The Indispensable 1959-1962

~ Release by Roy Orbison (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1▼CD: Disc 1: 1956-1959
#TitleRatingLength
1Oobie Doobie
recording of:
Ooby Dooby
lyricist and composer:
Wade Moore and Dick Penner
publisher:
Hi Lo Music, Peer International Corporation (BMI) and Southern Music Publishing Company Limited
2:12
2Go! Go! Go! (Movin'on Down the Line)
recording of:
Go Go Go (Down the Line)
lyricist and composer:
Roy Orbison
publisher:
Barbara Orbison Music Company, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK), Kobalt Music Services America Inc., Roy Orbison Music Company and Roys Boy’s, LLC
2:08
3Tryin'to Get to You
recording of:
Trying to Get to You
writer:
Rose Marie McCoy and Charles Singleton (composer/lyricist)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Cherry Lane Music Publishing, Chrysalis Music (music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919), Gladys Music, Motion Music Co., Motion Music Company (US publisher), Red Storming Heaven Music, Rockland Music, Slow Dancing Music LLC, Songs of Windswept Pacific and You Look Good Music Publishing
2:41
4You're My Baby
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
vocals:
Roy Orbison (on 1956-09-17)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
recording of:
You’re My Baby (on 1956-09-17)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
52:06
5Rockhouse
recording of:
Rock House
lyricist and composer:
Harold Lloyd Jenkins
2:07
6Domino
recording of:
Domino
lyricist and composer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
publisher:
Knox Music, Inc.
2:04
7Sweet and Easy to Love
recording of:
Sweet and Easy to Love
lyricist and composer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
2:16
8Devil Doll
recording of:
Devil Doll
lyricist and composer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
2:12
9The Cause of It All
recording of:
The Cause of It All
writer:
Roy Orbison
2:11
10Chicken Hearted
recording of:
Chicken Hearted
writer:
Bill Justis
publisher:
Knox Music, Inc.
2:25
11I Like Love
recording of:
I Like Love
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
publisher:
Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
2:16
12Fool's Hall of Fame
recording of:
Fool's Hall of Fame
writer:
Danny Wolfe
2:28
13A True Love Goodbye
recording of:
A True Love Goodbye
writer:
Roy Orbison and Norman Petty
2:19
14A Mean Little Mama
recording of:
Mean Little Mama
lyricist and composer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
1:57
15Problem Child
recording of:
Problem Child
lyricist and composer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
2:20
16You're Gonna Cry
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
vocals:
Roy Orbison
recording of:
You’re Gonna Cry
lyricist and composer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
52:07
17This Kind of Love
recording of:
This Kind of Love
lyricist and composer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
2:08
18It's Too Late
recording of:
It’s Too Late
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Willis (American blues, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Chuck Willis Music Corp., Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Tideland Music Publishing Corp. and Unichappell Music, Inc.
1:59
19I Never Knew
recording of:
I Never Knew
lyricist and composer:
Sam C. Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
2:21
20Lovestruck
recording of:
Love Struck
writer:
Roy Orbison and Johnny Wilson (aka Johnny A. Wilson & Peanuts Wilson)
publisher:
Roys Boy’s, LLC and Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC)
1:24
21One More Time
recording of:
One More Time
lyricist, writer and composer:
Roy Orbison
1:16
22I Was a Fool
recording of:
I Was a Fool
writer:
Roy Orbison and Norman Petty
2:16
23With the Bug
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1959-06-03)
producer:
Fred Foster
vocals:
Roy Orbison
recording of:
With the Bug (on 1959-06-03)
lyricist and composer:
Roy Orbison
52:27
24Paper Boy
recording of:
Paper Boy
lyricist, writer and composer:
Roy Orbison
2:11
2▼CD: Disc 2: 1959-1962
#TitleRatingLength
1Uptown
recording of:
Up Town (Uptown)
writer:
Joe Melson and Roy Orbison
2:05
2Pretty One
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1959-09-18)
producer:
Fred Foster
vocals:
Roy Orbison
recording of:
Pretty One (on 1959-09-18)
lyricist and composer:
Roy Orbison
publisher:
Roys Boy’s, LLC
52:17
3Only the Lonely
recording of:
Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)
writer:
Joe Melson and Roy Orbison
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1960-05-04)
was commissioned by:
Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
2:26
4Here Comes That Song Again
recording of:
Here Comes That Song Again
lyricist and composer:
Dick Flood
publisher:
Combine Music Corp.
2:44
5Blue Angel
recording of:
Blue Angel
writer:
Joe Melson and Roy Orbison
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI)
2:43
6Today's Teardrops
recording of:
Today’s Teardrops
lyricist and composer:
Gene Pitney and Aaron Schroeder (1950s~1960s US songwriter)
2:12
7I'm Hurtin'
recording of:
I’m Hurtin’
lyricist and composer:
Joe Melson and Roy Orbison
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1960-11-07)
2:46
8I Can't Stop Loving You
recording of:
I Can’t Stop Lovin’ You
lyricist and composer:
Don Gibson (US songwriter and country musician)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose-Opryland Music Limited (UK), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1958-02-07)
2:43
9Running Scared
recording of:
Running Scared
lyricist:
Joe Melson (in 1961) and Roy Orbison (in 1961)
composer:
Joe Melson and Roy Orbison
publisher:
Barbara Orbison Music Company, Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1961-04-10)
2:10
10Love Hurts
recording of:
Love Hurts
lyricist and composer:
Boudleaux Bryant
publisher:
House of Bryant Publications (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1960-08-30)
sub-publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
2:27
11Summer Song
recording of:
Summer Song
writer:
Joe Melson and Roy Orbison
2:45
12Lana
recording of:
Lana
writer:
Joe Melson and Roy Orbison
2:17
13Crying
recording of:
Crying
lyricist:
Joe Melson (in 1961) and Roy Orbison (in 1961)
composer:
Joe Melson and Roy Orbison
publisher:
Acuff Rose Music Ltd. (UK), Acuff Rose Music, Inc. (not for publishing), Barbara Orbison Music Company, Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), Orbi-Lee Music, R-Key Darkus Music, Rondor Music, Rondor Music (Australia) P/L, Universal/MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1961-08-16)
part of:
50/50
2:45
14Candy Man
recording of:
Candy Man
writer:
Fred Neil and Beverly Ross (musician (piano) and songwriter)
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
42:43
15Let the Good Times Roll
cover recording of:
Let the Good Times Roll
writer:
Shirley Goodman and Leonard Lee (rhythm & blues and doo wop singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Atlantic Music Corp. (BMI), Pixley Music (publisher), Travis Music Co. and Unart Music Corp.
2:30
16Blue Bayou
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-11-15)
producer:
Fred Foster
double bass [bass]:
Bob Moore (U.S. bassist and bandleader) (on 1961-11-15)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
John Greubel (US drummer) (on 1961-11-15)
guitar:
Fred Carter, Jr. (on 1961-11-15), Wayne Moss (on 1961-11-15) and Joe Tanner (producer, arranger and songwriter of Roy Orbison and others) (on 1961-11-15)
harmonica:
Charlie McCoy (white blues harmonica player, 1960s-present) (on 1961-11-15)
vocals:
Roy Orbison (on 1961-11-15)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Monument Records (company credits for Monument; do NOT use as release label) (in 1974)
recording of:
Blue Bayou (English) (on 1961-11-15)
lyricist:
Joe Melson (in 1963) and Roy Orbison (in 1963)
composer:
Joe Melson and Roy Orbison
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (in 1961)
42:29
17Dream Baby
recording of:
Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
lyricist and composer:
Cindy Walker (US songwriter, singer and dancer)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Ltd. (UK), Combine Music Corp. and Acuff-Rose (BMI) (in 1971)
2:32
18The Actress
recording of:
The Actress
writer:
Joe Melson and Roy Orbison
2:37
19The Crowd
recording of:
The Crowd
writer:
Joe Melson and Roy Orbison
2:22
20Mama
recording of:
Mama
writer:
Joe Melson, Roy Orbison and Ray Rush
3:00
21Working for the Man
recording of:
Working for the Man
lyricist and composer:
Roy Orbison (in 1962)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
2:26
22Leah
recording of:
Leah
lyricist and composer:
Roy Orbison (in 1962)
2:40