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Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his distinctive and powerful voice, complex song structures, and dark, emotional ballads. Orbison's music is mostly in the rock music genre and his most
Crying (Roy Orbison song) D. Dirty World; E. End of the Line (Traveling Wilburys song) G. ... You Tell Me (Johnny Cash song)
Roy Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer-songwriter who found the most success in the early rock and roll era from 1956 [1] to 1964. He later enjoyed a resurgence in the late 1980s with chart success as a member of the Traveling Wilburys and with his Mystery Girl album, which included the posthumous hit single "You Got It". [2]
Lonely and Blue is the debut studio album by Roy Orbison, [1] released on Monument Records in January 1961. [2]The track entitled "Come Back to Me (My Love)" features an almost identical intro to "Only the Lonely" because this is where the vocal figure of "Only the Lonely" came from. [3]
The Great Songs of Roy Orbison is an album recorded by Roy Orbison for MGM Records released in the United States in February 1970. It features mostly a collection of previously released MGM Singles, including "Ride Away", Breakin' Up is Breakin' My Heart", and "Cry Softly Lonely One" [ 3 ]
"Blue Angel" is a song by Roy Orbison, released as a single in August 1960. Released as the follow-up to the international hit "Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)", "Blue Angel" peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 and number eleven on the UK's Record Retailer Top 50. [3] [4]
Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits is a Roy Orbison record album from Monument Records recorded at the RCA Studio B in Nashville [1] and released in 1962. Between the hit songs were also "Love Star" and "Evergreen" [1] which were released here for the first time. "Dream Baby" had recently been a No. 4 hit in the United States and No. 2 in England.
It was issued as a B-side single in the US, peaking at number 29; the A-side, "Mean Woman Blues", peaked at number 5. The song also appeared on Orbison's 1963 full-length album In Dreams. According to the authorised biography of Roy Orbison, [2] a rare different version of "Blue Bayou" was released only in Italy (London 45-HL 1499). [2]