In Dreams
Roy Orbison | Artist Essentials
First released: 1963 (year verified)
Original 1963 Monument studio recording
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First released: 1963 (year verified)
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Recording: Original 1963 Monument studio recording
Credit: Roy Orbison
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original single: In Dreams
The Monument Singles Collection - licensed recording program
The licensed original-single program supplies track identities and individual recording-year metadata for the selected Monument sides. The anthology itself is dated 2011. Album-inherited 1962 for Love Hurts is overridden by the explicit 1961 estate single history; incompatible 1989/2011 dates on other old tracks are not used. | Reviewed 2026-10-19
The Monument Singles Collection - official original-master scope
The estate release announcement identifies the anthology as the original Monument mono single mixes from 1959-1966. It lists the original A and B sides and explicitly dates the original Oh, Pretty Woman single to 1964. The later concert DVD is separate. | Reviewed 2026-10-19
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These are listening-list appearances, separate from the first-release date.
The actual retained 1963 hit matches the estate's original Monument single and original album program. The estate separately documents the 1987 rerecording; this join selects the 1963 performance.
The Monument Singles Collection - licensed recording program
The licensed original-single program supplies track identities and individual recording-year metadata for the selected Monument sides. The anthology itself is dated 2011. Album-inherited 1962 for Love Hurts is overridden by the explicit 1961 estate single history; incompatible 1989/2011 dates on other old tracks are not used. | Reviewed 2026-10-19
The Monument Singles Collection - official original-master scope
The estate release announcement identifies the anthology as the original Monument mono single mixes from 1959-1966. It lists the original A and B sides and explicitly dates the original Oh, Pretty Woman single to 1964. The later concert DVD is separate. | 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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