Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely

About "Only The Lonely"

"Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)" is a 1960 song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson. Orbison's recording of the song, produced by Fred Foster for Monument Records, was the first major hit for the singer. It was described by The New York Times as expressing "a clenched, driven urgency". Released as a 45 rpm single by Monument Records in May 1960, "Only the Lonely" went to No. 2 on the United States Billboard pop music charts on 25 July 1960 (blocked by Brenda Lee's "I'm Sorry") and No. 14 on the Billboard R&B charts. "Only the Lonely" reached number one in the United Kingdom, a position it achieved on 20 October 1960, staying there for two weeks (out of a total of 24 weeks spent on the UK singles chart from 28 July 1960). According to The Authorized Roy Orbison, "Only the Lonely" was the longest charting single of Orbison's career. Personnel on the original recording included Orbison's drummer Larry Parks, plus Nashville regulars Floyd Cramer on piano, Bob Moore on bass, and Hank Garland and Harold Bradley on guitars, Joe Melson and the Anita Kerr Singers on backing vocals. Drummer Buddy Harman played on the rest of the songs on the session.

In 1999, the 1960 recording of "Only the Lonely" by Roy Orbison on Monument Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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Albums by Roy Orbison

At the Rock House (1961)
Lonely and Blue (1961)
Crying (1962)
In Dreams (1963)
Orbisongs (1965)
There Is Only One Roy Orbison (1965)
The Orbison Way (1966)
The Classic Roy Orbison (1966)
The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967)
Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson (1967)
Cry Softly Lonely One (1967)
Roy Orbison's Many Moods (1969)
The Big O (1970)
Hank Williams the Roy Orbison Way (1970)
Memphis (1972)
Roy Orbison Sings (1972)
Milestones (1973)
I'm Still in Love with You (1975)
Regeneration (1976)
Laminar Flow (1979)
In Dreams: The Greatest Hits (1987)
Mystery Girl (1989)
King of Hearts (1992)
One of the Lonely Ones (2015)

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