Heartbreak Radio
Roy Orbison | Artist Essentials
First released: 1992 (year verified)
Original 1992 studio recording
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First released: 1992 (year verified)
Year precision reflects the reviewed original release program. Reissues, remasters, later single campaigns and annual-list placement do not reset the original recording year.
Recording: Original 1992 studio recording
Credit: Roy Orbison
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: King of Hearts
King of Hearts - licensed original album recordings
The licensed 2022 remaster program retains 1992 original recording metadata for Heartbreak Radio and You're the One. These two selected performances align with the estate's original 1992 album history; the remaster year is not used as first release. | Reviewed 2026-10-19
King of Hearts - official original release history
The estate announcement dates the original King of Hearts release to 1992 and distinguishes the 2022 remaster. It explicitly dates the original Crying to 1961. Its statement that I Drove All Night first appeared in 1992 conflicts with licensed 1991 track metadata; that candidate is deferred. | Reviewed 2026-10-19
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The reviewed original title, stated recording credit and documented version have no retained annual or focused-collection candidate under the reviewed title variants. Other performers and similarly titled recordings are not inferred as matches.
King of Hearts - licensed original album recordings
The licensed 2022 remaster program retains 1992 original recording metadata for Heartbreak Radio and You're the One. These two selected performances align with the estate's original 1992 album history; the remaster year is not used as first release. | Reviewed 2026-10-19
King of Hearts - official original release history
The estate announcement dates the original King of Hearts release to 1992 and distinguishes the 2022 remaster. It explicitly dates the original Crying to 1961. Its statement that I Drove All Night first appeared in 1992 conflicts with licensed 1991 track metadata; that candidate is deferred. | Reviewed 2026-10-19
About Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison grew up in Texas and began recording rock and roll for Sun before finding his most distinctive setting at Monument. His singing could move from a restrained, intimate delivery to an unusually expansive dramatic climax. Songs such as Only the Lonely, Crying and In Dreams established that approach in the early 1960s. A later return to public attention included collaboration with the Traveling Wilburys. The 1989 album Mystery Girl appeared after his death and brought another set of solo recordings to a broad audience.
Artist background sources
Roy Orbison - official career biography
The estate biography supports Orbison's Texas roots, early Sun recordings, the Monument period, the dramatic singing style, the later Traveling Wilburys collaboration, and the posthumous 1989 Mystery Girl release. Current promotional activity and sweeping commercial claims are omitted. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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