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He often heard music while asleep, with a radio disc jockey announcing that it was Elvis Presley's new song. [9] Orbison was half-awake when he imagined "In Dreams", and thought, "Boy that's good. I need to finish that. Too bad things don't happen in my dreams." When he woke up the next morning, he wrote the song in twenty minutes. [10]
In Dreams is the fourth studio album by American singer Roy Orbison, released in July 1963 by Monument Records. [ 2 ] recorded at the RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee. [ 2 ] It is named after the hit 45rpm single " In Dreams ".
Crying is the third album by Roy Orbison, released in 1962. [2] It was his second album on the Monument Record label. [3] The album name comes from the 1961 hit song of the same name. In 2002 the song was honored with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award, [4] and In 2004, it ranked #69 on Rolling Stone Magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". [5]
"Crying" is a song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson for Orbison's third studio album of the same name (1962). Released in 1961, it was a number 2 hit in the US for Orbison and was covered in 1978 by Don McLean , whose version went to number 1 in the UK in 1980.
Between the hit songs were also "Love Star" and "Evergreen" [1] which were released here for the first time. "Dream Baby" had recently been a No. 4 hit in the United States and No. 2 in England. [2] According to the authorised Roy Orbison biography, [3] this was Orbison's third album on the Monument label, and his first greatest hits compilation.
Schroeder then gave the recording to producer Fred Foster who then cut the song with country artist Roy Orbison. [4] "Candy Man" was recorded at Nashville's RCA Victor Studio B on June 27, 1961, the day after the recording of "Crying". [1] The song prominently features a harmonica, performed by the then-relatively unknown Charlie McCoy. The ...
In Dreams is a jukebox musical with a book by David West Read and featuring the songs of Roy Orbison. The musical uses the songs of Orbison to tell a modern-day story about Kenna, the former lead singer of a country rock band, who reconnects with her old friends at a family-run Mexican restaurant.
Lonely and Blue is the debut studio album by Roy Orbison, [1] released on Monument Records in January 1961. [2]The track entitled "Come Back to Me (My Love)" features an almost identical intro to "Only the Lonely" because this is where the vocal figure of "Only the Lonely" came from. [3]