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Orbisongs

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Orbisongs
Compilation album by
Roy Orbison
ReleasedNovember 1965
RecordedSeptember 15, 1960 – June 1, 1965
GenreRockabilly
Length30:34
LabelMonument
ProducerFred Foster
Roy Orbison chronology
There Is Only One Roy Orbison
(1965) 		Orbisongs
(1965) 		The Orbison Way
(1966)
Singles from Orbisongs
  1. "Oh, Pretty Woman"
    Released: August 29, 1964[1]
  2. "Goodnight"
    Released: January 25, 1965[2]
  3. "(Say) You're My Girl"
    Released: June 1965[3]

Orbisongs is a compilation LP released by Monument Records in 1965 after Roy Orbison had left the label and joined MGM. It features tracks such as the stereo version of "Oh, Pretty Woman", a different version of "Dance", and the unreleased "I Get So Sentimental."[4]

Cash Box described the single "(Say) You're My Girl" as an "easy-going, pledge of romantic devotion with an infectious repeating rhythmic riff."[5]

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated November 6, 1965, and remained on the chart for 11 weeks, peaking at number 136.[6] It entered the UK album chart two years later on July 22, 1967, and spent its only week on the album chart there at number 40."[7] It reached No. 74 on the Cashbox albums chart where it spent for 6 weeks.[8]

The album was released on compact disc by Monument Records in 1993 as tracks 13 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Orbison third studio album from June 1963, In Dreams.[9] Bear Family included also the album in the 2001 Orbison 1955-1965 box set.[10]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[11]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[12]
New Record Mirror[13]

Billboard gave the album a postive review", saying His rendition of "Let The Good Times Roll" is expectional"[14]

Cashbox praised Orbison for "Bridging the gap from the big rock sound to the ballad"[15]

New Record Mirror gave the album a mixed review, saying it features "a somewhat motley slection"[13]

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Oh, Pretty Woman"Roy Orbison, Bill Dees2:55
2."Dance"Orbison, Joe Melson2:25
3."(Say) You're My Girl"Orbison, Dees2:44
4."Goodnight"Orbison, Dees2:27
5."Nitelife"Orbison, Melson2:10
6."Let the Good Times Roll"Leonard Lee2:30
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."(I Get So) Sentimental"Orbison, Melson2:40
2."Yo Te Amo Maria"Orbison, Dees3:15
3."Wedding Day"Orbison, Melson2:06
4."Sleepy Hollow"Dees3:04
5."22 Days"Gene Pitney3:04
6."(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time"Don Gibson3:03

Charts

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Album

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Chart (1965) Peak

position

U.S. Top LPs (Billboard)[6] 136
U.S. Cashbox[8] 74
U.K. Albums Chart[7] 40

Singles

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Year Title U.S. Hot 100[16] U.S. Cashbox

[17]

CAN

[18]

U.K. Albums Chart

[7]

1964 "Oh, Pretty Woman" 1 1 1 1
1965 "Goodnight" 21 20 5 14
"(Say) You're My Girl" 39 49 17 23
"Let the Good Times Roll" 81 96 - -

References

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  1. ^ "Roy Orbison And The Candy Men - Oh, Pretty Woman Released Dates". 45cat.com. 1964-08-29. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  2. ^ "Roy Orbison - Goodnight Released Dates". 45cat.com. 1965-01-25. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  3. ^ "Roy Orbison - (Say) You're My Girl Released Dates". 45cat.com. 1965-06-01. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  4. ^ Orbison, Roy Jr. (2017). The Authorized Roy Orbison. Orbison, Wesley; Orbison, Alex; Slate, Jeff (2nd ed.). New York: Center Street. ISBN 9781478976547. OCLC 1017566749.
  5. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. July 3, 1965. p. 14. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  6. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's top pop albums : 1955-1996 : compiled from Billboard magazine's pop album charts, 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 580. ISBN 0898201179.
  7. ^ a b c "Roy Orbison". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  8. ^ a b Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 278. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
  9. ^ "In Dreams/Orbisongs". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Orbison 1955-1965". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  11. ^ "Roy Orbison - Orbisongs: Ratings & Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  12. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1062. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  13. ^ a b Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (May 6, 1967). "new albums reviewed by Norman Joplin and Peter Jones new albums reviewed by Norman Joplin, Some sophisticated new Motown albums" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 321. p. 8. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Pop Spotlight: Orbisongs". Billboard. Vol. 77, no. 43. October 23, 1965. p. 60.
  15. ^ "Cashbox Pop Picks Album Reviews: Orbisongs". Cash Box. Vol. 27, no. 14. November 6, 1965. p. 30.
  16. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn's top pop singles 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wisc.: Record Research. p. 502. ISBN 0898201551.
  17. ^ Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. p. 254. ISBN 1-56308-316-7.
  18. ^ "Canadian Singles". RPM magazine. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-06-13.


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