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Crying

Studio album by

Roy Orbison

Released

January 1962

Recorded

February 27 – November 15, 1961

Studio

RCA Victor Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee

Genre

Rock and roll^[1]
pop^[1]

Length

29:23

Roy Orbison chronology

Roy Orbison at the Rock House
(1961)

Crying
(1962)

Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits
(1962)

Singles from Crying

"Crying" b/w "Candy Man"
Released: 1961
"Running Scared" b/w "Love Hurts"
Released: 1961

Crying is the third album by Roy Orbison, released in 1962.^[2] It was his second album on the Monument Record label.^[3] The album name comes from the 1961 hit song of the same name. In 2002 the song was honored with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award,^[4] and In 2004, it ranked #69 on Rolling Stone Magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".^[5] The album was ranked No. 136 on Pitchfork's 200 Best Albums of the 1960s.^[6] Crying also features Multiple covers songs including "The Great Pretender", & "Love Hurts"^[3] and the early recordings of "She Wears My Ring" (which would become a huge hit for Country Singer Ray Price in 1968)^[7]

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated April 7, 1962, remaining on the chart for 31 weeks and peaking at number 21.^[8] It entered the UK albums chart on June 30, 1963, reaching number 17 over the course of three weeks.^[9] It reached No. 35 on the Cashbox albums chart.^[10]

The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Monument Records in 1993 as tracks 13 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD, with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Orbison's debut album, Lonely and Blue.^[11] Bear Family included also the album in the 2001 Orbison 1955-1965 box set.^[12]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[13]

Billboard gave the album a positive review, saying that "it features a fine collection of tunes."^[14]

Cashbox described the album as a "top-notch listening pleasure album."^[15]

Richie Unterberger of AllMusic said that the album "was above-average considering the slight standards of the time, but was a fairly slight effort nonetheless. In its favor, the album features nearly all original material by Orbison and some of the writers who frequently tailored songs for him, such as Boudleaux and Felice Bryant and Joe Melson.^[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson, except where indicated

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Crying"		2:45
2.	"The Great Pretender"	Buck Ram	3:02
3.	"Love Hurts"	Boudleaux Bryant	2:28
4.	"She Wears My Ring"	Felice & Boudleaux Bryant	2:30
5.	"Wedding Day"		2:06
6.	"Summersong"		2:45

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dance"	2:52
2.	"Lana"	2:17
3.	"Loneliness"	2:27
4.	"Let's Make a Memory"	2:18
5.	"Nite Life"	2:32
6.	"Running Scared"	2:14

Charts

Album

Chart (1962)	Peak position
U.S. Top LPs (Billboard)^[8]	21
U.S. Cashbox^[10]	35
U.K. Albums Chart^[9]	17

Singles

Year	Title	U.S. Hot 100^[16]	U.S. Cashbox ^[17]	CAN ^[18]	U.K. Albums Chart ^[19]
1961	"Running Scared"	1	1	3	9
1961	"Crying"	2	1	3	25

Personnel

Roy Orbison - vocals, guitar
Boudleaux Bryant, Fred Carter Jr., Grady Martin, Hank Garland, Harold Bradley, Joe Tanner, Ray Edenton, Scotty Moore - guitar
Bob Moore - bass
Bill Pursell, Floyd Cramer - piano
Buddy Harman, John Greubel - drums
Charlie McCoy - harmonica
Boots Randolph, Harry Johnson - saxophone
Cam Mullins, Karl Garvin - trumpet
Byron Bach - cello
Brenton Banks, Cecil Brower, Dorothy Walker, George Binkley, Lillian Hunt, Solie Fott, Suzanne Parker, Vernal Richardson, Wilda Tinsley - violin
Howard Carpenter - viola

Technical

Bill Porter - recording engineer

References

^ ^a ^b Segretto, Mike (2022). "Rock and Roll: The First Eight Years". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. p. 23. ISBN 9781493064601.
^ ^a ^b ^c Unterberger, Richie. "Roy Orbison – Crying: Ratings & Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
^ ^a ^b Kruth, John (2013). Rhapsody in black : the life and music of Roy Orbison. Milwaukee, WI: Backbeat Books. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-4768-8679-4.
^ Jasinski, Laurie E. (February 22, 2012). Handbook of Texas Music. Texas A&M University Press. p. 124. ISBN 0-8761-1297-1.
^ "500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
^ "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
^ Escott, Colin (2002). Roadkill on the Three-Chord Highway: Art and Trash in American Popular Music. Routledge. p. 31. ISBN 9-780415-937832.
^ ^a ^b Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's top pop albums : 1955-1996 : compiled from Billboard magazine's pop album charts, 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 580. ISBN 0898201179.
^ ^a ^b "Roy Orbison". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 278. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
^ "Sings Lonely and Blue/Crying". allmusic.com. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
^ "Orbison 1955-1965". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1062. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
^ "Pop Spotlight Album: Crying". Billboard. Vol. 74, no. 4. January 27, 1962. p. 22.
^ "Cashbox Album Popular Pick Reviews: Crying". Cash Box. Vol. 23, no. 19. February 3, 1962. p. 22.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn's top pop singles 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wisc.: Record Research. p. 502. ISBN 0898201551.
^ Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. p. 254. ISBN 1-56308-316-7.
^ "Canadian Singles". RPM magazine. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
^ "Roy Orbison". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 May 2024.

External links

Crying at AllMusic

v t e Roy Orbison
Discography
Studio albums	Lonely and Blue Roy Orbison at the Rock House Crying In Dreams There Is Only One Roy Orbison Orbisongs The Orbison Way The Classic Roy Orbison Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson The Fastest Guitar Alive Cry Softly Lonely One Roy Orbison's Many Moods Big O Hank Williams: The Roy Orbison Way Roy Orbison Sings Memphis Milestones I'm Still in Love With You Regeneration Laminar Flow In Dreams: The Greatest Hits studio re-recordings of earlier hits) Mystery Girl King of Hearts One of the Lonely Ones
Compilations	Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits Early Orbison The Great Songs of Roy Orbison The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison In Dreams: The Greatest Hits The Legendary Roy Orbison 16 Biggest Hits Greatest Hits Live The Essential Roy Orbison A Love So Beautiful Unchained Melodies
Collaborations	Class of '55 Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
Soundtrack appearances	Roadie Blue Velvet Less than Zero
Live	A Black & White Night Live
Singles	"Tryin' to Get to You" "Ooby Dooby" "Go Go Go" "Only the Lonely" "Blue Angel" "Running Scared" "Crying" / "Candy Man" "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)" "Working for the Man" "In Dreams" "Blue Bayou" "Pretty Paper" "It's Over" "Oh, Pretty Woman" "Memphis, Tennessee" "You Got It" "She's a Mystery to Me" "I Drove All Night"
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