Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson

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Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson
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Studio album by Roy Orbison
Released January 1967
Genre Country
Label MGM
Producer Wesley Rose, Jim Vienneau
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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, and also reached #27 in Australia.

This album was entitled "Sweet Dreams" in Africa.

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Allmusic 3/5 stars link

Track listing

All songs written by Don Gibson.

Side one
  1. "(I'd Be) A Legend in Time"
  2. "(Yes) I'm Hurting"
  3. "The Same Street"
  4. "Far, Far Away"
  5. "Big Hearted Me"
  6. "Sweet Dreams"
Side two
  1. "Oh, Such a Stranger"
  2. "Blue Blue Day"
  3. "What About Me?"
  4. "Give Myself a Party"
  5. "Too Soon to Know"
  6. "Lonesome Number One"
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