Lonely and Blue is the debut studio album by Roy Orbison, released on Monument Records in January 1961.

[8] Sony Music label included this CD in the 2013 Roy Orbison The Monument Box Set.

[9] Avid Rock 'n' Roll labels included this CD in the 2017 3 Classic Albums Plus Box Set.

In early 1959 Orbison's manager Wesley Rose asked producer and owner Fred Foster if he was interested in signing him for Monument Records.

Bruce Eder of AllMusic said that the album "packed with great moments and different permutations of that sound: the powerful lead vocal and the Boots Randolph sax break on "I'll Say It's My Fault"; the haunting Orbison-Melson "Come Back to Me (My Love)," a vest-pocket romantic melodrama sung with operatic depth and played to a light rock & roll beat; Don Gibson's "I'd Be a Legend in My Time", and "I Can't Stop Loving You".