Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits

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Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Roy Orbison
Released	August 1, 1962
Recorded	September 18, 1959 - January 10, 1962
Studio	RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Rock and roll, rockabilly
Length	28:38
Label	Monument (M 4009)
Producer	Fred Foster
Roy Orbison chronology
Crying (1962) Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits (1962) In Dreams (1963)

Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits is a Roy Orbison record album from Monument Records recorded at the RCA Studio B in Nashville^[1] and released in 1962. Between the hit songs were also "Love Star" and "Evergreen"^[1] 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.^[2]

According to the authorised Roy Orbison biography,^[3] 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.^[2] It was re-released in 1967 after his departure from Monument Records.

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References[edit]

• Orbison, Roy Jr. (2017). The Authorized Roy Orbison. Orbison, Wesley; Orbison, Alex; Slate, Jeff (2nd ed.). New York: Center Street. ISBN 9781478976547. OCLC 1017566749.