16 Biggest Hits (Roy Orbison album)
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16 Biggest Hits is a 1999 Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison
Roy Kelton Orbison was an American singer-songwriter, well known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country & western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis...

 compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

. It is part of a series of similar 16 Biggest Hits albums released by Legacy Recordings.

The album was certified Gold by the RIAA
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...

 for sales of over 500,000 copies.

Track listing

  1. "Only the Lonely
    Only the Lonely
    "Only the Lonely " is a 1960 song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson. Recorded by Orbison, it became his first major hit. As an operatic rock ballad, it was a sound unheard of at the time, described by the New York Times as expressing "a clenched, driven urgency". It is seen as a seminal event...

    " (Roy Orbison, Joe Melson
    Joe Melson
    Joe Melson , is an American singer and a BMI Award–winning songwriter.Melson was born in Bonham, the seat of Fannin County in northeast Texas. He was reared on a farm until he was sixteen. He attended high school in Gore, Oklahoma, and in Chicago before he returned to Texas to study at the two-year...

    ) – 2:26
  2. "Blue Angel" (Orbison, Melson) – 2:51
  3. "I'm Hurtin'" (Orbison, Melson) – 2:42
  4. "Running Scared
    Running Scared (song)
    "Running Scared" is a 1961 American pop song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson and sung by Orbison. An operatic rock ballad, the song was released as a 45rpm single by Monument Records in March 1961 and went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Running Scared" also reached #9 in the...

    " (Orbison, Melson) – 2:12
  5. "Crying" (Orbison, Melson) – 2:46
  6. "Candy Man" (Fred Neil
    Fred Neil
    Fred Neil was an American folk singer-songwriter in the 1960s and early 1970s. He did not achieve commercial success as a performer, and is mainly known through other people's recordings of his material – particularly "Everybody's Talkin'", which became a hit for Harry Nilsson after being...

    , Beverly Ross) – 2:45
  7. "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)" (Cindy Walker
    Cindy Walker
    Cindy Walker was a prolific American songwriter, as well as a country music singer and dancer. As a songwriter Walker was responsible for a large number of popular and enduring songs recorded by many different artists. She adopted a craftsman-like approach to her songwriting, often tailoring...

    ) – 2:33
  8. "The Crowd" (Orbison, Melson) – 2:24
  9. "Leah" (Orbison) – 2:40
  10. "Workin' for the Man" (Orbison) – 2:20
  11. "In Dreams
    In Dreams (song)
    Recorded in Monument's Nashville studios in early 1963, "In Dreams" peaked at number 7 on Billboards Hot 100 and spent 13 weeks on the charts in the U.S. During the five months the song was on the charts, Orbison replaced guitarist Duane Eddy on a tour of England. He was immensely popular in...

    " (Orbison) – 2:49
  12. "Falling" (Orbison) – 2:23
  13. "Mean Woman Blues
    Mean Woman Blues
    "Mean Woman Blues" is a 12-bar blues song written by Claude Demetrius. It was recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1957 motion picture, Loving You. Presley also released the song on Side 2 of a four-song EP record...

    " (Claude Demetrius
    Claude Demetrius
    Claude Demetrius was an African American songwriter.Born in Bath, Maine, by his early twenties he was in New York City writing music for and/or with the likes of Louis Armstrong, Jimmy Witherspoon and B.B. King. Demetrius wrote the 1945 musical comedy short film Open the Door, Richard...

    ) – 2:25
  14. "Blue Bayou
    Blue Bayou
    "Blue Bayou" is the title of a song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson and sung by Orbison.-Roy Orbison version:A plaintive ballad, it was originally released by Orbison as a 45rpm single on the Monument Records label in August 1963 ."Blue Bayou" also appears on Orbison's 1963 album, In Dreams...

    " (Orbison, Melson) – 2:31
  15. "It's Over" (Orbison, Bill Dees
    Bill Dees
    William "Bill" Dees is an American musician most famous for his song writing collaborations with singer Roy Orbison.-Career:...

    ) – 2:48
  16. "Oh, Pretty Woman
    Oh, Pretty Woman
    "Oh, Pretty Woman" is a song, released in August 1964, which was a worldwide success for Roy Orbison. Recorded on the Monument Records label in Nashville, Tennessee, it was written by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees. The song spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100...

    " (Orbison, Dees) – 2:57

Chart performance

16 Biggest Hits peaked at #47 on the U.S. Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Top Country Albums chart the week of February 10, 2001.
Chart (1999–2001) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 47
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