''Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson'' is a
tribute album
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recorded by
Roy Orbison for
MGM Records, and his tenth
studio album overall. Released in January 1967, it is a collection of songs written by
Country Music Hall of Fame
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singer/songwriter
Don Gibson
Donald Eugene Gibson (April 3, 1928 – November 17, 2003) was an American songwriter and country musician. A Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Gibson wrote such country standards as " Sweet Dreams" and "I Can't Stop Loving You", and enjoy ...
who, like Orbison, often wrote about the loneliness and sorrow that love can bring. Its one single, "Too Soon to Know", became a smash hit in the UK, reaching #3 there in September 1966, and also reached no. 4 in Ireland and no. 27 in Australia. In Canada, the song only reached no. 71.
This album was entitled ''Sweet Dreams'' in Africa.
History
A few of the songs were recorded before his first wife Claudette's death in a motor-bike accident in June 1966. The album was put on hold as Orbison was filming ''
The Fastest Guitar Alive''. "Too Soon To Know" was banned by the
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as they felt it was too personal about Claudette's death. The album also included a new, re-recorded version of "