The Classic Roy Orbison
1966 studio album by Roy Orbison
The Classic Roy Orbison | ||||
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Studio album by Roy Orbison | ||||
Released | July 1966 | |||
Recorded | October 1, 1965 – May 16, 1966 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 27:58 | |||
Label | MGM | |||
Producer | Wesley Rose, Jim Vienneau | |||
Roy Orbison chronology | ||||
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The Classic Roy Orbison is the ninth studio album recorded by Roy Orbison, and his third on the MGM Records label, released in July 1966. The single taken from it, "Twinkle Toes", would be Orbison's last US top-forty single during his lifetime, scraping in at #39. It also reached #24 in Australia and #29 in the UK.
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History
Some of the songs were leftovers from The Orbison Way sessions.
Track listing
The album reached No. 12 in the UK. All tracks composed by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees, except where indicated.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "You'll Never Be Sixteen Again" | 2:50 |
2. | "Pantomime" | 2:53 |
3. | "Twinkle Toes" | 2:37 |
4. | "Losing You" | 2:43 |
5. | "City Life" | 2:47 |
6. | "Wait" | 2:17 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Growing Up" | 2:46 | |
2. | "Where Is Tomorrow" | 2:45 | |
3. | "(No) I'll Never Get Over You" | Orbison | 2:10 |
4. | "Going Back to Gloria" | 2:46 | |
5. | "Just Another Name for Rock and Roll" | Bill Dees | 2:09 |
6. | "Never Love Again" | Rusty Kershaw, Doug Kershaw | 2:10 |
Produced by Wesley Rose & Jim Vienneau Engineered by Val Valentin
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