Hank Williams the Roy Orbison Way
Hank Williams the Roy Orbison Way | ||||
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Studio album by Roy Orbison | ||||
Released | August 1970 | |||
Recorded | February 27–March 7, 1969 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | MGM | |||
Producer | Don Gant | |||
Roy Orbison chronology | ||||
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Hank Williams The Roy Orbison Way is the fourteenth album recorded by Roy Orbison, and the eighth for MGM Records, released in August 1970. It is a tribute album to the songs of Country Music Hall of Fame honky tonk singer Hank Williams, whom Orbison listed among his influences. The album was recorded in just three sessions in early 1969, and none of its tracks were released as singles.
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Recording
The album took a week to make in late February and early March 1969. Orbison previously recorded a cover album of Don Gibson songs three years earlier. The songs came from Orbison's then manager Wesley Rose. The album was released without a single.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Hank Williams, except where indicated. This album was only released in North America.
Side one
- "Kaw-Liga" (Williams, Fred Rose)
- "Hey Good Lookin'"
- "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"
- "(Last Night) I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep"
- "You Win Again"
- "Your Cheatin' Heart"
Side two
- "Cold, Cold Heart"
- "A Mansion on the Hill" (Williams, Rose)
- "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)"
- "There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight"
- "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
Produced by Don Gant Arranged by Jim Hall
- v
- t
- e
- Lonely and Blue (1961)
- Roy Orbison at the Rock House (1961)
- Crying (1962)
- In Dreams (1963)
- There Is Only One Roy Orbison (1965)
- Orbisongs (1965)
- The Orbison Way (1966)
- The Classic Roy Orbison (1966)
- Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson (1967)
- The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967)
- Cry Softly Lonely One (1967)
- Roy Orbison's Many Moods (1969)
- Big O (1970)
- Hank Williams the Roy Orbison Way (1970)
- Roy Orbison Sings (1972)
- Memphis (1972)
- Milestones (1973)
- I'm Still in Love With You (1975)
- Regeneration (1976)
- Laminar Flow (1979)
- In Dreams: The Greatest Hits (1987 – studio re-recordings of earlier hits)
- Mystery Girl (1989)
- King of Hearts (1992)
- One of the Lonely Ones (2015)
- Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits (1962)
- More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits (1964)
- Early Orbison (1964)
- The Great Songs of Roy Orbison (1970)
- The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison (1972)
- In Dreams: The Greatest Hits (1987)
- The Legendary Roy Orbison (1989)
- 16 Biggest Hits (1999)
- Greatest Hits Live (2006)
- The Essential Roy Orbison (2006)
- A Love So Beautiful (2017)
- Unchained Melodies (2018)
- Class of '55 (1986)
- Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 (1988)
- Roadie (1980)
- Blue Velvet (1986)
- Less than Zero (1987)
- A Black & White Night Live (1989)
- "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"
- Traveling Wilburys
- Roy Orbison/The Beatles Tour
- Fred Foster
- In Dreams (musical)
- Category