CRYING
ROY
OSBORN
SONGWRITERS: JOE MELSON & ROY ORBISON
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: ROY ORBISON’S GREATEST HITS
LABEL: MONUMENT RECORDS
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1962
Roy Kelton Orbison(April 23, 1936 – December
6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician known for his
impassioned singing style, complex song structures, and dark, emotional
ballads. His music was described by critics as operatic, earning him the
nicknames "The Caruso of Rock"
and "The Big O." Many of Orbison's songs conveyed vulnerability at a
time when most male rock-and-roll performers chose to project machismo. He
performed while standing motionless and wearing black clothes to match his dyed
black hair and dark sunglasses.
Born in Texas, Orbison began singing in a rockabilly and country-and-western band as a teenager. He was signed by Sam Phillips of Sun Records in 1956,
but enjoyed his greatest success with Monument Records. From
1960 to 1966, 22 of Orbison's singles reached the Billboard Top 40. He wrote or
co-wrote almost all of his own Top 10 hits, including "Only the Lonely"
(1960), "Running
Scared" (1961), "Crying"
(1961), "In Dreams"
(1963), and "Oh, Pretty Woman"
(1964).
After the mid-1960s, Orbison suffered a
number of personal tragedies and his career faltered. He experienced a
resurgence in popularity in the 1980s following the success of several cover
versions of his songs. In 1988, he co-founded the Traveling Wilburys(a
rock supergroup)
with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Jeff Lynne. Orbison
died of a heart attack in December 1988 at age 52. One month later, his song "You Got It"
(1989) was released as a solo single, becoming his first hit to reach the US
and UK Top 10 in nearly 25 years.
Orbison's honors include inductions into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame and Nashville Songwriters
Hall of Fame in 1987, the Songwriters
Hall of Fame in 1989, and the Musicians
Hall of Fame and Museum in 2014. He
received a Grammy
Lifetime Achievement Award and five other
Grammy Awards. Rolling Stone placed him at number 37 on its list of the "Greatest Artists of
All Time" and number 13 on its list of the "100 Greatest Singers of
All Time". In 2002, Billboard magazine listed him at number 74 on its list
of the Top 600 recording artists.
Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits is a Roy Orbison record album from Monument Records recorded at the RCA Studio B in Nashville and released in 1962.
Between the hit songs were also "Love Star" and "Evergreen"
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.
According to the authorised Roy Orbison
biography, 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. It was re-released in 1967 after his departure from Monument Records.
I was alright for a while
I could smile for a while
But I saw you last night, you held my hand so
tight
As you stopped to say, "Hello"
Oh, you wished me well, you couldn't tell
That I'd been crying over you
Crying over you
Then you said, "So long"
Left me standing all alone
Alone and crying
Crying
Crying
Crying
It's hard to understand
But the touch of your hand
Can start me crying
I thought that I was over you
But it's true, so true
I love you even more than I did before
But darling, what can I do?
For you don't love me
And I'll always be
Crying over you
Crying over you
Yes, now you're gone
And from this moment on
I'll be crying
Crying
Crying
Crying
Yeah, crying
Crying
Over you.
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