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 ...

In 1964, Roy Orbison released "Oh, Pretty Woman", his last big hit, and a song he says was partially inspired by The Beatles.

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 ...

Roy Orbison would have turned 75 on April 23. For the occasion, Sony Legacy has collected all the singles he recorded for Monument Records, the label he called home during his most productive period — ...

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 ...

Opening the mail the other day, I found a four-disc set of Roy Orbison recordings, Columbia/Legacy’s Roy Orbison: The Soul of Rock and Roll, going all the way back to his West Texas bands the Teen ...