Memphis (Roy Orbison album) explained

Memphis (Roy Orbison album) should not be confused with Memphis (Boz Scaggs album).

Memphis
Type:	Album
Artist:	Roy Orbison
Cover:	Memphis - Roy Orbison.jpg
Caption:	Cover art by Drew Struzan
Released:	November 1972
Recorded:	March 15 – April 14, 1972
Genre:	Rock
Label:	MGM (SE 4867)
Producer:	Roy Orbison, Joe Melson
Prev Title:	Roy Orbison Sings
Prev Year:	1972
Next Title:	Milestones
Next Year:	1973

Memphis is the seventeenth album recorded by Roy Orbison, and his tenth for MGM Records. The album was released in November 1972.

History

The album took three weeks to make in March and April 1972. The album had one single, "Memphis, Tennessee", which became a minor hit in the US, charting at #84. Also included was a new, re-recorded version of Don Gibson's "I Can't Stop Loving You", which previously appeared on his 1960 album "Lonely and Blue". This was Orbison's final album that was released for London Records as Decca let Orbison out of their contract on June 30, 1972.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Memphis, Tennessee" – (Chuck Berry)
2. "Why A Woman Cries" – (Jerry McBee)
3. "Run, Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)" – (Joe Melson, Don Gant)
4. "Take Care of Your Woman" – (Jerry McBee)
5. "I'm The Man on Susie's Mind" – (Joe Melson, Glenn Barber)
6. "I Can't Stop Loving You" – (Don Gibson)

Side two

1. "Run The Engines Up High" – (Jerry McBee)
2. "It Ain't No Big Thing (But It's Growing)" – (Neal Merritt, Alice Joy Merritt, Shorty Hall)
3. "I Fought the Law" – (Sonny Curtis)
4. "The Three Bells" – (Jean Villard; English lyrics by Bert Reisfeld)
5. "Danny Boy" – (Frederick Weatherly)

Arranged by Joe TannerProduced by Joe Melson & Roy Orbisonexcept "Danny Boy" produced by Don Gant