Cover Versions
The song also appears on Orbison's 1962 album, Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits, and his 1989 posthumous album A Black & White Night Live, from the 1988 HBO television special.
In 1969, country singer Sonny James recorded the song and had a Number One hit on the Billboard country music charts.
Mariachi El Bronx released a mariachi version of the song in 2011.
The song has also been covered by Chris Isaak.
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