Joe Melson - Hey, Mister Cupid - The Joe Melson Story [CD]

Cat. no: JASCD1169
Format: CD
Barcode: 604988116922
Release Date: 07 Jul 2023
Genre: Rock 'N' Roll

Although Joe Melson remains chiefy famous as co-writer of Roy Orbison's early, breakthrough hits, he also had a parallel recording career himself, cutting a series of collectable R&R sides for the Hickory label 

But although his recorded legacy is an impressive body of work, Melson was unlucky with his own releases and was unable to register a national hit. 

This 35-track compilation presents an unique portrait of Joe, comprising his frst seven singles, including sides like 'Oh Yeah', 'Shook Up', 'Hey Mister Cupid' and a souped- up revival of 'Wake Up Little Susie' (all of which sound like they could have been hits), plus a handful of songwriters' demos, four of which also feature co-writer Orbison.

It also features sixteen of his songs as recorded by other artists, like Mark Dinning, The Velvets, Conway Twitty and Bobby Vee, alongside a trio of Orbison's biggest, signature hits, 'Only The Lonely', 'Running Scared' and 'Crying'. 

Tracks: Oh Yeah / What's The Use (I Still Love You) / Shook Up / Barbara / Hey, Mister Cupid / No One Really Cares / Wake Up, Little Susie / Take It Like A Man / Love Is A Dangerous Thing / Dance / Any Little Thing (Can Start The Flame Of Love) / Raining In My Heart / Stay Away From Her / His Girl / I Guess I'm Lonely (With Roy Orbison) Demo / Velveteen Doll (With Roy Orbison) Demo / She's Okay (With Roy Orbison) Demo / Baby Don't Stop (With Roy Orbison) Demo / Blue Angel (Demo) / Roy Orbison - Up Town / Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely / Mark Dinning - Come Back To Me (My Love) / The Velvets - Time And Again / Roy Orbison - Running Scared / Don & Eddie - You Fool You / Mark Dinning - Another Lonely Girl / Don & Eddie - Hey / Conway Twitty - I'm In A Blue, Blue Mood / Roy Orbison - Crying / The Velvets - Lana / Bobby Vee & The Crickets - Lookin' For
Love / Don Gant - Daydream (Of You) / Dan Folger - There Came A Tear / David Box - If You Can't Say Something Nice / Dan Folger - Inside My Heart