Lonely and Blue

This article is about the album by Roy Orbison. For the album by Etta Jones, see Lonely and Blue (Etta Jones album).
Sings Lonely and Blue
Studio album by
Roy Orbison
ReleasedJanuary 1961
RecordedSeptember 18, 1959 – September 17, 1960
StudioRCA Studio B, Nashville
GenreRock and roll
Length28:33
LabelMonument
ProducerFred Foster
Roy Orbison chronology
Sings Lonely and Blue
(1961) 		Roy Orbison at the Rock House
(1961)

Lonely and Blue is the debut studio album by Roy Orbison,[1] released on Monument Records in January 1961.[2]

The track entitled "Come Back to Me (My Love)" features an almost identical intro to "Only the Lonely" because this is where the vocal figure of "Only the Lonely" came from.[3]

it entered the UK album chart two years later, on June 30, 1963 and reached number 14 over the course of eight weeks.[4]

The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Monument Records in 1993 as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 13 through 24 consisting of being Orbison 2nd Studio Album from January 1962, Crying.[5]

  1. ^ Orbison, Roy Jr. (2017). The Authorized Roy Orbison. Wesley Orbison, Alex Orbison, Jeff Slate (First ed.). New York: Center Street. p. 247. ISBN 978-1-4789-7654-7. OCLC 1017566749.
  2. ^ Orbison, Roy Jr. (2017). The Authorized Roy Orbison. Orbison, Wesley,, Orbison, Alex,, Slate, Jeff (First ed.). New York: Center Street. p. 251. ISBN 9781478976547. OCLC 1017566749.
  3. ^ Orbison, Roy Jr. (2017-10-17). The Authorized Roy Orbison. Orbison, Wesley,, Orbison, Alex (First ed.). New York. ISBN 9781478976547. OCLC 1005700738.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ "Roy Orbison". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Sings Lonely and Blue/Crying". allmusic.com. Retrieved 23 September 2024.