Roy Orbison discography
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===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
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