Roy Orbison 1961 Running Scared 1080 HQ Lyrics

On this date in 1961, RUNNING SCARED by ROY ORBISON entered the Billboard Chart at #71 (Apr 10, 1961) Orbison began his career with Sun Records in Memphis, where he was a Rockabilly singer - in 1956 he reached #59 US with “Ooby Dooby,“ recorded with his group the Teen Kings. As a songwriter, he also cracked the charts with “So Long I’m Gone“ (#72 for Warren Smith in 1957) and “Claudette“ (#30 in 1958 for The Everly Brothers). After moving to Monument Records, Orbison went to Nashville and teamed with fellow songwriter Joe Melson. The pair began writing more operatic songs that would become huge hits for Orbison and define his style - songs that “give you an up mood while you’re crying,“ as Melson put it. Their first major success was “Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel),“ which was followed by “Blue Angel,“ “Up Town,“ “I’m Hurtin’“ and “Running Scared,“ which the pair claimed they wrote in just five