Roy Orbison possessed one of the great rock and roll voices: a forceful, operatic bel canto tenor capable of dynamic crescendos. He sang heartbroken ballads and bluesy rockers alike, running up a ...

As many fans are aware, the One of the Lonely Ones sessions took place during a particularly dark chapter in Orbison's life — his wife Claudette was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1966, and two ...

Even Bob Dylan was a fan of the song.

Roy Orbison spent much of the '70s and '80s in commercial exile. With the exception of his 1980 duet with Emmylou Harris, "That Lovin' You Feelin' Again," he hadn't had a Top 40 hit on the pop or ...

Fifty years ago this month, Roy Orbison had his break-out hit "Pretty Woman." The catchy tune about an attractive lady walking by his song became the influence of countless covers and catapulted him ...

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Petty was a fan of Orbison’s personality, not just his music. He explained that the other musician was kind with an unexpectedly good sense of humor. “Roy was such a gentle man and a gentleman,” he ...

While still in his teens, Texas native Roy Orbison and his band, the aptly named Teen Kings, were the stars of their own weekly series on KOSA-TV in Odessa. They would also travel to nearby Clovis, ...

Alex Orbison cried when he saw the image of his father performing on stage — nearly 30 years after his passing. Roy Orbison, the iconic rock ’n’ roll crooner who provided the title inspiration for ...