Roy Orbison's Many Moods

Roy Orbison's Many Moods
Studio album by Roy Orbison
Released	May 1969
Genre	Rock
Length	27:09
Label	MGM
Producer	Wesley Rose
Roy Orbison chronology
Cry Softly Lonely One (1967) Roy Orbison's Many Moods (1969) The Big O (1970)

Roy Orbison's Many Moods, also known as The Many Moods of Roy Orbison, is an album recorded by Roy Orbison for MGM Records, released in May 1969. It included two singles, both of which were minor hits in the UK; "Heartache", which just missed the Top Forty, stalling at #44, and "Walk On", which scraped into the same chart, stopping at #39.

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History

In July 1968, Roy Orbison was touring the UK when the two singles from the album were charting in the Top 40, During the tour at a nightclub, he met his second wife Barbara Orbison who he married in 1969. On September 16, 1968, Orbison received the news that his home back in the US had burned down and his two eldest sons were dead. To let Orbison grieve, MGM delayed the release to May 1969.

Track listing

This album was only released in US.

Side one

1. "Truly, Truly True" (Mickey Newbury)
2. "Unchained Melody" (Alex North, Hy Zaret)
3. "I Recommend Her" (Larry Henley, Mark Mathis, Nolan Brown)
4. "More" (Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero; translation by Norman Newell)
5. "Heartache" (Roy Orbison, Bill Dees)
6. "Amy" (Dan Folger)

Side two

1. "Good Morning, Dear" (Newbury)
2. "What Now, My Love" (Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë, Carl Sigman)
3. "Walk On" (Orbison, Dees)
4. "Yesterday's Child" (Orbison, Dees)
5. "Try to Remember" (Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt)