Induction Year: 2018
Birth Name: Joe Melson
Birth Date: 05-11-1935
Place of Birth: Bonham, Texas
"(I Get So) Sentimental"
(written with Roy Orbison)
Bob Luman | 1965 |
Roy Orbison | 1965 |
"Barbara"
(written with Roy Orbison)
Roy Orbison & Joe Melson | 2014 |
"Blue Angel"
(written with Roy Orbison)
Roy Orbison | 1960 | #9 pop, #23 r&b, #11 UK |
"Blue Bayou"
(written with Roy Orbison)
Roy Orbison | 1963 | #29 pop, #26 r&b, #3 UK |
Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass | 1971 |
Lynn Anderson | 1971 |
Linda Ronstadt | 1977 | #2 country, #3 adult contemporary, #3 pop, #35 UK |
Wayne Newton | 1978 |
Ed Bruce | 1982 |
The Cox Family | 1985 |
Billy Jo Spears | 1986 |
Raul Malo | 2004 |
Norah Jones | 2008 |
Harry Dean Stanton | 2014 |
"Come Back To Me (My Love)"
(written with Roy Orbison)
Roy Orbison | 1960 |
"Cry Softly Lonely One"
(written with Don Gant)
Roy Orbison | 1967 | #52 pop |
"Crying"
(written with Roy Orbison)
2002 Song Inductee into the Grammy Hall of Fame / Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #69
Roy Orbison | 1961 | #2 pop, #25 UK |
Bobby Vinton | 1962 |
Del Shannon | 1964 |
The Lettermen | 1964 |
Waylon Jennings | 1964 |
Jay & The Americans | 1966 | #25 pop |
Glen Campbell | 1967 |
Dottie West | 1968 |
Lynn Anderson | 1968 |
B.J. Thomas | 1975 |
Ronnie Milsap | 1976 | #79 country |
Don McLean | 1980 | #2 adult contemporary, #5 pop, #6 country, #1 UK |
Roy Orbison & k.d. lang | 1987 | #28 adult contemporary, #42 country |
Pat Benatar | 1999 |
Deana Carter | 2007 |
Clay Aiken | 2009 |
"Ever Changing Mind"
(written with Susie Melson)
Don Gibson | 1969 | #30 country |
"I'm Hurtin'"
(written with Roy Orbison)
Roy Orbison | 1961 | #27 pop |
"I'm In A Blue, Blue Mood"
(written with Roy Orbison)
Conway Twitty | 1962 |
Roy Orbison | 1965 |
"I'm The Man On Susie's Mind"
(written with Glenn Barber)
Glenn Barber | 1972 | #28 country |
Roy Orbison | 1973 |
"Lana"
The Velvets | 1961 |
Roy Orbison | 1966 | #15 UK |
"Lookin' For Love"
(written with Roy Orbison)
Bobby Vee & the Crickets | 1962 |
The Newbeats | 1965 |
Roy Orbison | 2014 |
"Love Songs Just For You"
(written with Marsha Barber)
Glenn Barber | 1979 | #27 country |
"Only The Lonely (Know How I Feel)"
(written with Roy Orbison)
1999 Song Inductee into the Grammy Hall of Fame / Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #232
Roy Orbison | 1960 | #2 pop, #14 r&b, #1 UK |
Kitty Wells | 1966 |
Floyd Cramer | 1969 |
Jack Greene | 1969 |
Sonny James | 1969 | #1 country, #32 adult contemporary |
Glen Campbell | 1973 |
Chris Isaak | 1996 |
"Run Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)"
(written with Don Gant)
The Newbeats | 1965 | #12 pop, #10 UK |
Roy Orbison | 1973 |
"Running Scared"
(written with Roy Orbison)
Roy Orbison | 1961 | #1 pop, #9 UK |
Del Shannon | 1965 |
The Lettermen | 1965 |
Glen Campbell | 1972 |
Jeff Lynne | 2012 |
"The Crowd"
(written with Roy Orbison)
Roy Orbison | 1962 | #26 pop, #40 UK |
Waylon Jennings | 1968 |
"Unexpected Goodbye"
(written with Glenn Barber)
Glenn Barber | 1972 | #23 country |
"We’ve Got Some Feeling To Do"
(written with Milton Calvin Blackford)
Del Reeves & Billie Jo Spears | 1976 |