According to the discography in ''The Authorized Roy Orbison'', ''Roy Orbison at the Rock House'' is the 1st

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by Orbison on the

Sun Records Sun Records is an American independent record label founded by producer Sam Phillips in Memphis, Tennessee in February 1952. Sun was the first label to record Elvis Presley, Charlie Rich, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny C ...

label in 1961 (Orbison's second LP release), at a time when Orbison had already moved to the

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label. Sun Records owner

Sam Phillips Samuel Cornelius Phillips (January 5, 1923 – July 30, 2003) was an American record producer. He was the founder of Sun Records and Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where he produced recordings by Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, ...

had a collection of songs Orbison had recorded at Sun between 1956 and '58. Phillips capitalized on the national recognition Orbison had achieved at Monument through three major hit

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in 1960 and '61 that had gone to the top of the

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charts. Most of the songs on ''Roy Orbison at the Rock House'' were written by Orbison but the songwriting credits were assigned to Sam Phillips, and are in the traditional

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style the Sun label was known for. Notable exceptions are compositions by other Sun artists Harold Jenkins (better known as "Conway Twitty") and

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. "Rock House" is credited to Orbison and Jenkins. For this release, all tracks except "Devil Doll" have been overdubbed with background vocals and/or additional instruments.

Track listing

This album was only released in US.

Personnel

;The Teen Kings *

Roy Orbison Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician known for his impassioned singing style, complex song structures, and dark, emotional ballads. His music was described by critics as ...

- lead vocals, lead guitar *James Morrow - electric mandolin *Jack Kennelley - double bass *Johnny Wilson - acoustic guitar *Billy Pat Ellis - drums ;Additional Musicians *The Four Roses - backing vocals unknown - guitar, bass, piano, drums; overdubbed guitars, bass, piano, drums, backing vocals

References

{{Authority control Roy Orbison albums 1961 debut albums Albums produced by Sam Phillips Sun Records albums Albums recorded at Sun Studio