[4] orbison's recording of the song, produced by fred foster for monument records, was the first major hit for the singer. When “only the lonely” was written orbison and melson initially wanted elvis presley or the everly brothers to cut the song, but both turned it down The everly brothers suggested orbison. Only the lonely by roy orbison from black & white night 30 listen to roy orbison Roy orbison wrote this with his songwriting partner joe melson, but intended to offer the song to either elvis presley or the everly brothers (who had already recorded orbison's song claudette). Orbison’s recording of the song, produced by fred foster for monument records, was the first major hit for the singer
It was described by the new york times as expressing “a clenched, driven urgency”. The song only the lonely (know the way i feel) was written by roy orbison and joe melson and was first recorded and released by roy orbison with bob moore's orch It was covered by floyd cramer, mike berry & the outlaws, bandit [be], jan keizer and other artists. Though presley initially turned down “only the lonely,” when the song was released he purchased a box of copies of the single and passed it on to his friends Presley also called orbison “quite simply, the greatest singer in the world,” during a performance in las vegas in 1976.
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