |1985 |[[Carl Perkins]]: Birth of Rock and Roll |Roy Orbison: Rock and Roll (Fais do do) |America/ Smash | | | | | | | |A-side performed by [[Carl Perkins]]; Orbison appears only on B-side. |- |1987 |'''In Dreams |Leah |Virgin | | |#75 | | | | |Both tracks are re-recorded versions of earlier hits. |- |1987 |'''Crying (with [[k.d. lang]]) |Falling |Virgin | |#28 |#42 | |#2 | | |Both tracks are re-recorded versions of earlier hits. Also see 1992 reissue. |- |1988 |'''[[Handle with Care (song)|Handle with Care]] |Margarita |Wilbury/WB |#45 | | |#3 | | |#21 |As a member of [[Traveling Wilburys]]. |- |1989 |'''[[You Got It]] |The Only One |Virgin |#9 |#1 |#7 |#3 |#1 |#3 |#3 |Initial B-side was "Crying" (with k.d. lang) |- |1989 |'''[[End of the Line (The Traveling Wilburys song)|End of the Line]] |Congratulations |Wilbury/ WB |#63 | | |#12 | | | |As a member of [[Traveling Wilburys]]. |- |1989 |'''California Blue |In Dreams |Virgin | |#44 |#51 |#61 | | | | |- |1989 |'''She's a Mystery to Me |Dream Baby (live) |Virgin | |#23 | |#17 | | |#27 | |- |} ====The 1990s==== {| class="wikitable" ! width="50" rowspan="2"| US Release Date ! width="120" rowspan="2"| A-Side ! width="120 rowspan="2"| B-Side ! width="50" rowspan="2"| Label ! colspan="7"| Chart Positions |- ! width="60"| <small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US Hot 100]]</small> ! width="60"| <small>US A/C</small> ! width="60"| <small>US Country</small> ! width="60"| <small>Australia</small> ! width="60"| <small>Canada</small> ! width="60"| <small>Norway</small> ! width="60"| <small>[[UK]]</small> ! width="120"| Notes |- |1990 |'''Oh Pretty Woman (live) |Claudette |Virgin | |#48 |#89 | | | | | |- |1992 |'''[[I Drove All Night]] | |MCA |#74 | | | |#22 | |#7 | |- |1992 |'''Crying (with [[k.d. lang]])<br><small><i>Reissue | |Virgin | |#40 | |#71 | | |#13 |Reissue of 1987 hit. |- |1992 |'''Heartbreak Radio |(various) |MCA | | | | | | |#36 | |- |} ===Collaborations and guest appearances=== * 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 * Shook Up - Joe Melson * Dance - Joe Melson * I'm in a Blue Mood - Conway Twitty * 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 [[Category:Discographies|Orbison, Roy]] [[Category:Roy Orbison songs]] [[cs:Diskografie Roye Orbisona]]