Roy Orbison In Dreams (1963)
One of the two most memorable songs to appear in the 1986 David Lynch film Blue Velvet, the late, great Roy Orbison s classic pop ballad about love lost still continuing, but only In Dreams, went to, 7 on Billboard and, 10 on Cash Box on April 6, 1963. The song moves from lullaby, to freedom from the waking world, to the reliving of past romance, ending in a powerful emotional crescendo of shattered reality. It is a song in seven movements and was a successful vocal execution by Orbison covering over a two octave range. Sung in the first person, it matters little if the perspective of the singer is male or female.
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