Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits

Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits is a Roy Orbison record album from Monument Records recorded at the RCA Studio B in Nashville[1] and released in 1962. 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]

Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Roy Orbison
Released	August 1, 1962
Recorded	September 18, 1959 - January 10, 1962
Studio	RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Rock and roll, rockabilly
Length	28:38
Label	Monument (M 4009)
Producer	Fred Foster
Roy Orbison chronology
Crying (1962) Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits (1962) In Dreams (1963)

According to the official Roy Orbison discography by Marcel Riesco,[3] this was Orbison's third album on the Monument label, and his first greatest hits compilation. It was a success remaining in the charts for 140 weeks.[2] It was re-released in 1967 after his departure from Monument Records.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Crowd"	Roy Orbison, Joe Melson	2:19
2.	"Love Star"	Cindy Walker	2:58
3.	"Crying"	Roy Orbison, Joe Melson	2:45
4.	"Evergreen"	Joe Tanner	2:43
5.	"Running Scared"	Roy Orbison, Joe Melson	2:10
6.	"Mama"	Roy Orbison, Joe Melson, Ray Rush	2:58

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Candy Man"	Beverly Ross, Fred Neil	2:48
2.	"Only the Lonely"	Roy Orbison, Joe Melson	2:24
3.	"Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)"	Cindy Walker	2:35
4.	"Blue Angel"	Roy Orbison, Joe Melson	2:50
5.	"Uptown"	Roy Orbison, Joe Melson	2:05
6.	"I'm Hurtin'"	Roy Orbison, Joe Melson	2:43

References

1. Orbison (2017).
2. Orbison (2017), p. 89.
3. Orbison (2017), p. 247.

• Orbison, Roy Jr. (2017). The Authorized Roy Orbison. Orbison, Wesley; Orbison, Alex; Slate, Jeff; Riesco, Marcel (2nd ed.). New York: Center Street. ISBN 9781478976547. OCLC 1017566749.