Roy Orbison discography

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Contents

[edit] Studio albums

[edit] Live albums

[edit] Compilations

[edit] Singles

Charted hits shown in bold.

[edit] The 1950s

US Release Date A-Side B-Side Label Chart Positions
US Hot 100 US A/C US Country Australia Canada Norway UK Notes
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

[edit] The 1960s

US Release Date A-Side B-Side Label Chart Positions
US Hot 100 US A/C US Country Australia Canada Norway UK Notes
1960 Only the Lonely (Know The Way I Feel) Here Comes That Song Again Monument #2 #2 #4 #1
1960 Blue Angel Today's Teardrops Monument #9 #14 #11
1960 I'm Hurtin' I Can't Stop Loving You Monument #27 #27
1961 Running Scared Love Hurts Monument #1 #1 #9
1961 Crying Candy Man (see below) Monument #2 #1 #3 #25
1961 {see above} Candy Man Monument #25 #1 #3
1962 Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) The Actress Monument #4 #8 #5 #2
1962 The Crowd Mama Monument #26 #25 #40
1962 Working for the Man Leah (see below) Monument #33 #1 #19 #50
1962 {see above} Leah Monument #25 #1 #19
1963 In Dreams Shahadaroba Monument #7 #3 #1 #7 #6
1963 Falling Distant Drums Monument #22 #7 #29 #9
1963 Blue Bayou Mean Woman Blues (see below) Monument #29 #1 #14 #10 #3
1963 {see above} Mean Woman Blues Monument #5 #1 #14 #3
1963 Pretty Paper Beautiful Dreamer Monument #15 #10 #9 #6 UK release charted in 1964, with different B-side.
1964 Borne on the Wind What'd I Say Monument/ London #15 UK/Australia release only.
1964 It's Over Indian Wedding Monument #9 #1 #29 #10 #1
1964 Oh, Pretty Woman Yo Te Amo Maria Monument #1 #1 #1 #1 #1
1965 Goodnight Only with You Monument #21 #5 #14
1965 (Say) You're My Girl Sleepy Hollow Monument #39 #17 #23
August 1965 Ride Away Wondering MGM #25 #1 #34
October 1965 Crawling Back If You Can't Say Something Nice MGM #46 #2 #19
December 1965 Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart Wait MGM #31 #2 #22
1966 Distant Drums Let the Good Times Roll Monument #81
March 1966 Twinkle Toes Where Is Tomorrow MGM #39 #25 #29
1966 Lana Our Summersong Monument #15
June 1966 Too Soon to Know You'll Never Be Sixteen Again MGM #68 #3
1966 There Won't Be Many Coming Home Going Back to Gloria MGM/ London #18 UK release only.
November 1966 Communication Breakdown Twinkle Toes MGM #60
February 1967 So Good Memories MGM #132 #32
June 1967 Cry Softly Lonely One Pistolero MGM #52 #29 B-side featured in The Fastest Guitar Alive.
September 1967 She Here Comes the Rain Baby MGM #119
January 1968 Born to Be Loved by You Shy Away MGM
May 1968 Walk On Flowers MGM #121 #39
August 1968 Heartache Sugar Man MGM #104 #44
March 1969 My Friend Southbound Jericho Parkway MGM #35
1969 Break My Mind How Do You Start Over MGM/ London UK release only.
August 1969 Penny Arcade Tennessee Owns My Soul MGM #133 #1 #27


[edit] The 1970s

US Release Date A-Side B-Side Label Chart Positions
US Hot 100 US A/C US Country Australia Canada Norway UK 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
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
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
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


[edit] The 1980s

US Release Date A-Side B-Side Label Chart Positions
US Hot 100 US A/C US Country Australia Canada Norway UK Notes
1980 That Lovin' You Feelin' Again (with Emmylou Harris) (non-Orbison B-side) Warner #55 #10 #6
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 #13 Both tracks are re-recorded versions of earlier hits. UK chart peak is from 1992 re-release. The 1992 re-release also made #40 on the US Adult Contemporary chart.
1988 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 Congratulations Wilbury/ WB #63 #12 As a member of Traveling Wilburys.
1989 California Blue In Dreams Virgin #44 #51
1989 She's a Mystery to Me Dream Baby (live) Virgin #23 #17 #27


[edit] The 1990s

US Release Date A-Side B-Side Label Chart Positions
US Hot 100 US A/C US Country Australia Canada Norway UK Notes
1990 Oh Pretty Woman (live) Claudette Virgin #48 #89
1992 I Drove All Night MCA #74 #22 #7
1992 Heartbreak Radio (various) MCA #36


[edit] 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