RCA Victor

September 29 - RCA Studio B, Nashville TN
Seems To Me
Sweet And Innocent
I'll Never Tell

December 18 - same
Almost Eighteen
Jolie
Happy Little Bluebird

April 23 - same
Paper Boy
The Bug (The Well Known Bug)

Signs with Monument Records.

August/September - same
Paper Boy
With The Bug
Double Date

September 18 - same
Raindrops

March 25 - same
Only The Lonely
Blue Angel
Here Comes That Song Again

August 8 - same
Blue Angel
Todays Teardrops

September 15-17 - same
Bye Bye Love
Cry
I Can't Stop Loving You
Come Back To Me (My Love)
(I'd Be) A Legend In My Time
I'm Hurtin'
Twenty-Two Days
I'll Say It's My Fault

April - n/a
In Time

May 22 - n/a
Another Lonely Girl
Can't Forget

May 27 - RCA Studio B, Nashville, TN
Our Summer Song
Loneliness
Dance (2:55)

June 14 - same
Dance (2:42)
Beautiful Lana

June 26, 27 - same
She Wears My Ring
Crying
Sunset
The Great Pretender
Candy Man
Blue Bayou (2:28)

July 27 - n/a
Sideshow

September - RCA Studio B, Nashville, TN
Gigolette (early version)

November 8 - same
House Without Windows
Gigolette

November 15 - same
Let The Good Times Roll
Blue Bayou (2:29)

January 10 RCA Studio B, Nashville TN
The Actress
No One Will Ever Know
The Crowd
Party Heart
Evergreen
Love Star
Dream Baby

March 12 - n/a
Jumping Jack (instrumental)

Spring
Australia Tour

June
First public performance in the UK at the Mayfair's Wesbury Hotel. Fan Club members and journalists attend. Roy visits a Decca Records award ceremony for Henry Mancini.

June 29
Anthony King Orbison is born.

April 29 RCA Studio B, Nashville TN
Dream
My Prayer
Lonely Wine
Beautiful Dreamer
All I Have To Do Is Dream
I Got A Woman (a.k.a Mean Woman Blues)
What'd I Say

May 18-June 9
UK Tour with Beatles and Gerry & The Pacemakers
May 18 - Slough, Adelphi (2 shows)
May 19 - Hanley, Gaumont
May 20 - Southampton, Gaumont
May 22 - Ipswich, Gaumont
May 23 - Nottingham, Odeon
May 25 - Sheffield, City Hall
May 26 - Liverpool, Empire
May 27 - Cardiff, Capitol
May 28 - Worcester, Gaumont
May 29 - York, Rialto
May 30 - Manchester, Odeon
May 31 - Southend, Odeon
June 1 - Tooting, Granada
June 2 - Brighton, Hippodrome
June 3 - London, Woolwick Granada
June 4 - Birmingham, Town Hall
June 5 - Leeds, Odeon
June 7 - Glasgow, Odeon
June 8 - Newcastle, City Hall
June 9 - Blackburn, King George Hall

September 6 - Teldec Studio, Hamburg Germany
Mama
San Fernando

September 11-October 6
23-date UK tour with: Brian Poole & The Tremeloes, The Searchers, Freddie & The Dreamers. Show ends at King George Hall, Blackburn, Lancs.

October/November - Pye Recording Studio, London, UK
Almost
Pretty Paper

November
Canada Tour

January/February
Australia Tour with Beach Boys, Paul & Paula, The Surfaris, The Joy Boys. Some dates include:
Jan 15 - Brisbane
Jan 17 - Sydney
Jan 18 - Sydney
Jan 20 - Adelaide
Jan 21 - Melbourne
Jan 22 - Melbourne
Jan 23 - Hobart

March
Two appearences on "Sunday Night At The London Palladium"

April 18-May 16
UK tour with Freddie and The Dreamers
April 18 - Slough, Adelphi
April 19 - Walthamstow, Granada
April 20 - Harrow, Granada
April 21 - Southampton, Gaumont
April 22 - Kingston, Granada
April 24 - Bristol, Colston Hall
April 25 - East Ham, Granada
April 26 - Leizester, De Montfort Hall
April 27 - Croydon, Fairfield Hall
April 28 - Hanley, Gaumont
April 29 - Ipswich, Gaumont
April 30 - Nottingham, Gaumont
May 1 - Southend, Odeon
May 2 - Tooting, Granada
May 3 - Coventry, Theatre
May 4 - Bedford, Granada
May 5 -  Worcester, Gaumont
May 6 - Birmingham, Odeon
May 7 - Doncaster, Gaumont
May 8 - Sheffield, City Hall
May 9 - Bolton, Odeon
May 10 - Liverpool, Empire Theatre
May 11 - Manchester, Odeon
May 12 - Leeds, Odeon
May 14 - Glasgow, Odeon
May 15 - Stockton, Odeon
May 16 - Newcastle, City Hall, Tyne & Wear

April 26
Roy's 28th Birthday Party in London. John Lennon and Ringo Starr attend.

July - n/a
Empty Walls
A Lonely Room

August 1 - Fred Foster Sound Studios, Nashville TN
Yo Te Amo Maria
Oh, Pretty Woman

Autumn
UK TV show called "The Roy Orbison Show" starts. 45 minutes long.

November
Roy and Claudette divorce.

January 16 - same
Only With You
Goodnight

January 22-February 13
Australia and Far East tour with The Rolling Stones, Rolf Harris and The Newbeats
Jan 22, 23 - Manufacturers Auditorium, Agricultural Hall, Sydney
Jan 25, 26 - City Hall, Brisbane
Jan 27 - Manufacturers Auditorium Hall, Sydney
Jan 28, 29 - Palais Theatre, St Kilda, Melbourne
Feb 1 - Theatre Royal, Christchurch, New Zealand
Feb 2 - Civic Theatre, Invercargill, New Zealand
Feb 3 - Town Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand
Feb 6 - Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand
Feb 8 - Town Hall, Wellington, New Zealand
Feb 10 - Palais Theatre, St. Kilda, Melbourne
Feb 12 - Centennial Hall, Adelaide
Feb 13 - Capitol Theatre, Perth

February 16-March 21
30-date UK tour with Marianne Faithfull, The Rockin' Berries, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers. Opening night at the Adelphi Theater, Slough, ends at the Empire Theater, Liverpool, Merseyside.

March 23
Paris Olympia, France

March 25
Combo TV show. Laren, Holland

March 26, 27
Stockholm, Sweden

March 28
2 concerts, The Hague, Amsterdam, Holland

March 29
Antwerp, Belgium

March 30
Return to USA

May 23
Wesley Kelton Orbison is born.

Signs with MGM

July 8 - RCA Studio B, Nashville, TN
Ride Away
Crawling Back

July - same
If You Can't Say Something Nice
I'm In A Blue, Blue Mood
Wondering
Sugar And Honey
Claudette
Summer Love
Two Of A Kind
Big As I Can Dream
This Is Your Song
Afraid To Sleep
You Fool You

July 17-August 1
18-date Irish tour. Begins in Bray, ends in Waterford.

October 1 - same
It Ain't No Big Thing???*
You'll Never Be Sixteen Again
Go Away*

October 14 - same
Never*
Maybe*
Time Changed Everything*
(* With the Candy Men)

November 11 - same
This Is My Land
A New Star
Why Hurt The One Who Loves You
Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart
The Loner
It Wasn't Very Long Ago
Wait

November 19 - same
Twinkle Toes

February 4 - RCA Studio B, Nashville TN
Losing You

February 25 - same
Going Back To Gloria
Pantomine

March 9 - same
Where Is Tomorrow
City Life
Growing Up
Just Another Name For Rock And Roll
Twinkle Toes (remix)

April
Roy and Claudette remarry.

May - n/a
Sixteen

May 16 - RCA Studio B, Nashville TN
No, I'll Never Get Over You
Never Love Again

June 1 - same
Too Soon To Know
Lonesome Number One
Sweet Dreams

June 7
Claudette killed in motorcycle accident in Gallatin TN.

July 18 - same
Give Myself a Party
What About Me

July 20, 21 - same
Yes, I'm Hurting
Blue Blue Day
Big Hearted Me
Just Let Me Make Believe
Only Alive

August 9 - same
River
Whirlwind
The Fastest Guitar Alive

August 10 - same
Good Time Party
Pistolero

August 11 - same
Rollin' On
Medicine Man

August 12 - same
Far Far Away

October 18 - same
(I'd Be) A Legend In My Time
The Same Street
Oh, Such A Stranger

October 26 - same
Communication Breakdown

December 19 - same
There Won't Be Many Coming Home

December 22 - same
Best Friend
Heading South

January - n/a
So Good

January 13 - n/a
Memories

February - n/a
Blue Teardrops Are Falling
Without Your Love

March 3 to April 9
UK Tour with the Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, Jeff Beck
March 3 - Finsbury Park, Astoria
March 4 - Exeter, ABC
March 5 - Playmouth, ABC
March 7 - Hadleigh, Kingsway Theatre
March 8 - Birmingham, Odeon
March 9 - Bolton, Odeon
March 10 - Manchester, Odeon
March 11 - Chesterfield, ABC
March 12 - Liverpool, Empire
March 15 - Luton, Ritz
March 16 - Southampton, Gaumont
March 17 - Tooting, Granada
March 18 - Wolverhampton, Gaumont
March 19 - Newcastle, City Hall
March 20 - Edimburgh, ABC
March 21 - Glasgow, Odeon
March 22 - Carlisle, ABC
March 23 - Leeds, Odeon
March 24 - Doncaster, Gaumont
March 25 - Lincoln, ABC
March 26 - Coventry, Ciatra
March 27 - Blackpool, Odeon
March 29 - Cardif, Capitol
March 30 - Bristol, Colston Hall
March 31 - Cheltenham, Odeon
April 1 - Bournemouth, Winter Gardens
April 2 - Leicester, De Montfort Hall
April 5 - Ipswich, Gaumont
April 6 - Slough, Granada
April 7 - Aldershot, ABC
April 8 - Hammersmith, Odeon
April 9 - Romford, Essex, ABC Theatre

May 2 - n/a
Time To Cry

  May 26 - RCA Studio B, Nashville TN
She
That's A No No

May 29 - same
It Takes One To Know One
Here Comes The Rain Baby

June 2 - same
Cry Softly Lonely One

July 7 - same
Girl Like Mine
I Recommend Her

December - n/a
Shy Away

December 4 - n/a
Amy

December 5 - n/a
Yesterday's Child
Good Morning Dear

February 19 - n/a
More
Unchained Melody
What Now My Love

March 11 - n/a
Truly, Truly True
Walk On
Try To Remember

May 10 - n/a
Heartache

September 14
Sons Roy and Tony are killed in Roy's Hendersonville house fire.

January 29 - n/a
My Friend

January - n/a
Tennessee Owns My Soul
If I Had A Woman Like You

January 30 - n/a
Southbound Jericho Parkway

February 27 - n/a
Cold Cold Heart
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Your Cheatin' Heart
Last Night I Heard You Crying In Your Sleep

March 5 - n/a
You Win Again
Hey Good Lookin'
I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)
Jambalaya

March 7 - n/a
Mansion On The Hill
Kaw-liga
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight

March - n/a
How Do You Start Over

July 18 - n/a
Penny Arcade

September 2 - n/a
If Only For A While

December - n/a
She Cheats On Me

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