Roy Orbison at the Rock House

Roy Orbison at the Rock House
Studio album by
Roy Orbison
ReleasedDecember 1961
Recorded1956–1958
StudioSun Records
GenreRockabilly
Length20:34
LabelSun
ProducerSam Phillips
Roy Orbison chronology
Lonely and Blue
(1961) 		Roy Orbison at the Rock House
(1961) 		Crying
(1962)

Roy Orbison at the Rock House is the first album by Roy Orbison on the Sun Records label, released in 1961 at a time when Orbison had already moved to the Monument label.[1] Sun Records owner Sam Phillips had a collection of songs Orbison had recorded at Sun during 1956–1958. Phillips capitalized on the national recognition Orbison had achieved at Monument through three major hit singles in 1960 and 1961 that had gone to the top of the Billboard charts.

Most of the songs on Roy Orbison at the Rock House were written by Orbison but the songwriting credits were assigned to Sam Phillips, and are in Sun's traditional rockabilly style. Notable exceptions are compositions by other Sun artists Harold Jenkins (better known as Conway Twitty) and Johnny Cash. "Rock House" is credited to Orbison and Jenkins.[2] the album was released as The Exciting Sounds Of Roy Orbison for its release in the UK in 1964,[3] and it spent its two weeks on the album chart there at number 17[3] before being retitled as Roy Orbison - The Original Sound in The USA in 1969.

For this release, all tracks except "Devil Doll" have been overdubbed with background vocals or additional instruments.

  1. ^ Orbison, Roy Jr. (2017). The Authorized Roy Orbison. Orbison, Wesley,, Orbison, Alex,, Slate, Jeff (First ed.). New York: Center Street. p. 247. ISBN 9781478976547. OCLC 1017566749.
  2. ^ Orbison, Roy Jr. (2017). The Authorized Roy Orbison. Orbison, Wesley,, Orbison, Alex,, Slate, Jeff (Second ed.). New York: Center Street. ISBN 9781478976547. OCLC 1017566749.
  3. ^ a b "Exciting Sounds of Roy Orbison". Official Charts. 1964-07-25. Retrieved 2024-08-26.