The Great Songs of Roy Orbison

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The Great Songs of Roy Orbison
Compilation album by Roy Orbison
Released	February 1970
Recorded	July 8, 1965 - July 18, 1969
Genre	Rockabilly, country
Label	MGM (SE 4659)
Producer	Wesley Rose, Jim Vienneau
Roy Orbison chronology
The Big O (1970) The Great Songs of Roy Orbison (1970) Hank Williams the Roy Orbison Way (1970)

The Great Songs of Roy Orbison is an album recorded by Roy Orbison for MGM Records that was released in the United States in February 1970.

Track listing[]

All tracks composed by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees, except where indicated

Side one

1. "Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart" (P) 1966
2. "Cry Softly Lonely One" (Joe Melson, Don Gant) (P) 1967
3. "Penny Arcade" (Sammy King) (P) 1969
4. "Ride Away" (P) 1965
5. "Southbound Jericho Parkway" (Bobby Bond) (P) 1969

Side two

1. "Crawling Back" (P) 1965
2. "Heartache" (P) 1968
3. "Too Soon to Know" (Don Gibson) (P) 1966
4. "My Friend" (P) 1966
5. "Here Comes the Rain, Baby" (Mickey Newbury) (P) 1967

Produced by Wesley Rose and Jim Vienneau
except "My Friend" & "Southbound Jericho Parkway" Produced by Don Gant
Arrangers: Bill McElhiney, Jim Hall, Emory Gordy, Jr., Tupper Saussy