Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson

Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1967
GenreCountry
Length29:19
LabelMGM
ProducerWesley Rose, Jim Vienneau
Roy Orbison chronology
The Classic Roy Orbison
(1966)
Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson
(1967)
The Fastest Guitar Alive
(1967)
Singles from Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson
  1. "Too Soon to Know"
    Released: July 1966

Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson is a tribute album recorded by Roy Orbison for MGM Records. Released in January 1967, it is a collection of songs written by Country Music Hall of Fame singer/songwriter Don Gibson who, like Orbison, often wrote about the loneliness and sorrow that love can bring. Its one single, "Too Soon to Know", became a smash hit in the UK, reaching #3 there in September 1966, and also reached no. 4 in Ireland and no. 27 in Australia. In Canada, the song only reached no. 71.

This album was titled Sweet Dreams in Africa.

The album was released on compact disc by Edsel Records on September 27, 2004 as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 13 through 22 consisting of Orbison's 1970 album, Hank Williams: The Roy Orbison Way. The album was also included in the 2015 box set The MGM Years 1965–1973 – Roy Orbison.