What connects this song
Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.
Written by Joe Melson, also Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel), Blue Bayou and Crying
Released on Knight Records, also In the Bad Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me) (The Foundations) and San Fernando (German version)
Part of The Golden Decade: 1960–1969, also San Fernando (German version)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Joe Melson wrote 3 of Roy Orbison’s top 10 songs
Roy Orbison wrote 134 songs on fono
Roy Orbison’s most frequent co-writer is Bill Dees (48 songs together)
Joe Melson wrote 37 songs on fono
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Joe Melson, Ray Rush and Roy Orbison
- Part of
- The Golden Decade: 1960–1969
- Released on
- Knight Records
- Written by
- Joe Melson, Ray Rush and Roy Orbison
- Part of
- The Golden Decade: 1960–1969
- Released on
- Knight Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Joe Melson
Same writer: Ray Rush
Same label: Knight Records
Same release: The Golden Decade: 1960–1969
Same writer: Joe Melson
Same writer: Joe Melson
Elsewhere
Sources (6)
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1MusicBrainz Mama (German version) was written by Joe Melson
Mama (German version) was written by Joe Melson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Mama (German version) was written by Ray Rush
Mama (German version) was written by Ray Rush
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Mama (German version) was written by Roy Orbison
Mama (German version) was written by Roy Orbison
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Mama (German version) is part of the release The Golden Decade: 1960–1969
Mama (German version) is part of the release The Golden Decade: 1960–1969
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Knight Records is the label of the song Mama (German version)
Knight Records is the label of the song Mama (German version)
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Mama (German version) was released on 1990
Mama (German version) was released on 1990
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026