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Lonely and Blue
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
Lonely and Blue is Roy Orbison's debut album and was released in January 1961 on Monument Records, in stereo and mono. After two years at Sun Records he signed with RCA in 1958, but left after two singles. In early 1959 his manager Wesley Rose asked Fred Foster of Monument whether he was interested. He was. The album was recorded at RCA Studio B, with two- and three-track recorders.
The album contains Only the Lonely, Blue Angel and I'm Hurtin', which were already known as singles. There are also covers of, among others, Don Gibson, the Everly Brothers and Johnnie Ray. Come Back to Me (My Love) has almost the same intro as Only the Lonely, because that is where the vocal figure of Only the Lonely comes from. AllMusic praised the powerful vocals and the saxophone solo by Boots Randolph in I'll Say It's My Fault. In Britain the album entered the chart in 1963.
Listening
Track list
- 1Only the Lonely2:28Apple Music ↗
- 2Bye Bye Love2:16Apple Music ↗
- 3Cry2:44Apple Music ↗
- 4Blue Avenue2:22Apple Music ↗
- 5I Can't Stop Loving You2:46Apple Music ↗
- 6Come Back to Me (My Love)2:30Apple Music ↗
- 7Blue Angel2:53Apple Music ↗
- 8Raindrops1:56Apple Music ↗
- 9(I'd Be) A Legend In My Time (1960 Version)3:11Apple Music ↗
- 10I'm Hurtin'2:46Apple Music ↗
- 11Twenty-Two Days3:09Apple Music ↗
- 12I'll Say It's My Fault2:21Apple Music ↗
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