"Candy Man" is a song by Roy Orbison, released as the B-side to his international hit "Crying" in July 1961.

[4] After ending her contract with Hell and Rage, Ross went to friend Aaron Schroeder, who had recently started his own publishing company, January Music.

Schroeder then gave the recording to producer Fred Foster who then cut the song with country artist Roy Orbison.

[5] "Candy Man" was released as the flip side to "Crying" in mid-July 1961, whilst Orbison's previous single, "Running Scared", was still in the charts.

"Candy Man" became the group's third top-ten hit in the UK and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the Record Retailer Top 50 chart.

[10] In Record Mirror, it was described as being "much more original than his [Poole's] last", with "a crashing guitar [that] leads the way, and Brian [singing] the vocal with more than a touch of R&B in the delivery".

[11] "Candy Man" has been covered by a number of artists, including Bobby Vee and the Ventures, Dion, the Hollies, Wanda Jackson and Brian Hyland.