Crying (album)

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1962 studio album by Roy Orbison

Crying

Studio album by

Roy Orbison

Released| January 1962
Recorded| February 27, 1961 - November 15, 1961
Studio| RCA Victor Studio B, Nashville
Genre|

* Rock and roll[1]
* pop[1]

Length| 29:23
Label| Monument (M 4007)
Producer| Fred Foster
Roy Orbison chronology
| Roy Orbison at the Rock House
(1961)  | Crying
(1962)  | Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits
(1962)

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Crying is the 3rd album by Roy Orbison, released in 1962. It was his 2nd album on the Monument Record label. The album name comes from the 1961 hit song of the same name. In 2002 the song was honored with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award, and In 2004, it ranked #69 on Rolling Stone Magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". The album itself was ranked #136 on Pitchfork's 200 Best Albums of the 1960s.[2]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [3]

## Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson, except where indicated

Side oneNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Crying"|  | 2:45
2.| "The Great Pretender"| Buck Ram| 3:02
3.| "Love Hurts"| Boudleaux Bryant| 2:28
4.| "She Wears My Ring"| Felice & Boudleaux Bryant| 2:30
5.| "Wedding Day"|  | 2:06
6.| "Summersong"|  | 2:45

Side twoNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "Dance"| 2:52
2.| "Lana"| 2:17
3.| "Loneliness"| 2:27
4.| "Let's Make a Memory"| 2:18
5.| "Nite Life"| 2:32
6.| "Running Scared"| 2:14

## Personnel[edit]

* Roy Orbison - vocals, guitar[citation needed]
* Boudleaux Bryant, Fred Carter Jr., Grady Martin, Hank Garland, Harold Bradley, Joe Tanner, Ray Edenton, Scotty Moore \- guitar
* Bob Moore \- bass
* Bill Pursell, Floyd Cramer \- piano
* Buddy Harman, John Greubel - drums
* Charlie McCoy \- harmonica
* Boots Randolph, Harry Johnson - saxophone
* Cam Mullins, Karl Garvin - trumpet
* Byron Bach - cello
* Brenton Banks, Cecil Brower, Dorothy Walker, George Binkley, Lillian Hunt, Solie Fott, Suzanne Parker, Vernal Richardson, Wilda Tinsley - violin
* Howard Carpenter - viola

Technical

* Bill Porter - recording engineer

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Segretto, Mike (2022). "Rock and Roll: The First Eight Years". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. p. 23\. ISBN 9781493064601.
2. ^ "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
3. ^ "Crying - Roy Orbison". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 June 2019.

## External links[edit]

* Crying at AllMusic

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Discography

Studio albums|

* Lonely and Blue (1961)
* Roy Orbison at the Rock House (1961)
* Crying (1962)
* In Dreams (1963)
* There Is Only One Roy Orbison (1965)
* Orbisongs (1965)
* The Orbison Way (1966)
* The Classic Roy Orbison (1966)
* Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson (1967)
* The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967)
* Cry Softly Lonely One (1967)
* Roy Orbison's Many Moods (1969)
* Big O (1970)
* Hank Williams the Roy Orbison Way (1970)
* Roy Orbison Sings (1972)
* Memphis (1972)
* Milestones (1973)
* I'm Still in Love With You (1975)
* Regeneration (1976)
* Laminar Flow (1979)
* In Dreams: The Greatest Hits (1987 – studio re-recordings of earlier hits)
* Mystery Girl (1989)
* King of Hearts (1992)
* One of the Lonely Ones (2015)

Compilations|

* Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits (1962)
* More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits (1964)
* Early Orbison (1964)
* The Great Songs of Roy Orbison (1970)
* The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison (1972)
* In Dreams: The Greatest Hits (1987)
* The Legendary Roy Orbison (1989)
* 16 Biggest Hits (1999)
* Greatest Hits Live (2006)
* The Essential Roy Orbison (2006)
* A Love So Beautiful (2017)

Collaborations|

* Class of '55 (1986)
* Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 (1988)

Soundtrack appearances|

* Roadie (1980)
* Blue Velvet (1986)
* Less than Zero (1987)

Live|

* A Black & White Night Live (1989)

Singles|

* "Tryin' to Get to You"
* "Ooby Dooby"
* "Go Go Go"
* "Only the Lonely"
* "Blue Angel"
* "Running Scared"
* "Crying" / "Candy Man"
* "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)"
* "Working for the Man"
* "In Dreams"
* "Blue Bayou"
* "Pretty Paper"
* "It's Over"
* "Oh, Pretty Woman"
* "Memphis, Tennessee"
* "You Got It"
* "She's a Mystery to Me"
* "I Drove All Night"

Related articles|

* Traveling Wilburys
* Roy Orbison/The Beatles Tour
* Fred Foster
* In Dreams (musical)

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* MusicBrainz release group

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