Only the Lonely

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Written by: Joe Melson, Orbison
Produced by: Fred Foster
Released: May '60 on Monument
Charts: 21 weeks
Top spot: No. 2

Orbison intended to offer this song to either Elvis Presley (also a Sun Records alumni) or the Everly Brothers, who had cut the Orbison song "Claudette." But Orbison's falsetto made the loneliness real. "For a baritone to sing as high as I do," he said, "is ridiculous."

Appears on: For the Lonely: 18 Greatest Hits (Rhino)

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