The Classic Roy Orbison
Studio album by
Roy Orbison
ReleasedJuly 1966
RecordedOctober 1, 1965 - May 16, 1966
GenreRock
Length27:58
LabelMGM
ProducerWesley Rose, Jim Vienneau
Roy Orbison chronology
The Orbison Way
(1966) 		The Classic Roy Orbison
(1966) 		Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson
(1967)

The Classic Roy Orbison is the ninth studio album recorded by Roy Orbison, and his third on the MGM Records label, released in July 1966. The single taken from it, "Twinkle Toes", would be Orbison's last US top-forty single during his lifetime, scraping in at #39. It also reached #24 in Australia and #29 in the UK.

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History

Some of the songs were leftovers from The Orbison Way sessions.

Track listing

The album reached No. 12 in the UK. All tracks composed by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees, except where indicated.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."You'll Never Be Sixteen Again"2:50
2."Pantomime"2:53
3."Twinkle Toes"2:37
4."Losing You"2:43
5."City Life"2:47
6."Wait"2:17
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Growing Up" 2:46
2."Where Is Tomorrow" 2:45
3."(No) I'll Never Get Over You"Orbison2:10
4."Going Back to Gloria" 2:46
5."Just Another Name for Rock and Roll"Bill Dees2:09
6."Never Love Again"Rusty Kershaw, Doug Kershaw2:10

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