“WALK ON” by Roy Orbison
Written by Roy Orbison & Bill Dees
From the ROY ORBISON’S MANY MOODS album released by MGM Records in 1969-
Roy Orbison’s Many Moods Album Released May 1969
ROY ORBISON’S MANY MOODS was released by MGM Records in May of 1969.
The most successful song from this classic album was “WALK ON” which entered the Top 40!
“BLUE RAIN” by Roy Orbison
“BLUE RAIN” by Roy Orbison
Recorded on this day in 1973, “BLUE RAIN” was written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson for Roy’s MILESTONES album released by MGM Records in 1973. Orbison and Melson wrote many songs together including such hits as “Only the Lonely,” “Uptown,” “Crying,” and “Blue Bayou.”
“LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL” by Roy Orbison
“LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL” by Roy Orbison
Released as a single in 1966 from Monument Records after Roy had already moved on to MGM Records, this fun and catchy tune cracked the top 100 in the U.S. –
“IT TAKES ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE” by Roy Orbison
“IT TAKES ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE” by Roy Orbison
On March 18, 1970 Roy Orbison went into the studio and cut two songs co-written with a then 24-year-old musician who happened to be the president of MGM Records, where Roy was signed at the time, Mike Curb. Both songs written by Orbison and Curb, “So Young” and “It Takes All Kinds of People,” were featured in movies- Zabriskie Point and Moonshine War, respectively.
Here’s “IT TAKES ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE,” which appeared on Roy’s 1972 MGM album Roy Orbison Sings–