| More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits | |
| Type: | greatest |
| Artist: | Roy Orbison |
| Cover: | More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits.jpg |
| Released: | July 1, 1964 |
| Recorded: | June 14, 1961 – March 10, 1964 |
| Genre: | Rock and roll, pop, rockabilly |
| Length: | 29:15 |
| Label: | Monument |
| Producer: | Fred Foster |
| Prev Title: | In Dreams |
| Prev Year: | 1963 |
| Next Title: | Early Orbison |
| Next Year: | 1964 |
More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits is a Roy Orbison album from Monument Records recorded at the RCA Studio B[1] in Nashville, Tennessee and released in 1964. The songs "It's Over" and "Indian Wedding" were recorded at the Fred Foster Studios also in Nashville.
The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated August 22 that year and remained on the chart for 30 weeks, peaking at number 19.[2] It reached No. 9 on the Cashbox albums chart where it spent there for 22 weeks.[3] Bear Family included also the album in the 2001 Orbison 1955-1965 box set.[4]
Billboard gave a positive review, called it "the commercial appeal of [Orbison]"[5]
Cashbox praised Orbison for "his feelingful readings of “It’s Over,” “Blue Bayou,” “Mean Woman Blues,” “In Dreams” and eight others."[6]
Record Mirror raved "He's every bit as strong on other people's work - like Willie Nelson's "Pretty Paper" & Ray Charles "What'd I Say"[7]
| Chart (1964) | Peakposition | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Top LPs (Billboard) | 19 | |
| U.S. Cashbox | 9 |