A Black & White Night Live

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A Black & White Night Live
Live album by Roy Orbison
Released	1989
Recorded	September 30, 1987
Genre	Rock
Length	57:32
Label	Virgin
Producer	T-Bone Burnett
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Roy Orbison chronology
The Sun Years (1989) A Black & White Night Live (1989) King of Hearts (1992)

A Black & White Night Live is a Roy Orbison music album made posthumously by Virgin Records from the HBO television broadcast, "Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night". The album was released in 1989 and included the songs "Blue Bayou" and "Claudette" that because of time constraints had been deleted from the televised broadcast.

The album contains four songs named by Rolling Stone in 2004 on its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time."

On piano is Glen D. Hardin, who had played piano for Buddy Holly as well as for years for Elvis Presley. Lead guitarist, James Burton is also from Presley's group. Male background vocals with some on guitar, are: Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Steven Soles. Singing the female background vocals are k.d. lang, Jennifer Warnes, and Bonnie Raitt.

[edit] Track listing

• "Only The Lonely" - (Roy Orbison, Joe Melson)
• "In Dreams" - (Orbison)
• "Dream Baby" - (Cindy Walker)
• "Leah" - (Orbison)
• "Go Go Go (Down the Line)" - (Orbison, Billy Pat Ellis)
• "Crying" - (Orbison, Melson)
• "Mean Woman Blues" - (Claude Demetrius)
• "Running Scared" - (Orbison, Melson)
• "Blue Bayou" (not included in broadcast, included on DVD) - (Orbison, Joe Melson)
• "Candy Man" - (Beverly Ross, Fred Neil)
• "Uptown" - (Orbison, Melson)
• "Ooby Dooby" - (Wade Moore, Dick Penner)
• "The Comedians" - (Elvis Costello)
• "Dream You" - (T-Bone Burnett, Dan Malloy)
• "Claudette"- (not included in broadcast, included on DVD) - (Orbison)
• "It's Over" - (Orbison, Bill Dees)
• "Oh, Pretty Woman" - (Roy Orbison, Bill Dees)

v • d • e Roy Orbison Studio Albums Roy Orbison at the Rock House (1961)• Lonely and Blue (1961)• Crying (1962)• In Dreams (1963)• There Is Only One Roy Orbison (1965)• Orbisongs (1965)• The Orbison Way (1966)• The Classic Roy Orbison (1966)• Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson (1967)• The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967)• Cry Softly Lonely One (1967)• Roy Orbison's Many Moods (1969)• Hank Williams the Roy Orbison Way (1970)• Big O (1970)• Roy Orbison Sings (1972)• Memphis (1972)• Milestones (1973)• I'm Still In Love With You (1974)• Regeneration (1977)• Laminar Flow (1979)• In Dreams: The Greatest Hits (1987 -- studio re-recordings of earlier hits) • Mystery Girl (1989)• King Of Hearts (1992) Compilations Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits (1962)• More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits (1964)• The Great Songs of Roy Orbison (1970) Collaborations Class of '55 (1986)• Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 (1988) Soundtrack appearances Roadie (1980) • Less Than Zero (1987) Live A Black & White Night Live (1987)