Released January 1967 Release date January 1967 Genre Country music | Artist Roy Orbison Label MGM Records Producers Wesley Rose, Jim Vienneau | |
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Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson
(1967) The Fastest Guitar Alive
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Roy orbison sings don gibson 5 songs
Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson is a tribute album recorded by Roy Orbison for MGM Records. Released in January 1967, it is a collection of songs written by Country Music Hall of Fame singer/songwriter Don Gibson who, like Orbison, often wrote about the loneliness and sorrow that love can bring. Its one single, "Too Soon to Know", became a smash hit in the UK, reaching #3 there in September 1966, and also reached #4 in Ireland and #27 in Australia.
Contents
This album was entitled Sweet Dreams in Africa.
History
A few of the songs were recorded before his first wife Claudette's death in a motor-bike accident in June 1966. The album was put on hold as Orbison was filming The Fastest Guitar Alive. "Too Soon To Know" was banned by the BBC as they felt it was too personal about Claudette's death.
Track listing
All songs written by Don Gibson.
- "(I'd Be) A Legend in Time"
- "(Yes) I'm Hurting"
- "The Same Street"
- "Far, Far Away"
- "Big Hearted Me"
- "Sweet Dreams"
- "Oh, Such a Stranger"
- "Blue Blue Day"
- "What About Me?"
- "Give Myself a Party"
- "Too Soon to Know"
- "Lonesome Number One"
Arranged by Bill McElhiney
Songs
1(I'll Be) A Legend in My Time
2(Yes) I'm Hurting
3The Same Street