Who Has Performed Joe’s Songs?

Throughout the years, Joe Melson’s songs have been memorialized by music legends such as Roy Orbison, Linda Ronstadt, Liza Minnelli and Kd Lang, and many more.

(I Get So) Sentimental
Roy Orbison
(Love Me Like You Did) Last Night
Roy Orbison
(They Call you) Gigolette
Roy Orbison
Blue Bayou
Roy Orbison, Linda Ronstadt, Wayne Newton, Damien Leith, Clay Aiken, Martina McBride, Gene Pitney, Billy Gilman, Mark Vincent, Dottie West,  Brush Shiels & Dublin Outlaws Robi Kahakalau, Chitãozinho & Xororó, Rebekah Del Rio, Dana Winner, Nicholis Louw, Russian Red, La India, ll Divo, Austra, Billy Joe Royal, The Cox Family, Byrd Burton, Michelle Martin, Mirelle Mathieu, Roberto Jordan, Reagan, Enrique Chia, Molasses Creek, Floyd Cramer, Johnny Ventura, Jimmy Fortune, Shelly Lares, Lewis Ross, Las Guitarras del Renacimiento, Ed Bruce, Nancy Tabb Marcantel, Engelbert Humperdinck, The Mantovani Orchestra, Henrey Arland, Slim Whitman, Lynn Anderson, Norma Eliza, Raul Malo, Tres Reinas, Nana Mouskouri, Xochilt, Yolanda
Blue Angel
Roy Orbison
Blue Avenue
Roy Orbison
Blue Rain (Coming Down)
Roy Orbison
Changes
Roy Orbison
Come Back To Me (My Love)
Roy Orbison
Crawling Back
Roy Orbison, P.J.Proby
Cry Softly Lonely One
Roy Orbison
Crying
Roy Orbison, Don McLean, kd Lang, Liza Minnelli, Helmut Lotti, Del Shannon, The Countdown Singers, Hank Marvin, Glenn Campbell, Ronnie Milsap, Jay & the Americans, Adrian Belew, Del Rubio Triplets, Waylon Jennings, Brian Lane Green, Byrd Burton, Jay Black, Willie Nelson,Stephanie Winslow, David Lee, Gene Pitney, Vonda Shepard, Dion & the Belmounts, Bill Pursell, Lynn Anderson, B.J. Thomas, Joe Whiting, Savannah Taylor, The Lettermen, Pat Benatar, Michael Amante, Adrian Belew, The Sentimental Strings, Freddie & the Dreamers, Andrew Suvalsky,Arlene Harden
Crying My Heart Out
The Newbeats
Dance
Joe Melson, Roy Orbison
Ever Changing Mind
Don Gibson
Faith in Me 
Damien Leith
Fields of Gold
Damien Leith
Girl Back on Blue Bayou
Damien Leith
Go On
Bobby Vee
God Love You
Roy Orbison
Heartbreak
Joe Melson
Help Me
Roy Orbison
Hermosa Laura
Los Teen Tops/Enrique Guzman
His Girl
Joe Melson, The Newbeats
How Are Things In Paradise
Roy Orbison
Hung Up on You
Roy Orbison
I Can Stop You Crying
Damien Leith
I’d Like to Put You in a Song
Billy Walker
I’m Hurtin’
Roy Orbison, Arlene Harlen
I’m In A Blue Mood
Conway Twitty, Roy Orbison
I’m The Man On Susie’s Mind
Roy Orbison
If You Can’t Say Something Nice
David Box & the Ravens, Roy Orbison
It’s Lonely
Roy Orbison
It’s Really Goodbye
The Newbeats
Jingle Jangle (World of Love)
The Newbeats
Lana
Roy Orbison, The Velvets
Lavender Lace
Clyde McPhatter
Leah
Roy Orbison
Let’s Make a Memory
Roy Orbison
Little Child
The Newbeats
Loneliness
Roy Orbison
Looking for Love
Bobby Vee, The Newbeats
Unexpected Goodbye

Glenn Barber

Mama
Roy Orbison, Arlene Harden
Memories of Maria
Various Artists
Michelle De Ann
The Newbeats
Nite Life
Roy Orbison
Only the Lonely
Roy Orbison, Sonny James, Desolation Angels, Arlene Harden, Chris Isaak, Frankie Avalon, Kitty Wells, Flying Picketts, Jack Green, Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers
Pretty Woman
Curtis Byrd & the Joe-Rag Singers
Raindrops
Roy Orbison
Run, Baby, Run
The Newbeats, The Tremeloes, Roy Orbison
Running Scared
Roy Orbison, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Del Shannon, Glen Cambell, Jack Scott, Bob Luman, Benny Mardones, Arlene Harden, The Lettermen
Spanish Nights
Roy Orbison
Summer Song
Roy Orbison
Sunset
Roy Orbison
Suzie
Sue Thompson
Sweet Mamma Blue
Roy Orbison
The Actress
Roy Orbison
The Crowd
Roy Orbison, Waylon Jennings, Arlene Harlen
The Last Goodbye
Damien Leith
The World You Live In
Roy Orbison, Glenn Barber
Time And Again
The Velvets
Uptown
Roy Orbison, Robert Gordon, Gail
Wynters
Wanted Man

Ernie Ashworth

Wedding Day
Roy Orbison
Yes
Roy Orbison
You Fool You
Roy Orbison