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Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel)

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eng

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Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles RPM Country Tracks number-one singles Songs written by Roy Orbison 1969 singles Pop standards Monument Records singles Songs about loneliness 1960 songs Roy Orbison songs 1960s ballads UK Singles Chart number-one singles 1960 singles Songs written by Joe Melson Song recordings produced by Fred Foster The Flying Pickets songs Sonny James songs Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients

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%22Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)%22 is a 1960 song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson. Produced by Fred Foster for Monument Records it became the first major hit for Orbison. As an operatic rock ballad, it was a sound unheard of at the time except It's Now or Never by Elvis Presley, described by the New York Times as expressing %22a clenched, driven urgency%22. It is seen as a seminal event in the evolution of Rock and Roll. Released as a 45rpm single by Monument Records in May 1960, %22Only the Lonely%22 went to No. 2 on the United States Billboard pop music charts on 25 July 1960 (blocked by Brenda Lee's %22I'm Sorry%22) & No. 14 on the Billboard R&B charts. %22Only the Lonely%22 reached Number One in the United Kingdom, a position it achieved on 20 October 1960, staying there for two weeks (out of a total of 24 weeks spent on the UK singles chart from 28 July 1960). the personnel who were featured on the original recording included Orbison's session regulars Buddy Harman on drums, Floyd Cramer on piano and Bob Moore on bass with Hank Garland and Harold Bradley on guitar.In 1999, %22Only the Lonely%22 was honored with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked it No. 232 on their list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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Joe Melson Roy Orbison

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2003-10-03

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Fred Foster

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1960-05

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Monument Records

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Only The Lonely