Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits

Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Roy Orbison
ReleasedAugust 1, 1962
RecordedSeptember 18, 1959 – January 10, 1962
StudioRCA Victor Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
GenreRock and roll, rockabilly
Length28:38
LabelMonument (M 4009)
ProducerFred Foster
Roy Orbison chronology
Crying
(1962) 		Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits
(1962) 		In Dreams
(1963)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits is a Roy Orbison record album from Monument Records recorded at the RCA Studio B in Nashville[3] and released in 1962. Between the hit songs were also "Love Star" and "Evergreen"[3] 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.[4]

According to the authorised Roy Orbison biography,[5] 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,[4] when it debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated September 1 that year, peaking at number 13.[6] 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.[7] It reached No. 16 on the Cashbox albums chart for it spent 86 weeks.[8] 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.[9]

  1. ^ "Roy Orbison - Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits: Ratings & Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  2. ^ Larkin (2007), p. 1062.
  3. ^ a b Orbison (2017).
  4. ^ a b Orbison (2017), p. 89.
  5. ^ Orbison (2017), p. 247.
  6. ^ Whitburn (1996), p. 580.
  7. ^ "Roy Orbison". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  8. ^ Hoffmann (1988), p. 278.
  9. ^ "Gold & Platinum". riaa.com. Retrieved 20 May 2024. Type Roy Orbison in the Search box and press Enter.