Editing Roy Orbison (section)

===="In Dreams" and international tours====
Orbison's string of top-40 hits continued with "[[In Dreams (Roy Orbison song)|In Dreams]]" (US number seven in January 1963,<ref name="Amburn"/>{{refpage|p114}} UK number six), "Falling" (US number 22, UK number 9) and "[[Mean Woman Blues]]" (US number five, UK number three) coupled with "[[Blue Bayou]]" (US number 29, UK number three).{{sfnp|Whitburn|2004|p=524}}<ref name="britishhits">Brown, Kutner, and Warwick, p. 645.</ref> According to the discography in ''The Authorized Roy Orbison'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Orbison |first1=Roy Jr. |last2=Orbison |first2=Alex |last3=Orbison |first3=Wesley |last4=Slate |first4=Jeff |title=The Authorized Roy Orbison | publisher=Center Street |location=New York |edition=1st |year=2017 |page=245 |oclc=1017566749 |isbn=978-1-4789-7654-7}}</ref> a rare alternative version of "Blue Bayou" was released in Italy. Orbison finished 1963 with a Christmas song written by [[Willie Nelson]], "[[Pretty Paper (song)|Pretty Paper]]" (US number 15 in 1963, UK number six in 1964).

As "In Dreams" was released in April 1963, Orbison was asked to replace [[Duane Eddy]] on a tour of the UK in top billing with [[the Beatles]]. The [[Roy Orbison/The Beatles Tour|tour]] sold out in one afternoon.<ref name="offbio" /> When Orbison arrived in Britain, however, he realized he was no longer the main draw. He had never heard of the Beatles, and annoyed, asked rhetorically, "What's a Beatle, anyway?" to which [[John Lennon]] replied, after tapping his shoulder, "I am".<ref name="Amburn"/>{{refpage|p115}} On the opening night, Orbison opted to go onstage first, although he was the more established act. The Beatles stood dumbfounded backstage as Orbison simply played through 14 encores.<ref name="clayson109-113">Clayson, Alan, pp. 109–113.</ref> Finally, when the audience began chanting "We want Roy!" again, Lennon and [[Paul McCartney]] physically held Orbison back.<ref name="Amburn"/>{{refpage|p117}} [[Ringo Starr]] later said, "In [[Glasgow]], we were all backstage listening to the tremendous applause he was getting. He was just standing there, not moving or anything."<ref name="clayson109-113"/> Through the tour, however, the two acts quickly learned to get along, a process made easier by the fact that the Beatles admired his work.<ref>Lennon, John; McCartney, Paul; Harrison, George; Starr, Ringo (2002). ''The Beatles Anthology. Chronicle''. p. 94.</ref> Orbison felt a kinship with Lennon, but [[George Harrison]] was with whom he would later form a strong friendship.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

In 1963, touring took a toll on Orbison's personal life. After discovering a letter from one of Orbison's secret girlfriends, his wife Claudette had an affair with the builder of their home in Tennessee.<ref name="Amburn"/>{{refpage|p120}} Billy Pat Ellis said, "Claudette had the affair because Roy was gone a lot and she got lonely and wanted to prove she was attractive again".<ref name="Amburn"/>{{refpage|p120}} When Orbison toured Britain again in the autumn of 1963, she joined him.<ref name="Amburn"/>{{refpage|p122-3}} 

Later in 1963, Orbison toured England, Ireland, and Canada.<ref name="Amburn"/>{{refpage|p122}} In 1964, he toured Australia and New Zealand with the [[Beach Boys]]<ref name="offbio" /> and returned again to Britain and Ireland, where he was so besieged by teenaged girls that the Irish police had to halt his performances to pull the girls off him.<ref name="Amburn"/>{{refpage|p125}} He traveled to Australia again in 1965, this time with [[the Rolling Stones]].<ref name="offbio" /> [[Mick Jagger]] later remarked, referring to a snapshot he took of Orbison in New Zealand, "a fine figure of a man in the hot springs, he was."<ref name="Amburn"/>{{refpage|p134}}