16 Biggest Hits, Roy Orbison, Music CD

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16 Biggest Hits


1	Only the Lonely 2:26
2	Blue Angel 2:51
3	I'm Hurtin' 2:42
4	Running Scared 2:12
5	Crying 2:46
6	Candy Man 2:45
7	Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) 2:33
8	The Crowd 2:24
9	Leah 2:40
10	Workin' for the Man 2:27
11	In Dreams 2:49
12	Falling 2:23
13	Mean Woman Blues 2:25
14	Blue Bayou 2:31
15	It's Over 2:48
16	Oh, Pretty Woman 2:57

Biography

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Roy Orbison scored 20 consecutive Top 40 hits between 1960 and 1965, all but the last of them on the Monument Records label. This compilation presents 16 of the first 17 of those hits (missing is the 1963 Christmas song "Pretty Paper"), from the 1960 gold-seller "Only the Lonely" to the 1964 chart-topper "Oh, Pretty Woman," with Orbison's seven other Top Ten hits of the era in between. Technically, a few of Orbison's singles of 1965 and 1966 did a little better in the charts than a few of the ones here, and, of course, he scored a final, posthumous Top Ten hit with "You Got It" on Virgin Records in 1989. But this collection presents the music from the hottest part of his career in chronological order, with standards like "Crying" sharing space with lesser, but still worthy songs like "I'm Hurtin'." Aficionados know Orbison's Sun works, and his later recordings earned him a new audience, but the Monument hit singles of the early '60s are what he is best remembered for, and they're all here. William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

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16 Biggest Hits


1	Only the Lonely 2:26
2	Blue Angel 2:51
3	I'm Hurtin' 2:42
4	Running Scared 2:12
5	Crying 2:46
6	Candy Man 2:45
7	Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) 2:33
8	The Crowd 2:24
9	Leah 2:40
10	Workin' for the Man 2:27
11	In Dreams 2:49
12	Falling 2:23
13	Mean Woman Blues 2:25
14	Blue Bayou 2:31
15	It's Over 2:48
16	Oh, Pretty Woman 2:57

All Music Guide

Roy Orbison scored 20 consecutive Top 40 hits between 1960 and 1965, all but the last of them on the Monument Records label. This compilation presents 16 of the first 17 of those hits (missing is the 1963 Christmas song "Pretty Paper"), from the 1960 gold-seller "Only the Lonely" to the 1964 chart-topper "Oh, Pretty Woman," with Orbison's seven other Top Ten hits of the era in between. Technically, a few of Orbison's singles of 1965 and 1966 did a little better in the charts than a few of the ones here, and, of course, he scored a final, posthumous Top Ten hit with "You Got It" on Virgin Records in 1989. But this collection presents the music from the hottest part of his career in chronological order, with standards like "Crying" sharing space with lesser, but still worthy songs like "I'm Hurtin'." Aficionados know Orbison's Sun works, and his later recordings earned him a new audience, but the Monument hit singles of the early '60s are what he is best remembered for, and they're all here. William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Format: CD
Original Release: 1999
Release Date: 03/24/2009
Label: SONY LEGACY
Catalog No.: 741335
UPC: 886974133520
Sales Rank: 21,476

Album Credits
Performance Credits
Roy Orbison		Primary Artist, Primary Artist

Technical Credits
Carlos Grier		Digital Editing
Denny Purcell		Mastering
Margie Hunt		Executive Producer
Eric Conn		Digital Editing
Robert Goodman		Art Direction