In Dreams

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Written by: Joe Melson, Orbison
Produced by: Fred Foster
Released: Feb. '63 on Monument
Charts: 13 weeks
Top spot: No. 7

Orbison claimed the lyrics came to him in a dream; he wrote the music once he woke up. It was a Top Ten hit in the U.S. but even bigger in England, where it stayed on the charts for months. The track made him so popular that Orbison toured the U.K. with an up-and-coming opening act called the Beatles. Roy's reaction: "I've never heard of them." Next, he'd tour Australia with the Rolling Stones.

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

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