Lonely and Blue

Lonely and Blue is the debut studio album by Roy Orbison, released on Monument Records in January 1961. It entered the UK albums chart two years later, on June 30, 1963 and reached number 14 over the course of eight weeks.

The track, "Come Back to Me (My Love)", features an almost identical intro to "Only the Lonely" because this is where the vocal figure of "Only the Lonely" came from. The album also features multiple covers of songs from Don Gibson, The Everly Brothers, Gene Pitney, and Johnnie Ray"

The album was released on compact disc by Monument Records in 1993 as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 13 through 24 consisting of Orbison's 1962 album, Crying. Bear Family included also the album in the 2001 Orbison 1955-1965 box set. Sony Music label included this CD in the 2013 Roy Orbison The Monument Box Set. Avid Rock 'n' Roll labels included this CD in the 2017 3 Classic Albums Plus Box Set.