Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson

Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson is a tribute album recorded by Roy Orbison for MGM Records, and his tenth studio album overall. Released in January 1967, it is a collection of songs written by Country Music Hall of Fame singer/songwriter Don Gibson who, like Orbison, often wrote about the loneliness and sorrow that love can bring. Its one single, "Too Soon to Know", became a smash hit in the UK, reaching #3 there in September 1966, and also reached #4 in Ireland and #27 in Australia. In Canada, the song reached just #71.[1]

Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson
Studio album by Roy Orbison
Released	January 1967
Recorded	June 1, 1966 - October 18, 1966
Genre	Country
Label	MGM
Producer	Wesley Rose, Jim Vienneau
Roy Orbison chronology
The Classic Roy Orbison (1966) Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson (1967) The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967)

This album was entitled Sweet Dreams in Africa.

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History

A few of the songs were recorded before his first wife Claudette's death in a motor-bike accident in June 1966. The album was put on hold as Orbison was filming The Fastest Guitar Alive. "Too Soon To Know" was banned by the BBC as they felt it was too personal about Claudette's death. The album also included a new, re-recorded version of "(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time", which previously appeared on his 1960 album "Lonely and Blue".

Track listing

All songs written by Don Gibson.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time"	2:18
2.	"(Yes) I'm Hurting"	2:15
3.	"The Same Street"	2:18
4.	"Far, Far Away"	2:10
5.	"Big Hearted Me"	1:52
6.	"Sweet Dreams"	3:06

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Oh, Such a Stranger"	3:20
2.	"Blue Blue Day"	2:10
3.	"What About Me?"	2:08
4.	"Give Myself a Party"	2:30
5.	"Too Soon to Know"	2:48
6.	"Lonesome Number One"	2:24

Arranged by Bill McElhiney

References

1. "RPM Top 100 Singles - September 12, 1966" (PDF).