Love Hurts
Roy Orbison | Artist Essentials
First released: 1961 (year verified)
Original 1961 Monument studio recording
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First released: 1961 (year verified)
The estate explicitly dates the B-side to 1961, before the 1962 Crying album. The earlier original release controls.
Recording: Original 1961 Monument studio recording
Credit: Roy Orbison
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original single: Running Scared / Love Hurts
Love Hurts - official original single history
The estate explicitly states that Roy Orbison's original Love Hurts was first released as a 1961 single, as the B-side of Running Scared. This precedes its 1962 album appearance. Promotional sales claims are not adopted. | 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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Love Hurts - official original single history
The estate explicitly states that Roy Orbison's original Love Hurts was first released as a 1961 single, as the B-side of Running Scared. This precedes its 1962 album appearance. Promotional sales claims are not adopted. | 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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