Joe Melson
Biography
Joe Melson (born May 11, 1935) is an American singer and a BMI Award-winning songwriter best known for his collaborations with Roy Orbison, including "Only the Lonely" and "Crying", which are both in the Grammy Hall of Fame and have both been included in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Melson was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2018.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Simple Dreams
1977
Living In The USA
1978
Kicking Against The Pricks
1986
The All-time Greatest Hits Of Roy Orbison
1972
Long Play Album
1981
Greatest Hits Volume Two
1980
The Very Best Of Roy Orbison
1966
In Dreams: The Greatest Hits
1987
Feel It Break
2011
Best Of Chris Isaak
2006
Golden Days (The Collection Of 20 All-Time Greats)
...Featuring
2010
The Best Of The Johnny Cash TV Show 1969-1971
2007
Chain Lightning
1980
The Ultimate Collection
2016
The Monument Vinyl Box
2013
A Black And White Night Live
1989
All-Time Greatest Hits
1986
Reunion
1975
Gentle On My Mind
1968
In Dreams
1963
Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits
1962
Local Customs: Cavern Sound
2014
Partly Fiction
2014
Credited work
4,041 releases · 868 albums · active 1953–2026
- Performance · 6,735
- Other credits · 103
- Production · 66
Studios: The Sound Factory · Record One, Los Angeles · Hansa Tonstudios · AAV