Crying is an album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 released in 1962 by 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...

. It was his second album on the Monument Record

Monument Records

Monument Records was an American record label, Washington, D.C. named for the Washington Monument, founded in 1958, by Fred Foster and Buddy Deane . Buddy Deane soon left the company, and in the early 60's bought KOTN in Pine Bluff, Arkansas where he retired to until his death...

 label. The album name comes from the 1961 hit song of the same name that in 2002 was honored with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Grammy Hall of Fame Award

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. In 2004, the song ranked #69 on Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

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Magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

Track listing

All tracks composed by Roy Orbison and 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...

, except where indicated.

Side one

1. "Crying"
2. "The Great Pretender
   The Great Pretender
   "The Great Pretender" is a popular song recorded by The Platters, with Tony Williams on lead vocals, and released as a single on November 3, 1955. The words and music were created by Buck Ram, the Platters' manager and producer who was a successful songwriter before moving into producing and...
   
   " (Buck Ram
   Buck Ram
   Buck Ram was an American songwriter, and popular music producer and arranger.-Biography:...
   
   )
3. "Love Hurts
   Love Hurts
   "Love Hurts" is the name of a song, written and composed by Boudleaux Bryant. First recorded by The Everly Brothers in July 1960, the song is also well known from a 1975 international hit version by the rock band Nazareth and in the UK by a top 5 hit in 1975 by Jim Capaldi.The song was introduced...
   
   " (Boudleaux Bryant)
4. "She Wears My Ring" (Felice & Boudleaux Bryant)
5. "Wedding Day"
6. "Summersong"

Side two

1. "Dance"
2. "Lana"
3. "Loneliness"
4. "Let's Make a Memory"
5. "Nite Life"
6. "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...
   
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