Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)

"Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)"
"Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)"
Single by Roy Orbison
from the album Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits
B-side	"The Actress"
Released	February 10, 1962
Recorded	January 9, 1962
Studio	RCA Victor Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Rockabilly
Length	2:34
Label	Monument
Songwriter	Cindy Walker
Producer	Fred Foster
Roy Orbison singles chronology

B-side"The Actress"

ReleasedFebruary 10, 1962^[1]

RecordedJanuary 9, 1962^[1]

StudioRCA Victor Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee^[1]

"Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)" is a song written by Cindy Walker which was first recorded and released by Roy Orbison originally as a non-album single in 1962. It was a big international hit for Orbison, reaching number 2 in both the Australian and the UK singles charts and number 4 in the U.S. Billboard. It was also a top ten hit in Canada and Norway. Five months later, "Dream Baby" was included on Orbison's Greatest Hits compilation LP.

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Chart (1962)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	2
Canada RPM Top Singles	8
Netherlands	9
New Zealand (Lever)^[2]	6
Norway VG-lista	5
UK Singles Chart (OCC)	2
US Billboard Hot 100^[3]	4
US Cash Box Top 100^[4]	9

Chart (1971)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[7]	7
US Billboard Hot 100^[8]	31
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening	2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	4
Canadian RPM Top Singles	20
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary	6
New Zealand (Listener) ^[9]	17
UK Singles Chart	39

Chart (1983)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[11]	9
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	10

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Discography
Studio albums	Lonely and Blue Roy Orbison at the Rock House Crying In Dreams There Is Only One Roy Orbison Orbisongs The Orbison Way The Classic Roy Orbison Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson The Fastest Guitar Alive Cry Softly Lonely One Roy Orbison's Many Moods Big O Hank Williams: The Roy Orbison Way Roy Orbison Sings Memphis Milestones I'm Still in Love With You Regeneration Laminar Flow In Dreams: The Greatest Hits studio re-recordings of earlier hits) Mystery Girl King of Hearts One of the Lonely Ones
Compilations	Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits Early Orbison The Great Songs of Roy Orbison The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison In Dreams: The Greatest Hits The Legendary Roy Orbison 16 Biggest Hits Greatest Hits Live The Essential Roy Orbison A Love So Beautiful Unchained Melodies
Collaborations	Class of '55 Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
Soundtrack appearances	Roadie Blue Velvet Less than Zero
Live	A Black & White Night Live
Singles	"Tryin' to Get to You" "Ooby Dooby" "Go Go Go" "Only the Lonely" "Blue Angel" "Running Scared" "Crying" / "Candy Man" "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)" "Working for the Man" "In Dreams" "Blue Bayou" "Pretty Paper" "It's Over" "Oh, Pretty Woman" "Memphis, Tennessee" "You Got It" "She's a Mystery to Me" "I Drove All Night"
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Studio albums	Big Bluegrass Special Too Late to Worry – Too Blue to Cry The Astounding 12-String Guitar of Glen Campbell The Big Bad Rock Guitar of Glen Campbell Burning Bridges Gentle on My Mind By the Time I Get to Phoenix Hey Little One A New Place in the Sun Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell That Christmas Feeling Wichita Lineman Galveston True Grit Try a Little Kindness Oh Happy Day Norwood The Glen Campbell Goodtime Album The Last Time I Saw Her Anne Murray / Glen Campbell The Artistry of Glen Campbell Glen Travis Campbell I Knew Jesus (Before He Was a Star) I Remember Hank Williams Houston (I'm Comin' to See You) Reunion: The Songs of Jimmy Webb Ernie Sings & Glen Picks Rhinestone Cowboy Bloodline Southern Nights Basic Highwayman Somethin' 'Bout You Baby I Like It's the World Gone Crazy Old Home Town Letter to Home No More Night It's Just a Matter of Time Still Within the Sound of My Voice Light Years Favorite Hymns Walkin' in the Sun Unconditional Love Show Me Your Way Rock-A-Doodle Wings of Victory Somebody Like That Home for the Holidays The Boy in Me Christmas with Glen Campbell A Glen Campbell Christmas My Hits and Love Songs Meet Glen Campbell Ghost on the Canvas See You There I'll Be Me Adiós
Live albums	Glen Campbell Live Live in Japan Live at the Royal Festival Hall Glen Campbell Live Glen Campbell Live! His Greatest Hits Glen Campbell in Concert with the South Dakota Symphony Through the Years Live - Ultimate Collection Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb: In Session
Compilations	The 12 String Guitar of Glen Campbell Glen Campbell Plays 12 String Guitar Portrait Country Soul Country Music Star No. 1 The Glen Campbell Album Limited Collector's Edition A Satisfied Mind Glen Campbell's Greatest Hits Gentle on My Mind The Good Time Songs of Glen Campbell I'll Paint You a Song Arkansas The Best of Glen Campbell Glen Campbell's Twenty Golden Greats The Great Hits of Glen Campbell The Glen Campbell Collection The Very Best of Glen Campbell Classics Collection Greatest Country Hits Best of the Early Years Merry Christmas All-Time Greatest Hits The Essential Glen Campbell Volume One The Essential Glen Campbell Volume Two The Essential Glen Campbell Volume Three Jesus and Me: The Collection Home at Last The Glen Campbell Collection (1962–1989) Gentle on My Mind The Capitol Years 65/77 Reunited with Jimmy Webb 1974–1988 Love Songs Glen Campbell Christmas Super Hits 20 Greatest Hits Rhinestone Cowboy/Bloodline The Lambert & Potter Sessions 1975–1976 All the Best The Legacy (1961–2002) Rhinestone Cowboy (New Studio Recordings) Glen Campbell Collection Rhinestone Cowboy Live, on the Air & in the Studio Sings the Best of Jimmy Webb 1967–1992 The Platinum Collection Classic Campbell Words and Music Greatest Hits
Singles	"Turn Around, Look at Me" "Too Late to Worry - Too Blue to Cry" "Long Black Limousine" "Guess I'm Dumb" "Universal Soldier" "Burning Bridges" "Gentle on My Mind" "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" "Hey Little One" "I Wanna Live" "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife" "Wichita Lineman" "Let It Be Me" (with Bobbie Gentry) "Galveston" "Where's the Playground Susie" "True Grit" "Try a Little Kindness" "Honey Come Back" "All I Have to Do Is Dream" (with Bobbie Gentry) "Oh Happy Day" "Everything a Man Could Ever Need" "It's Only Make Believe" "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)" "The Last Time I Saw Her" "I Say a Little Prayer" "Oklahoma Sunday Morning" "Manhattan, Kansas" "Bonaparte's Retreat" "Rhinestone Cowboy" "Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)" "Don't Pull Your Love/Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" "Southern Nights" "Sunflower" "Somethin' 'Bout You Baby I Like" (with Rita Coolidge) "I Love How You Love Me" "Faithless Love" "A Lady Like You" "It's Just a Matter of Time" "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" (with Steve Wariner) "Still Within the Sound of My Voice" "I Remember You" "I Have You" "She's Gone, Gone, Gone" "I'm Not Gonna Miss You"
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