This Friday we are celebrating 50 years since Roy Orbison’s “Oh, Pretty Woman” reached #1, but Roy’s first number 1 single was “RUNNING SCARED.” American Songwriter Magazine is featuring “Running Scared” as their Lyric of the Week: “In his autobiography Chronicles,…
“RUNNING SCARED” One of the many hit songs written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson (others include “CRYING,” “BLUE ANGEL,” “UPTOWN,” “ONLY THE LONELY,” and “BLUE BAYOU”), “RUNNING SCARED” went all the way to #1 in the US! Here’s “RUNNING…
“RUNNING SCARED” by Roy Orbison
“RUNNING SCARED” by Roy Orbison
“LOVE HURTS” was the B-Side to Roy Orbison’s 1961 #1 hit “Running Scared.” Now it’s a standard recorded by nearly everybody at some point or another.
