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| Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits | ||||
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| Released | August 1, 1962 | |||
| Recorded | September 18, 1959 – January 10, 1962 | |||
| Studio | RCA Victor Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll, rockabilly | |||
| Length | 28:38 | |||
| Label | Monument (M 4009) | |||
| Producer | Fred Foster | |||
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| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |   [1] |
Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits is a Roy Orbison record album from Monument Records recorded at the RCA Studio B in Nashville[2] and released in 1962. Between the hit songs were also "Love Star" and "Evergreen"[2] 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.[3]
According to the authorised Roy Orbison biography,[4] 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,[3] when it debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated September 1 that year, peaking at number 13.[5] it entered the UK album charts 5 years later, on September 30, 1967 and it spent its only week on the album chart there at number 40.[6] It reached No. 16 on the Cashbox albums chart for it spent 86 weeks.[7] It was re-released in 1967 after his departure from Monument Records.
The album received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America on March 24, 1966.[8]
- ^ Larkin (2007), p. 1062.
- ^ a b Orbison (2017).
- ^ a b Orbison (2017), p. 89.
- ^ Orbison (2017), p. 247.
- ^ Whitburn (1996), p. 580.
- ^ "Roy Orbison". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ Hoffmann (1988), p. 278.
- ^ "Gold & Platinum". riaa.com. Retrieved 20 May 2024. Type Roy Orbison in the Search box and press Enter.