Roy Orbison

PERSONNEL:

ROY ORBISON, lead vocals on all tracks, plus:

Grady Martin, Hank Garland (guitar)
Harold Bradley or Jerry Byrd or Bob Moore (bass),
Floyd Cramer or Marvin Hughes (piano)
Buddy Harman (drums), Boots Randolph (saxophone),
Joe Melson, The Anita Kerr Singers (background vocals)
Lillian Hunt, Wilda Tinsley, Jane K. Norris, Alline Fentress, Verna Richardson,
Solie Fott, George Binkley III, Brenton Banks (violin)
Howard Carpenter (viola).

Produced by Fred Foster.
Stereo recording by Bill Porter at RCA Victor Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, between September 18, 1959
and September 17, 1960 (except “Candy Man”, which was recorded in 1961).
“Claudette”: Roy Orbison (lead guitar), probably Johnny “Peanuts” Wilson (rhythm guitar), Jack Kennelly (bass),
James Morrow (electric mandolin), Billy Pat Ellis (drums).

Mono recording, Memphis, Tennessee, January 10, 1958.

SIDE 1
1. ONLY THE LONELY
2. BYE-BYE, LOVE
3. CRY
4. BLUE AVENUE
5. I CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU
6. COME BACK TO ME (MY LOVE)
7. UP TOWN*
8. CLAUDETTE*

SIDE 2
1. BLUE ANGEL
2. RAINDROPS
3. (I’D BE) A LEGEND IN MY TIME
4. I’M HURTIN’
5. TWENTY-TWO DAYS
6. I’LL SAY IT’S MY FAULT
7. CANDY MAN*
8. TODAY’S TEARDROPS*