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Orbison, Roy Filmography
- Mr Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO (2012)
- 100 Years of the London Palladium (2010)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Light My Fire (2009)
- The Big O in Britain (2008)
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream (2007)
- The True History of the Traveling Wilburys (2007)
- Duet Impossible (2006)
- One for the Money: The Birth of Rock N' Roll (2006)
- One for the Money: The Birth of Rock N' Roll (2006)
- Roy Orbison: Live from Australia 1972 (2005)
- Ed Sullivan's Rock 'n' Roll Classics, Vol. 4: Elvis & Other Rock Greats (2003)
- Lubbock Lights (2003)
- George Harrison - Der sanfte Beatle (2001)
- Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock'n'Roll (2000)
- Roy Orbison: The Anthology (1999)
- In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story (1999)
- The Life and Times of Roy Orbison (1998)
- The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 2 (1995)
- The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show 2 (1991)
- Golden Age of Rock'n'Roll (1991)
- The 30th Annual Grammy Awards (1988)
- She's Having a Baby (1988)
- Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night (1988)
- Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (1987)
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- Roy Orbison Live in Texas (1986)
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- Roy Sings Orbison (1975)
- The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club (1974)
- The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967)
- The Roy Orbison Show (1964)
Famous quotes by Roy Orbison:
"Pretty woman, I don't believe you, you're not the truth. No one could look as good as you, mercy."
"I may be a living legend, but that sure don't help when I've got to change a flat tire."
"Look how quickly he was outstripped by other white rockers,"
"As you stopped to say hello, oh, you wished me well, you couldn't tell that I'd been crying over you."
"I got a woman that's mean as she can be, sometimes I think she's almost as mean as me."
"I close my eyes, then I drift away, into the magic night I softly say. A silent prayer, like dreamers do, then I fall asleep to dream my dreams of you."
"Only the lonely know the way I feel tonight."
"Love hurts, love scars, love wounds, and mars."
"I've really learned a lot, really learned a lot, love is like a stove, burns you when it's hot."
"You wiggle to the left, you wiggle to the right, you do the Ooby Dooby with all your might."
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- Uptown
- Only the Lonely
- Blue Angel
- I'm Hurtin'
- Running Scared
- Lana
- Crying
- Let the Good Times Roll
- Blue Bayou
- Dream Baby
- The Crowd
- Working for the Man
- In Dreams
- Falling
- It's Over
- Oh Pretty Woman
- Goodnight
- Pretty Paper
- Say You're My Girl
- Paper Boy
- Oh Pretty Woman
- Twinkle Toes
- Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)
- In Dreams
- Blue Bayou
- Mean Little Mama
- Lana
- Running Scared
- Falling
- Leah
- Indian Wedding
- Blue Angel
- Ooby Dooby
- Hey! Miss Fannie
- A True Love Goodbye
- An Empty Cup and a Broken Date
- Tryin' to Get to You
- Tutti Frutti
- [advertisement: overton park shell concert]
- Ooby Dooby
- Cat Called Domino
- Go! Go! Go!
- Rockhouse
- 1956 Guitar Pull Medley: I Want You, I Need You, I Love You / I Was the One / That's All Right / Mary Lou / You're My Baby
- You're My Baby
- Mean Little Mama
- Problem Child
- One More Time (demo recording)
- You're Gonna Cry
- It's Too Late
- Sweet and Easy to Love
- This Kind of Love
- Claudette (demo recording)
- You Tell Me (demo recording)
- Night Owl (demo recording)
- Bad Cat (demo recording)
- I Give Up (demo recording)
- Love Struck (demo recording)
- Baby Don't Stop (demo recording)
- Defeated (demo recording)
- Love Storm (demo recording)
- Almost Eighteen
- With the Bug
- Pretty One
- Ooby Dooby
- Go! Go! Go!
- Rock House
- Uptown
- Only the Lonely
- Blue Angel
- I'm Hurtin'
- Lana
- Love Hurts
- Crying
- Candy Man
- Dream Baby
- The Crowd
- Leah
- Falling
- Working for the Man
- Mean Woman Blues
- Blue Bayou
- Pretty Paper
- It's Over
- Oh, Pretty Woman
- Oh, Pretty Woman
- Only the Lonely
- Dream Baby
- Ooby Dooby
- Blue Angel
- Love Hurts
- Crying
- Running Scared
- Lana
- Uptown
- Go! Go! Go!
- Rock House
- Candy Man
- The Crowd
- Working for the Man
- Leah
- Mean Woman Blues
- Falling
- Pretty Paper
- Blue Bayou
- It's Over
- Oh Pretty Woman
- Crying
- Running Scared
- It's Over
- Candy Man
- In Dreams
- Mean Woman Blues
- Lena
- Leah
- Run for the Sun
- Blue Blue Day
- Baby Don't Stop
- Penny Arcade
- Blue Bayou
- Maybe
- In Dreams
- This Kind of Love
- Friday Night
- Heavy Load
- Poor Baby
- Oh Pretty Woman
- Lana
- Communication Breakdown
- Heartache
- Walk On
- Break My Mind
- Go, Go, Go (Down the Line)
- Uptown
- Blue Angel
- I'm Hurtin'
- She
- Time to Cry
- Crawling Back
- Falling
- Goodnight
- Only the Lonely
- Leah
- In Dreams
- Uptown
- It's Over
- Crying
- Dream Baby
- Blue Angel
- Working for the Man
- Candy Man
- Running Scared
- Falling
- Love Hurts
- Shahdaroba
- I'm Hurtin'
- Mean Woman Blues
- Pretty Paper
- The Crowd
- Blue Bayou
- Oh, Pretty Woman
- Ooby Dooby
- You're My Baby
- Rockhouse
- Sweet & Easy to Love
- Go! Go! Go!
- Devil Doll
- I Give Up
- I Like Love
- Trying to Get to You
- Fools Hall of Fame
- Domino
- It's Too Late
- Chicken Hearted
- You're Gonna Cry
- I Never Knew
- Clown
- Mean Little Mama
- This Kind of Love
- You Tell Me
- I Was a Fool (feat. Ken Cook)
- Lovestruck
- Problem Child
- Cause of It All
- One More Time
- True Love Goodbye
- Claudette (demo)
- Oh Pretty Woman
- Falling
- Only the Lonely
- Pretty Paper
- Blue Bayou
- Mean Woman Blues
- Blue Angel
- All I Have Is to Dream
- In Dreams
- Lana
- Beautiful Dreamer
- The Great Pretender
- Candy Man
- Bye Bye Love
- Dream
- Cry
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- What'd I Say
- Love Hurts
- Born on the Wind
- Let the Good Times Roll
- I'd Be Legend in My Time
- Ride Away
- Crawling Back
- Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart
- Twinkle Toes
- Too Soon to Know
- Communication Breakdown
- So Good
- Cry Softly Lonely One
- She
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- Walk On
- Heartache
- Southbound Jericho Parkway
- Penny Arcade
- She Cheats on Me
- So Young
- Love Me Like You Did Last Night
- God Love You
- Remember the Good
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Blue Rain (Coming Down)
- I Wanna Live
- I Got Nothing
- Running Scared
- Crying
- Dream Baby (How long Must I Dream)
- In Dreams
- Blue Angel
- Falling
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- Leah
- I'm Hurtin'
- Uptown
- Oh Pretty Woman
- Lana
- Dream Baby
- It's Over
- Rockhouse
- Blue Bayou
- Problem Child
- Mean Woman Blues
- Ooby Dooby (Alt)
- Too Soon to Know
- I Never Knew
- The Clown
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- Leah
- Fools Hall of Fame
- Claudette
- Go Go Go
- Candy Man
- Oh Pretty Woman
- Only the Lonely
- Cryin'
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- It's Over
- Penny Arcade
- Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
- Lana
- Leah
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- Hound Dog Man
- Too Soon to Know
- In Dreams
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- Blue Angel
- Ooby Dooby (The Teen Kings)
- Trying to Get to You (The Teen Kings)
- Ooby Dooby (Sun Master)
- Go! Go! Go!
- Trying to Get to You
- You're My Baby
- Rock House
- Sweet & Easy to Love
- Devil Doll
- Love Dumb Baby (Fragment)
- Fools Hall of Fame
- A True Love Goodbye
- Chicken Hearted
- I Like Love
- Mean Little Mama
- Problem Child
- Cat Called Domino
- You Tell Me
- I Give Up
- One More Time
- Lovesick
- The Clown
- Claudette
- The Cause of It All
- You're Gonna Cry
- This Kind of Love
- It's Too Late
- I Never Knew
- Claudette
- Only the Loney (Know the Way I Feel)
- Uptown
- Blue Angel
- In Dreams
- My Prayer
- Seems to Me
- Claudette
- Goodnight
- Crying
- Pretty Paper
- (Say) You're My Girl
- (I'd Be) A Legend in My Time
- I'm Hurtin'
- Mean Woman Blues
- Candy Man
- Only the Lonely
- Crying
- Dream Baby, How Long Must I Dream?
- Running Scared
- Candy Man
- Leah
- Blue Angel
- I'm Hurting
- Uptown
- The Crowd
- Ooby Dooby
- Working for the Man
- Devil Doll
- Mean Little Mama
- A True Love Goodbye
- It's Too Late
- I Give Up
- Trying to Get You
- My Prayer
- Blue Bayou
- Crying
- Love Hurts
- The Great Pretender
- Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
- Pretty One
- Falling
- What'd I Say
- Goodnight
- Only The Lonely
- Bye Bye Love
- Love Star
- Oh Pretty Woman
- Oh, Pretty Woman
- Ooby Dooby
- Only the Lonley
- Go Go Go (Down the Line)
- Trying to Get to You
- Rockhouse
- Running Scared
- Blue Angel
- Candy Man
- It's Over
- Dream Baby
- Uptown
- Love Star
- Blue Bayou
- Lana
- Beautiful Dreamer
- Work for the Man
- In Dreams
- Problem Child
- It's to Late
- Bye Bye Love
- This Kind of Love
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- Mean Little Man
- Pretty One
- Tryin' to Get to You
- Ooby Dooby
- Go, Go, Go
- Rock House
- You're My Baby
- Devil Doll
- Claudette
- Seems to Me
- Sweet and Innocent
- Almost Eighteen
- Jolie
- I'll Never Tell
- With the Bug
- Paper Boy
- Uptown
- Pretty One
- Only the Lonely
- Here Comes That Song Again
- Blue Angel
- Party Heart
- How Are Things In Paradise
- Darkness
- Yes
- Double Date
- Mama (German)
- San Fernando (German)
- Zig Zag
- Tired old country song
- Mother
- Boogie Baby
- Indian Summer (Larry Gatlin & Roy Orbison with The Gatlin Brothers)
- Only The Lonely
- I'm Hurtin'
- Dream Baby
- Oh Pretty Women
- It's Over
- In Dreams
- Blue Bayou
- (I'm A) Southern Man
- What'd I Say
- Wedding Day
- Lana
- Drifting Away
- Born To Love Me
- Old Love Song
- Sentimental
- Crying
- The Great Pretender
- Love Star
- Indian Wedding
- Borne On The Wind
- Mama
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- I'd Be a Legend in Time
- (Yes) I'm Hurting
- The Same Street
- Far Far Away
- Big Hearted Me
- Sweet Dreams
- Blue Blue Day
- What About Me
- Give Myself a Party
- Lonesome Number One
- Crawling Back
- It Ain't No Big Thing
- Time Changed Everything
- The Loner
- Maybe
- Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart
- Go Away
- Why Hurt the One Who Love You
- Oh Such Stranger
- Too Soon to Know
- A New Star
- Never
- The Actress
- Paper Boy
- With the Bug
- Today's Teardrops
- Here Comes That Song Again
- Only With You
- Pretty One
- No Chain at All
- Blues in My Mind
- Drifting Away
- Wings of Glory
- Belinda
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- Distant Drums
- No One Will Ever Know
- Beautiful Dreamer
- The Great Pretender
- Let the Good Times Roll
- Bye Bye Love
- Dream
- (I'd Be) A Legend in My Time
- All I Have to Do Is Dream
- Cry
- What'd I Say
- Only the Lonely
- Leah
- In Dreams
- Uptown
- It's Over
- Crying
- Dream Baby
- Blue Angel
- Working for the Man
- Candy Man
- Running Scared
- Falling
- Claudette
- Ooby Dooby
- I'm Hurting
- Mean Woman Blues
- Lana
- Blue Bayou
- Oh, Pretty Woman
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Why a Woman Cries
- Run, Baby, Run (Back Into My Arms)
- Take Care of Your Woman
- I'm the Man on Susie's Mind
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- Run the Engines Up High
- It Ain't No Big Thing (But It's Growing)
- I Fought the Law
- The Three Bells
- Danny Boy
- (I'll Be) A Legend in My Time
- (Yes) I'm Hurting
- The Same Street
- Far, Far Away
- Big Hearted Me
- Sweet Dreams
- Oh, Such a Stranger
- Blue, Blue Day
- What About Me
- Give Myself a Party
- Too Soon to Know
- Lonesome Number One
- She
- Communication Breakdown
- Cry Softly, Lonely One
- Girl Like Mine
- It Takes One (To Know One)
- Just Let Me Make Believe
- Here Comes the Rain, Baby
- That's a No-No
- Memories
- Time to Cry
- Only Alive
- Crawling Back
- It Ain't No Big Thing (That I'm Crying)
- Time Changed Everything
- This Is My Land
- The Loner
- Maybe
- Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart
- Go Away
- A New Star
- Never
- It Wasn't Very Long Ago
- Why Hurt the One Who Loves You
- Ride Away
- You Fool You
- Two of a Kind
- This Is Your Song
- I'm in a Blue, Blue Mood
- If You Can't Say Something Nice
- Claudette
- Afraid to Sleep
- Sugar and Honey
- Summer Love
- Big as I Can Dream
- Wondering
- Oh, Pretty Woman
- Dance
- (Say) You're My Girl
- Goodnight
- Nightlife
- Let the Good Times Roll
- (I Get So) Sentimental
- You te amo Maria
- Wedding Day
- Sleepy Hollow
- 22 Days
- I'd Be a Legend in My Time
- This Kind of Love
- Devil Doll
- You're My Baby
- Rock House
- You're Gonna Cry
- I Never Knew
- Sweet and Easy to Love
- Mean Little Mama
- Ooby Dooby
- Problem Child
- Ooby Dooby
- Problem Child
- Trying To Get To You
- You're My Baby
- Rockhouse
- Domino
- Sweet And Easy To Love
- Devil Doll
- The Cause Of It All
- Fools Hall Of Fame
- A True Love Goodbye
- Chicken
- I Like
- Mean Little
- Ooby Dooby
- Go Go Go
- Rockhouse
- Trying to Get You
- This Kind of Love
- It's Too Late
- You're My Baby
- Domino
- Sweet and Easy to Love
- Devil Doll
- The Cause of It All
- Fools Hall of Fame
- A True Love Goodbye
- Ooby Dooby
- One More Time
- Problem Child
- Rock House
- Sweet and Easy to Love
- This Kind of Love
- Trying to Get to You
- You're Gonna Cry
- You're My Baby
- I Never Knew
- Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel)
- Indian Wedding
- Workin' For The Man
- The Crowd
- Blue Bayou
- On Pretty Woman
- Dream Baby (How long Must I Dream)
- My Prayer
- Let The Good Times Roll
- Crying
- Oh, Pretty Woman
- Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel)
- Claudette
- Leah
- California Blue
- It's Over
- Blue Bayou
- Falling
- Heartache
- Blue Avenue
- Running Scared
- In Dreams
- Oh Pretty Woman
- Crying
- Running Scared
- It's Over
- Candy Man
- In Dreams
- Dream Baby
- Mean Woman Blues
- Lana
- Leah
- Wedding Day
- Indian Wedding
- Goodnight
- Yo Te Amo, Maria
- Blue Bayou
- Today's Teardrops
- Only the Lonely
- Blue Angel
- Running Scared
- Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
- In Dreams
- Mean Woman Blues
- Blue Bayou
- It's Over
- Oh, Pretty Woman
- Penny Arcade
- Leah
- Lawa
- Candy Man
- Go Go Go (Down the Line)
- Too Soon to Know
- Too Soon to Know
- Breaking' Up Is Breakin' My Heart
- Sweet Dreams
- Ooby Dooby (feat. The Teen Queens)
- Claudette
- I'm Hurting
- Devil Doll
- (I'd Be) A Legend in Time
- Crawlin' Back
- Oh Pretty Woman
- Only the Lonely
- It's Over
- Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel)
- Blue Angel
- I'm Hurtin'
- Running Scared
- Crying
- Candy Man
- Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
- The Crowd
- Leah
- Workin' For The Man
- In Dreams
- Falling
- Mean Woman Blues
- Blue Bayou
- It's Over
- Oh, Pretty Woman
- Oh, Pretty Woman
- Lana
- Communication Breakdown
- Heartache
- Walk On
- Break My Mind
- Go, Go, Go
- Uptown
- Blue Angel
- I'm Hurtin'
- She
- Time To Cry
- Crawling Back
- Falling
- Goodnight
- Pretty Woman
- Mama
- Leah
- Running Scared
- The Great Pretender
- Born on the Wind
- What'd I Say
- Crying
- Doubele Date
- Candy Man
- Pretty Paper
- Today's Teardrops
- I'm Hurtin
- (Say) You're My Girl
- Indian Summer
- In Dreams
- Drifting Away
- The Crowd
- I'd Be a Legend in My Time
- Born to Love Me
- Running Scared
- Falling
- Love Hurts
- Shahadaroba
- I'm Hurting
- Mean Woman Blues
- Pretty Paper
- The Crowd
- Blue Bayou
- Oh Pretty Woman
- Devil Doll
- Sweet and Easy Love
- Ooby Dooby
- Go Go Go
- You're My Baby
- Rockhouse
- Mean Little Mama
- Chicken Hearted
- It's Too Late
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- Domino
- Fools Hall Of Fame
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- Borne on the Wind
- In Dreams
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- Oh, Pretty Woman
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- Tryin' To Get To You
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- Down The Line (Go Go Go)
- You're My Baby
- Rockhouse
- Domino
- Sweet And Easy To Love
- Devil Doll
- The Cause Of It All
- Fools Hall Of Fame
- A True Love Goodbye
- Chicken Hearted
- I Like Love
- Mean Little Mama
- Problem Child
- This Kind Of Love
- It's Too Late
- I Never Knew I Could Love Anybody
- You're Gonna Cry
- One More Time
- Lovestruck
- The Clown
- Claudette
- Bye Bye Love
- The Great Pretender
- Love Hurts
- In Dreams
- I'm Hurting
- Raindrops
- Beautiful Dreamer
- Blue Avenue
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- Come Back to Me
- She Wears My Ring
- Gigoletto
- The Actress
- I'll Say It's My Fault
- Pretty One
- It's Over
Born: 1936-04-23
Died: 1988-12-06
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Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (from Black & White Night)
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Roy Orbison performs "Oh, Pretty Woman" as the finale of the Black & White Night Concert. Backed by Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, James Burton, Glen D. ...
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Roy Orbison performs "Oh, Pretty Woman" as the finale of the Black & White Night Concert. Backed by Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, James Burton, Glen D. ...
Oh Pretty Woman - In Style Of Roy Orbison - Karaoke
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- Duration: 3:00
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Oh Pretty Woman - In Style Of Roy Orbison - Karaoke.
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Oh Pretty Woman - In Style Of Roy Orbison - Karaoke.
- published: 11 May 2013
- views: 281010
- author: musicfactorykaraoke
Roy Orbison - In Dreams
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- Duration: 2:55
- Updated: 19 May 2013
Roy Orbison - In Dreams © Orbison Records, Inc.
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Roy Orbison - In Dreams © Orbison Records, Inc.
- published: 08 Jul 2008
- views: 5244739
- author: RoyOrbison
Roy Orbison - 1967 Tour to Melbourne (SBD)
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- Duration: 43:27
- Updated: 10 May 2013
Roy Orbison Festival Hall Melbourne, Australia Soundboard recording Upload both recordings and not sure which one is better.. 1967-01-26 00:00 Crying 02:31 D...
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Roy Orbison Festival Hall Melbourne, Australia Soundboard recording Upload both recordings and not sure which one is better.. 1967-01-26 00:00 Crying 02:31 D...
- published: 28 Apr 2013
- views: 1058
- author: Sir Darco Eddie
"YOU GOT IT" - Official Video - Roy Orbison
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- Duration: 3:35
- Updated: 18 May 2013
YOU GOT IT by the great Roy Orbison! From Orbison's multi-platinum album "Mystery Girl" (Available on iTunes! http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/roy-orbison/i...
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YOU GOT IT by the great Roy Orbison! From Orbison's multi-platinum album "Mystery Girl" (Available on iTunes! http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/roy-orbison/i...
- published: 11 Apr 2011
- views: 559979
- author: RoyOrbison
IN DREAMS..ROY ORBISON.
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- Duration: 2:49
- Updated: 15 May 2013
YOU TUBE..SEARCHBOX......vangelis879 Please Enjoy this updated version .
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YOU TUBE..SEARCHBOX......vangelis879 Please Enjoy this updated version .
- published: 10 May 2013
- author: vangelis879
Roy Orbison - Crying (from The Roy Orbison Show)
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- Duration: 3:30
- Updated: 18 May 2013
Roy Orbison performs "Crying" on the Roy Orbison Show in 1964. © Orbison Records, Inc. For more information about The Soul of Rock and Roll please visit: www...
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Roy Orbison performs "Crying" on the Roy Orbison Show in 1964. © Orbison Records, Inc. For more information about The Soul of Rock and Roll please visit: www...
- published: 21 Jul 2010
- views: 741160
- author: RoyOrbison
song tribute to roy orbison
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- Duration: 5:34
- Updated: 10 May 2013
Blue Angel a Roy Orbison Tribute, featuring Terry Harris ,
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Blue Angel a Roy Orbison Tribute, featuring Terry Harris ,
- published: 10 May 2013
- views: 12
- author: terry harris
Roy Orbison - "California Blue"
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- Duration: 3:55
- Updated: 18 May 2013
"California Blue" - a single from Roy's "Mystery Girl" album, released in 1989. Visit us online! www.royorbison.com store.royorbison.com.
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"California Blue" - a single from Roy's "Mystery Girl" album, released in 1989. Visit us online! www.royorbison.com store.royorbison.com.
- published: 12 Apr 2011
- views: 918202
- author: RoyOrbison
In Dream. Roy Orbison.
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- Duration: 2:45
- Updated: 11 May 2013
In Dream, una cancion del cantante y compositor Roy Orbison quien fuera el autor de la muy conocida melodia Pretty Woman.
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In Dream, una cancion del cantante y compositor Roy Orbison quien fuera el autor de la muy conocida melodia Pretty Woman.
- published: 09 May 2013
- views: 195
- author: Victorpalle
Roy Orbison - Penny Arcade (1969)
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- Duration: 3:09
- Updated: 13 May 2013
Bubbled under the Billboard Hot 100 at #133 in September 1969 and charted at #27 on UK Singles chart, as well as #1 in Australia. This interesting single was...
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Bubbled under the Billboard Hot 100 at #133 in September 1969 and charted at #27 on UK Singles chart, as well as #1 in Australia. This interesting single was...
- published: 09 May 2013
- author: MaltShopPopsicle
California Blue
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- Duration: 3:53
- Updated: 12 May 2013
My Rendition Of Roy Orbison's California Blue
Backing Track By Pete Korving PAYPAL at peterkorving@msn.com
Note: This Song/Tune is the property and copyright of its rightful owner(s) and Trapanner claims no ownership of the lyrics,BT, or the song. This is a non-profit video made solely for the purpose of study, review or critical analysis purposes only
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My Rendition Of Roy Orbison's California Blue
Backing Track By Pete Korving PAYPAL at peterkorving@msn.com
Note: This Song/Tune is the property and copyright of its rightful owner(s) and Trapanner claims no ownership of the lyrics,BT, or the song. This is a non-profit video made solely for the purpose of study, review or critical analysis purposes only
- published: 12 May 2013
- views: 14
Roy Orbison - I Drove All Night
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- Duration: 3:47
- Updated: 18 May 2013
Music video by Roy Orbison performing I Drove All Night. (C) 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.
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Music video by Roy Orbison performing I Drove All Night. (C) 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.
- published: 03 Oct 2009
- views: 1649805
- author: RoyOrbisonVEVO
Roy Orbison - "Only the Lonely" from Black and White Night
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- Duration: 2:48
- Updated: 17 May 2013
Roy Orbison and this all-star cast of friends (Bruce Springsteen, k.d. lang, Elvis Costello and more) perform Roy's "Only The Lonely," recorded on the Monume...
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Roy Orbison and this all-star cast of friends (Bruce Springsteen, k.d. lang, Elvis Costello and more) perform Roy's "Only The Lonely," recorded on the Monume...
- published: 27 Jun 2011
- views: 313902
- author: RoyOrbison
"OH, PRETTY WOMAN" - Roy Orbison on American Bandstand 1966
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- Duration: 3:56
- Updated: 17 May 2013
Roy Orbison performs his hit "Oh, Pretty Woman" on American Bandstand on June 5, 1966, hosted by the late great Dick Clark. Video © 1966 Dick Clark Productions.
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Roy Orbison performs his hit "Oh, Pretty Woman" on American Bandstand on June 5, 1966, hosted by the late great Dick Clark. Video © 1966 Dick Clark Productions.
- published: 23 Apr 2012
- views: 50075
- author: RoyOrbison
~~ Roy Orbison ~ Blue Angel ~~
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- Duration: 2:51
- Updated: 10 May 2013
Back to Roy Orbison ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purp...
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Back to Roy Orbison ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purp...
- published: 06 May 2013
- views: 386
- author: Gloria Carelli
Roy Orbison Concert xvid
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- Duration: 32:44
- Updated: 09 May 2013
Eentje uit de oude doos 1965 met toen nog Jos Brink.
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Eentje uit de oude doos 1965 met toen nog Jos Brink.
- published: 19 Jan 2013
- views: 540
- author: nicosan Desmedt
The Regents Ronnie Lapinsky singing Roy Orbison's Crying
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- Duration: 5:03
- Updated: 11 May 2013
Here is Ronnie singing this immortal classic Crying! This was filmed at The World Trade Center. Every Thursday was an oldies lunch party!
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Here is Ronnie singing this immortal classic Crying! This was filmed at The World Trade Center. Every Thursday was an oldies lunch party!
- published: 11 May 2013
- author: Joey Arminio
Roy Orbison - "Running Scared" from Black and White Night
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- Duration: 2:31
- Updated: 13 May 2013
Roy Orbison and this all-star cast of friends (Bruce Springsteen, k.d. lang, Elvis Costello and more) perform Roy's "Running Scared," recorded on the Monumen...
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Roy Orbison and this all-star cast of friends (Bruce Springsteen, k.d. lang, Elvis Costello and more) perform Roy's "Running Scared," recorded on the Monumen...
- published: 27 Feb 2013
- author: RoyOrbison
Roy Orbison (BBC TV Broadcast)
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- Duration: 29:15
- Updated: 17 May 2013
BBC TV Broadcast July 11th 1975 1. Only The Lonely 2. Crying 3. Penny Arcade 4. Blue Bayou 5. Running Scared 6. Candy Man 7. In Dreams 8. Mean Woman Blues 9....
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BBC TV Broadcast July 11th 1975 1. Only The Lonely 2. Crying 3. Penny Arcade 4. Blue Bayou 5. Running Scared 6. Candy Man 7. In Dreams 8. Mean Woman Blues 9....
- published: 27 Feb 2013
- views: 1620
- author: Garibaldi1959New
Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely
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- Duration: 2:30
- Updated: 19 May 2013
Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely.
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ROY ORBISON - IN DREAMS - LIVE1988 (HQ-856X480)
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- Duration: 3:03
- Updated: 17 May 2013
ROY ORBISON - IN DREAMS - LIVE 1988 (HQ-856X480) A candy colored clown they call the sandman Tiptoes to my room every night Just to sprinkle star dust and to...
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ROY ORBISON - IN DREAMS - LIVE 1988 (HQ-856X480) A candy colored clown they call the sandman Tiptoes to my room every night Just to sprinkle star dust and to...
- published: 09 Feb 2013
- views: 14940
- author: pauloget
Roy Orbison - Memories (From the album Cry Softly Lonely One)
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- Duration: 2:57
- Updated: 12 May 2013
Cry Softly Lonely One is a music album recorded by Roy Orbison for MGM Records. The album was released in October 1967. I do not own the rights. All rights g...
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Cry Softly Lonely One is a music album recorded by Roy Orbison for MGM Records. The album was released in October 1967. I do not own the rights. All rights g...
- published: 02 May 2013
- author: Roy Orbison
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Roy Orbison - In Dreams (Live 1966)
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- Duration: 3:05
- Updated: 12 May 2013
Roy Orbison - In Dreams (1966)
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Roy Orbison - It's Over (Live 1966)
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- Duration: 2:51
- Updated: 17 May 2013
Roy Orbison - It's Over (1966)
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Roy Orbison & Johnny Cash: "Oh, Pretty Woman" Live on The Johnny Cash Show 1969
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- Duration: 3:01
- Updated: 14 May 2013
Johnny Cash joins Roy Orbison on the song "Oh, Pretty Woman" for Johnny's TV show! The two met in 1955 on Roy's radio show. Both were on Sun Records in Memph...
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Johnny Cash joins Roy Orbison on the song "Oh, Pretty Woman" for Johnny's TV show! The two met in 1955 on Roy's radio show. Both were on Sun Records in Memph...
- published: 03 Jun 2011
- author: RoyOrbison
Roy Orbison on Saturday Night Live 1987 - "In Dreams"
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- Duration: 3:24
- Updated: 14 May 2013
Roy Orbison performs his classic Monument Records hit, "In Dreams" to the live audience of Saturday Night Live May 23, 1987 with host Dennis Hopper. VIDEO US...
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Roy Orbison performs his classic Monument Records hit, "In Dreams" to the live audience of Saturday Night Live May 23, 1987 with host Dennis Hopper. VIDEO US...
- published: 13 Apr 2012
- author: RoyOrbison
Roy Orbison - Running Scared - LIVE - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
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- Duration: 2:34
- Updated: 14 May 2013
Roy Orbison - Running Scared - LIVE - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO.
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Roy Orbison - Running Scared - LIVE - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO.
- published: 15 Jun 2011
- author: Pleonasme777
Roy Orbison LIVE- In dreams - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
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- Duration: 3:05
- Updated: 12 May 2013
Roy Orbison LIVE- In dreams - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO.
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Roy Orbison LIVE- In dreams - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO.
- published: 23 Apr 2011
- views: 91443
- author: Pleonasme777
Roy Orbison LIVE - Only The Lonely -ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
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- Duration: 2:44
- Updated: 28 Apr 2013
Roy Orbison LIVE - Only The Lonely -ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO.
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Roy Orbison LIVE - Only The Lonely -ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO.
- published: 22 Apr 2011
- views: 51791
- author: Pleonasme777
James Burton/Bruce Springsteen guitar solos "Pretty Woman" Roy Orbison Live.
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- Duration: 4:07
- Updated: 15 May 2013
The late great Roy Orbison playing live (A Black and White Night) In The Coconut Grove club Los Angeles 30th September 1987! James Burton and Bruce Springste...
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The late great Roy Orbison playing live (A Black and White Night) In The Coconut Grove club Los Angeles 30th September 1987! James Burton and Bruce Springste...
- published: 28 Apr 2011
- views: 56326
- author: ferraridinoman
iConcerts - Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (live)
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- Duration: 5:55
- Updated: 14 May 2013
iConcerts - Roy Orbison - Greatest Hits http://www3.iconcerts.com/en/content/roy-orbison-greatest-hits-live-0 A video anthology containing Roy Orbison Greate...
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iConcerts - Roy Orbison - Greatest Hits http://www3.iconcerts.com/en/content/roy-orbison-greatest-hits-live-0 A video anthology containing Roy Orbison Greate...
- published: 04 Feb 2013
- author: iConcertsTelevision
Roy Orbison - Crying (Live at Farm Aid 1985)
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- Duration: 3:08
- Updated: 10 May 2013
Roy Orbison performs "Crying" live at the Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Neil Young an...
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Roy Orbison performs "Crying" live at the Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Neil Young an...
- published: 17 Jan 2013
- views: 10028
- author: farmaid
ROY ORBISON - CRYING - LIVE 1988 - (HQ-856X480)
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- Duration: 3:23
- Updated: 25 Apr 2013
ROY ORBISON - CRYING - LIVE 1988 - (HQ-856X480) I was all right for a while I could smile for a while But i saw you last night You held my hand so tight When...
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ROY ORBISON - CRYING - LIVE 1988 - (HQ-856X480) I was all right for a while I could smile for a while But i saw you last night You held my hand so tight When...
- published: 09 Feb 2013
- views: 4750
- author: pauloget
Roy Orbison Oh , Pretty woman - LIVE - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
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- Duration: 6:39
- Updated: 09 May 2013
Roy Orbison LIVE - Pretty woman - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO.
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Roy Orbison LIVE - Pretty woman - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO.
- published: 23 Apr 2011
- views: 81852
- author: Pleonasme777
Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (Live at Farm Aid 1985)
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- Duration: 3:35
- Updated: 14 May 2013
Roy Orbison performs "Oh, Pretty Woman" live at the Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Nei...
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Roy Orbison performs "Oh, Pretty Woman" live at the Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Nei...
- published: 17 Jan 2013
- author: farmaid
ROY ORBISON - BLUE ANGEL - LIVE (HQ-856X480) 3D VIDEO
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- Duration: 3:08
- Updated: 14 May 2013
ROY ORBISON - BLUE ANGEL - LIVE (HQ-856X480) VIDEO CONVERTED IN 3D (Red & Blue - 480p) (Sha la la, dooby wah) (Dum dum dum, yeh yeh, um) (Sha la la, dooby wa...
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ROY ORBISON - BLUE ANGEL - LIVE (HQ-856X480) VIDEO CONVERTED IN 3D (Red & Blue - 480p) (Sha la la, dooby wah) (Dum dum dum, yeh yeh, um) (Sha la la, dooby wa...
- published: 26 May 2012
- author: pauloget
Re: ONLY THE LONELY Roy Orbison live in Australia
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- Duration: 2:16
- Updated: 28 Apr 2013
Only the lonely - roy orbison in australia - live.
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Only the lonely - roy orbison in australia - live.
- published: 21 Jan 2008
- views: 140706
- author: rodrigoclaudio
Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (Live 1966)
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- Duration: 2:29
- Updated: 09 May 2013
Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (1966)
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"HOUND DOG MAN" - Roy Orbison, from "Live at Austin City Limits"
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- Duration: 3:26
- Updated: 10 May 2013
"HOUND DOG MAN" live from Austin City Limits 1982. Available in the Official Roy Orbison Store: http://http://store.royorbison.com/liveataustincitylimitsdvd....
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"HOUND DOG MAN" live from Austin City Limits 1982. Available in the Official Roy Orbison Store: http://http://store.royorbison.com/liveataustincitylimitsdvd....
- published: 16 Aug 2012
- views: 7202
- author: RoyOrbison
Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou
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- Duration: 2:39
- Updated: 12 May 2013
Music video by Roy Orbison performing Blue Bayou. (C) 1973 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.
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Music video by Roy Orbison performing Blue Bayou. (C) 1973 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.
- published: 03 Oct 2009
- views: 483166
- author: RoyOrbisonVEVO
Roy Orbison "In dreams"
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- Duration: 2:49
- Updated: 18 May 2013
Roy Orbison.
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Roy Orbison - In Dreams ( live Black and white night).avi
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- Duration: 2:57
- Updated: 18 May 2013
Good,old Roy.... Black and white night is a 1-class production and in my opinion one of the best music-dvd,s ever made...
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Good,old Roy.... Black and white night is a 1-class production and in my opinion one of the best music-dvd,s ever made...
- published: 17 Aug 2011
- views: 115773
- author: Michael Hansen
Roy Orbison - Lana live
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- Duration: 2:24
- Updated: 05 May 2013
Live on Austin City Limits 1982.
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Roy Orbison - Land of 1000 Dances (Live)
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- Duration: 4:01
- Updated: 10 May 2013
Roy Orbison - Land of 1000 Dances (Live) from "Live in Australia," available on DVD at www.RoyOrbison.com! © Orbison Records, Inc.
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Roy Orbison - Land of 1000 Dances (Live) from "Live in Australia," available on DVD at www.RoyOrbison.com! © Orbison Records, Inc.
- published: 10 Jul 2008
- views: 254230
- author: RoyOrbison
|HD| Roy Orbison - Crying (Live at Austin City Limits)
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- Duration: 3:06
- Updated: 13 May 2013
This is in HighDefinition, I dont own the rights to this video all rights go to Eagle Rock.
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This is in HighDefinition, I dont own the rights to this video all rights go to Eagle Rock.
- published: 24 Dec 2012
- views: 1600
- author: Roy Orbison
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Roy Orbison - 1967 Tour to Melbourne (SBD)
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- Duration: 43:27
- Updated: 10 May 2013
Roy Orbison Festival Hall Melbourne, Australia Soundboard recording Upload both recordings and not sure which one is better.. 1967-01-26 00:00 Crying 02:31 D...
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Roy Orbison Festival Hall Melbourne, Australia Soundboard recording Upload both recordings and not sure which one is better.. 1967-01-26 00:00 Crying 02:31 D...
- published: 28 Apr 2013
- views: 1058
- author: Sir Darco Eddie
Roy Orbison Concert xvid
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- Duration: 32:44
- Updated: 09 May 2013
Eentje uit de oude doos 1965 met toen nog Jos Brink.
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Eentje uit de oude doos 1965 met toen nog Jos Brink.
- published: 19 Jan 2013
- views: 540
- author: nicosan Desmedt
Roy Orbison (BBC TV Broadcast)
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- Duration: 29:15
- Updated: 17 May 2013
BBC TV Broadcast July 11th 1975 1. Only The Lonely 2. Crying 3. Penny Arcade 4. Blue Bayou 5. Running Scared 6. Candy Man 7. In Dreams 8. Mean Woman Blues 9....
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BBC TV Broadcast July 11th 1975 1. Only The Lonely 2. Crying 3. Penny Arcade 4. Blue Bayou 5. Running Scared 6. Candy Man 7. In Dreams 8. Mean Woman Blues 9....
- published: 27 Feb 2013
- views: 1620
- author: Garibaldi1959New
MYSTERY GIRL ROY ORBISON (1989)
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- Duration: 33:10
- Updated: 21 Apr 2013
Histoires de Vinyles : "Mystery Girl" Roy Orbison (1989) http://www.lamusiquepourtoujours.net.
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Histoires de Vinyles : "Mystery Girl" Roy Orbison (1989) http://www.lamusiquepourtoujours.net.
- published: 21 Apr 2013
- views: 10
- author: Maurice Senh
Joe Piastrino Presents: Roy orbison and the legends of Rock
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- Duration: 42:53
- Updated: 30 Mar 2013
This video is about Roy orbison and the legends of Rock.
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This video is about Roy orbison and the legends of Rock.
- published: 06 Mar 2013
- views: 48
- author: rossi56
![Roy Orbison In Interview (1986) [30 minute Long]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130519102525im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/UvZINj3MpyM/default.jpg "Roy Orbison In Interview (1986) [30 minute Long]")
Roy Orbison In Interview (1986) [30 minute Long]
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- Duration: 31:18
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Roy Orbison in this (Half an Hour Long Video) is being interviewed and goes into a philosophical aspect of his life career. Telling us about his early life o...
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Roy Orbison in this (Half an Hour Long Video) is being interviewed and goes into a philosophical aspect of his life career. Telling us about his early life o...
- published: 02 Aug 2012
- views: 3558
- author: BusyB0X
Same Ole Me-George Jones Biography
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- Duration: 57:48
- Updated: 18 May 2013
Biography of Country Music Hall of Fame and Grand Ole Opry Member George Jones including interviews with other artists that have passed on including Roy Acuf...
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Biography of Country Music Hall of Fame and Grand Ole Opry Member George Jones including interviews with other artists that have passed on including Roy Acuf...
- published: 29 Apr 2013
- views: 15128
- author: chilld28
Roy Orbison.
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- Duration: 50:41
- Updated: 09 Apr 2013
The story off Roy Orbison.
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Doctor Who - The Tenth Planet 1966 [Full Length Episode] Part 1
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- Duration: 23:12
- Updated: 17 May 2013
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- published: 29 Oct 2012
- views: 22643
- author: Roy Orbison
![Return Of Sabata [Full Length Movie] (1971) [English]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130519102525im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/-6pLjYaWBQg/default.jpg "Return Of Sabata [Full Length Movie] (1971) [English]")
Return Of Sabata [Full Length Movie] (1971) [English]
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- Duration: 101:34
- Updated: 16 May 2013
[Copyright Holders Please Read The Full Description] Best Western Movie Ever Made! THE USE OF ANY COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL IS USED UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF "FAIR ...
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[Copyright Holders Please Read The Full Description] Best Western Movie Ever Made! THE USE OF ANY COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL IS USED UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF "FAIR ...
- published: 30 Oct 2012
- views: 55544
- author: Roy Orbison
![Slade In Flame (1975) [Full Length Movie]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130519102525im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/tak8ijwkDbI/default.jpg "Slade In Flame (1975) [Full Length Movie]")
Slade In Flame (1975) [Full Length Movie]
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- Duration: 86:32
- Updated: 12 May 2013
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Write in the Comment Section Below on what movie you want to see, I will try my best to Upload it. Please note that I won't upload anything before 1990. For ...
- published: 28 Oct 2012
- views: 11203
- author: Roy Orbison
Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee, Orbison-Class of 55 Stereo re-edited
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- Duration: 53:58
- Updated: 05 May 2013
Memphis 1985 remade with new clips and focus on the artists. Also with Rick Nelson, John Fogerty, The Judds, Elvis Tribute. Unlike the original broadcast, yo...
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Memphis 1985 remade with new clips and focus on the artists. Also with Rick Nelson, John Fogerty, The Judds, Elvis Tribute. Unlike the original broadcast, yo...
- published: 22 Nov 2012
- views: 6015
- author: drlucio
![Doctor Who - The Tenth Planet 1966 [Full Length Episode] Part 2](http://web.archive.org./web/20130519102525im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/XrbwofRRuoU/default.jpg "Doctor Who - The Tenth Planet 1966 [Full Length Episode] Part 2")
Doctor Who - The Tenth Planet 1966 [Full Length Episode] Part 2
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- Duration: 23:34
- Updated: 01 May 2013
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- published: 30 Oct 2012
- author: Roy Orbison
Beer And Song Of The Day April 23, 2013 Part 1
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- Duration: 26:38
- Updated: 30 Apr 2013
Today's BEERS Of The Day are Blue Moon Blackberry Tart Ale AND Blue Moon Short Straw Farmhouse Red Ale. Both are 5.8% ABV and both are from Golden, Colorado....
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Today's BEERS Of The Day are Blue Moon Blackberry Tart Ale AND Blue Moon Short Straw Farmhouse Red Ale. Both are 5.8% ABV and both are from Golden, Colorado....
- published: 23 Apr 2013
- views: 12
- author: Joshua Baker
American Collection (parte 2)
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- Duration: 34:00
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
American Collection (parte 2)
1* ERIC CARMEN
2* ROY ORBISON
3* CARLY SIMON
4* THE BANGLES
5* KRAFT WORK
6* MAGIE
7* RICHARD MARK
8* IQ
9* BELINDA CARLISE
10* AMERICA
11* FLEETWOOD MAC
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American Collection (parte 2)
1* ERIC CARMEN
2* ROY ORBISON
3* CARLY SIMON
4* THE BANGLES
5* KRAFT WORK
6* MAGIE
7* RICHARD MARK
8* IQ
9* BELINDA CARLISE
10* AMERICA
11* FLEETWOOD MAC
- published: 17 Jan 2013
- views: 39
Jerry Lee Lewis - Killer Country (Complete LP)
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- Duration: 30:05
- Updated: 16 May 2013
This record can be difficult to find, and I personally think it's a great record. It features a funky version of Johnny Cash's hit song "Folsom prison Blues"...
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This record can be difficult to find, and I personally think it's a great record. It features a funky version of Johnny Cash's hit song "Folsom prison Blues"...
- published: 30 Apr 2013
- views: 217
- author: myinnereyemike96
SAM PHILLIPS The Man who Invented Rock & Roll (PART 2)
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- Duration: 46:00
- Updated: 18 May 2013
This is to be, in my opinion, the best documentary on SAM PHILLIPS. This is a A&E; Biography Channel UK Documentary of the man who changed the world of music....
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This is to be, in my opinion, the best documentary on SAM PHILLIPS. This is a A&E; Biography Channel UK Documentary of the man who changed the world of music....
- published: 02 Feb 2013
- views: 1775
- author: Memphis Vic
Inglês com Música: Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison (sábado)
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- Duration: 49:17
- Updated: 11 May 2013
Programa da 3ª temporada do Inglês com Música. Na edição diária Marisa Leite de Barros e Amanda Acosta trazem a pronúncia correta das palavras e a tradução d...
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Programa da 3ª temporada do Inglês com Música. Na edição diária Marisa Leite de Barros e Amanda Acosta trazem a pronúncia correta das palavras e a tradução d...
- published: 02 Dec 2011
- author: univesptv
Eric Clapton - 2001 - First Impression ("Reptile" tour] (SBD)
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- Duration: 123:02
- Updated: 13 May 2013
ERIC CLAPTON - First Impression [EC Is Here] Live at the Phillips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia; May 21, 2001. Excellent soundboard. Widely regarded, at least by t...
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ERIC CLAPTON - First Impression [EC Is Here] Live at the Phillips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia; May 21, 2001. Excellent soundboard. Widely regarded, at least by t...
- published: 06 May 2013
- views: 490
- author: Sir Darco Eddie
The Plough Inn Hickling, Tribute Night 2 - Brian Linnett sings Roy Orbison
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- Duration: 23:01
- Updated: 03 Aug 2012
The second of the new tribute Music Nights at the Plough Inn Hickling on the alternate Thursday nights to our regular fortnightly 'Open Mic' Nights. Featured...
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The second of the new tribute Music Nights at the Plough Inn Hickling on the alternate Thursday nights to our regular fortnightly 'Open Mic' Nights. Featured...
- published: 12 Feb 2012
- views: 88
- author: bikersteve1200
2. Prvenstvo RH, Sisak, 1993.
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- Duration: 70:40
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
Snimka je malo lošija, ali ipak dočarava tadašnja vremena i način plesa ...
AKROBATSKI ROCK'N'ROLL - ACROBATIC ROCK'N'ROLL - ROCK ACROBATIQUE
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Snimka je malo lošija, ali ipak dočarava tadašnja vremena i način plesa ...
AKROBATSKI ROCK'N'ROLL - ACROBATIC ROCK'N'ROLL - ROCK ACROBATIQUE
- published: 29 Apr 2013
- views: 89
Overwhelming Colorfast live 9-18-92
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- Duration: 55:20
- Updated: 13 Apr 2013
This is the 1st album record release party for Overwhelming Colorfast on 9-18-92 @ DNA in San Francisco. Meices were on the bill as well ( note upcoming show...
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This is the 1st album record release party for Overwhelming Colorfast on 9-18-92 @ DNA in San Francisco. Meices were on the bill as well ( note upcoming show...
- published: 25 Mar 2013
- views: 77
- author: Dan Reed
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Roy Orbison Interview (British TV 1987)
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- Duration: 3:47
- Updated: 05 Apr 2013
Roy talks about his hits, only wearing the sunglasses when he wants to be recognised, his tragedies plus lots more. Check out my channel for lots more rare m...
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Roy talks about his hits, only wearing the sunglasses when he wants to be recognised, his tragedies plus lots more. Check out my channel for lots more rare m...
- published: 06 Aug 2012
- views: 2126
- author: jimmytca
Roy Orbison's Final Interview Part 1 (2 days before his death)
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- Duration: 6:00
- Updated: 17 May 2013
Roy is interviewed just after his final concert on December 4 1988 in Highland Heights, Ohio.
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Roy is interviewed just after his final concert on December 4 1988 in Highland Heights, Ohio.
- published: 04 Aug 2012
- views: 21303
- author: jimmytca
Roy Orbison In Interview (1986) [30 minute Long]
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- Duration: 31:18
- Updated: 16 May 2013
Roy Orbison in this (Half an Hour Long Video) is being interviewed and goes into a philosophical aspect of his life career. Telling us about his early life o...
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Roy Orbison in this (Half an Hour Long Video) is being interviewed and goes into a philosophical aspect of his life career. Telling us about his early life o...
- published: 02 Aug 2012
- views: 3558
- author: BusyB0X
Roy Orbison in 1987 (871112)
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- Duration: 3:58
- Updated: 01 May 2013
Singer Roy Orbison interviewed by Richard Keys.
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Singer Roy Orbison interviewed by Richard Keys.
- published: 29 Jun 2009
- views: 9730
- author: Tvam Archive
Interview Roy Orbison and Kd Land
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- Duration: 7:31
- Updated: 10 May 2013
ROY ORBISON AND KD LANG ON THE JAY LENO SHOW SONGS.
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ROY ORBISON AND KD LANG ON THE JAY LENO SHOW SONGS.
- published: 12 May 2008
- views: 98103
- author: catetoide
Roy Orbison rare Australian interview January 1965
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- Duration: 2:08
- Updated: 05 May 2013
Rare interview from Australian television Originally aired January 1st 1965.
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Rare interview from Australian television Originally aired January 1st 1965.
- published: 19 Jan 2013
- views: 2609
- author: yakidk89
Roy Orbison speaks on success, the guitar, his voice and legacy
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- Duration: 1:56
- Updated: 29 Apr 2013
This small collection of interview clips gives you an inside look at Roy's famously humble nature - grateful for his voice and success, and still filled with...
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This small collection of interview clips gives you an inside look at Roy's famously humble nature - grateful for his voice and success, and still filled with...
- published: 11 Apr 2012
- views: 9447
- author: RoyOrbison
Roy Orbison Interview 1974
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- Duration: 2:52
- Updated: 21 Apr 2013
Roy speaks about the early days and recent tours plus more...
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Roy speaks about the early days and recent tours plus more...
- published: 06 Aug 2012
- views: 1399
- author: jimmytca
Roy Orbison CBS Interview 1986
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- Duration: 5:31
- Updated: 21 Apr 2013
CBS NEWS.
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Travelling Wilburys Interviews MTV (Death of Roy Orbison) 01/89
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- Duration: 4:00
- Updated: 17 May 2013
Interviews by 3 MTV programs, with George Harrison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne, they are talkin about the death of Roy Orbison, in the backstage of the music v...
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Interviews by 3 MTV programs, with George Harrison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne, they are talkin about the death of Roy Orbison, in the backstage of the music v...
- published: 25 Jan 2012
- views: 32410
- author: vitorbastos123
Roy Orbison.The Big" O" In Britain. Part 4.Documentary.
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- Duration: 10:40
- Updated: 25 Apr 2013
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, t...
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Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, t...
- published: 17 Jul 2012
- views: 5794
- author: Johnboy Jones
Roy Orbison 1988 footage a few weeks before his death (West 57 Tribute)
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- Duration: 8:03
- Updated: 17 May 2013
A tribute to Roy Orbison from his last band West 57. Includes clips of one of his last concerts, in the studio and rehearsing with his band.
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A tribute to Roy Orbison from his last band West 57. Includes clips of one of his last concerts, in the studio and rehearsing with his band.
- published: 23 Jul 2012
- views: 11371
- author: jimmytca
Roy Orbison Interview 1986
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- Duration: 3:52
- Updated: 24 Apr 2013
Roy explains why he hasn't had many hits in recent years compared to the 1960s and also talks about touring, the sunglasses and Class of 55.
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Roy explains why he hasn't had many hits in recent years compared to the 1960s and also talks about touring, the sunglasses and Class of 55.
- published: 06 Aug 2012
- views: 1067
- author: jimmytca
Roy Orbison - In Dreams
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- Duration: 2:55
- Updated: 19 May 2013
Roy Orbison - In Dreams © Orbison Records, Inc.
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Roy Orbison - In Dreams © Orbison Records, Inc.
- published: 08 Jul 2008
- views: 5244739
- author: RoyOrbison
Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (from Black & White Night)
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- Duration: 6:19
- Updated: 18 May 2013
Roy Orbison performs "Oh, Pretty Woman" as the finale of the Black & White Night Concert. Backed by Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, James Burton, Glen D. ...
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Roy Orbison performs "Oh, Pretty Woman" as the finale of the Black & White Night Concert. Backed by Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, James Burton, Glen D. ...
- published: 16 Jul 2010
- views: 3571512
- author: RoyOrbison
Dick Clark interviews Roy Orbison on The Rock N Roll Years
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- Duration: 1:07
- Updated: 22 Mar 2013
Dick Clark talks to Roy Orbison after his performance on the show in 1974. He talks about touring with The Beatles and the experience of traveling around the...
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Dick Clark talks to Roy Orbison after his performance on the show in 1974. He talks about touring with The Beatles and the experience of traveling around the...
- published: 28 Sep 2012
- views: 2513
- author: AwardsShowNetwork
Roy Orbison's Final Interview Part 2 (2 days before his death)
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- Duration: 6:34
- Updated: 03 May 2013
Roy is interviewed just after his final concert on December 4 1988 in Highland Heights, Ohio.
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Roy is interviewed just after his final concert on December 4 1988 in Highland Heights, Ohio.
- published: 04 Aug 2012
- views: 6680
- author: jimmytca
"YOU GOT IT" - Official Video - Roy Orbison
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- Duration: 3:35
- Updated: 18 May 2013
YOU GOT IT by the great Roy Orbison! From Orbison's multi-platinum album "Mystery Girl" (Available on iTunes! http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/roy-orbison/i...
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YOU GOT IT by the great Roy Orbison! From Orbison's multi-platinum album "Mystery Girl" (Available on iTunes! http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/roy-orbison/i...
- published: 11 Apr 2011
- views: 559979
- author: RoyOrbison
Jonathan Ross speaks to Roy Orbison 1987
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- Duration: 4:37
- Updated: 27 Apr 2013
UK TV Show The Last Resort 1987.
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Roy Orbison Interview 1963 Australian Television
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- Duration: 0:23
- Updated: 02 Jan 2013
Roy Orbison speaks of his high heeled riding boots and rinsed hair.
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Roy Orbison speaks of his high heeled riding boots and rinsed hair.
- published: 29 Oct 2010
- views: 18249
- author: OrbisonEnsemble
Roy Orbison - Will Jennings interview
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- Duration: 3:38
- Updated: 01 Feb 2013
Songwriter/producer Will Jennings recounts Roy Orbison's 1984 studio recording of "Wild Hearts" for the 1985 film "Insignificance" in which he hears what sou...
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Songwriter/producer Will Jennings recounts Roy Orbison's 1984 studio recording of "Wild Hearts" for the 1985 film "Insignificance" in which he hears what sou...
- published: 13 Oct 2010
- views: 2980
- author: Wynnson3
Roy Orbison 1980 interview 1-5
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- Duration: 9:41
- Updated: 13 Dec 2012
From the picture disc Roy Orbison The Life of a Legend a rare 1980 interview with The Big O VBAK 3002 Baktabak Records.
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From the picture disc Roy Orbison The Life of a Legend a rare 1980 interview with The Big O VBAK 3002 Baktabak Records.
- published: 15 Sep 2010
- views: 3472
- author: RoyOrbisonFan2
Elvis Costello talks about Roy Orbison
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- Duration: 12:48
- Updated: 02 Mar 2013
Elvis Costello interviewd about Roy Orbison.
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Roy Orbison - In Dreams (Live 1966)
Roy Orbison - In Dreams (1966)...
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Roy Orbison - In Dreams (Live 1966)
Roy Orbison - In Dreams (1966)
- published: 01 Nov 2011
- views: 187571
- author: nyrainbow4
2:51
Roy Orbison - It's Over (Live 1966)
Roy Orbison - It's Over (1966)...
published: 01 Nov 2011
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Roy Orbison - It's Over (Live 1966)
Roy Orbison - It's Over (1966)
- published: 01 Nov 2011
- views: 36166
- author: nyrainbow4
3:01
Roy Orbison & Johnny Cash: "Oh, Pretty Woman" Live on The Johnny Cash Show 1969
Johnny Cash joins Roy Orbison on the song "Oh, Pretty Woman" for Johnny's TV show! The two...
published: 03 Jun 2011
author: RoyOrbison
Roy Orbison & Johnny Cash: "Oh, Pretty Woman" Live on The Johnny Cash Show 1969
Johnny Cash joins Roy Orbison on the song "Oh, Pretty Woman" for Johnny's TV show! The two met in 1955 on Roy's radio show. Both were on Sun Records in Memph...
- published: 03 Jun 2011
- author: RoyOrbison
3:24
Roy Orbison on Saturday Night Live 1987 - "In Dreams"
Roy Orbison performs his classic Monument Records hit, "In Dreams" to the live audience of...
published: 13 Apr 2012
author: RoyOrbison
Roy Orbison on Saturday Night Live 1987 - "In Dreams"
Roy Orbison performs his classic Monument Records hit, "In Dreams" to the live audience of Saturday Night Live May 23, 1987 with host Dennis Hopper. VIDEO US...
- published: 13 Apr 2012
- author: RoyOrbison
2:34
Roy Orbison - Running Scared - LIVE - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
Roy Orbison - Running Scared - LIVE - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO....
published: 15 Jun 2011
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Roy Orbison - Running Scared - LIVE - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
Roy Orbison - Running Scared - LIVE - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO.
- published: 15 Jun 2011
- author: Pleonasme777
3:05
Roy Orbison LIVE- In dreams - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
Roy Orbison LIVE- In dreams - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO....
published: 23 Apr 2011
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Roy Orbison LIVE- In dreams - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
Roy Orbison LIVE- In dreams - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO.
- published: 23 Apr 2011
- views: 91443
- author: Pleonasme777
2:44
Roy Orbison LIVE - Only The Lonely -ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
Roy Orbison LIVE - Only The Lonely -ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO....
published: 22 Apr 2011
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Roy Orbison LIVE - Only The Lonely -ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
Roy Orbison LIVE - Only The Lonely -ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO.
- published: 22 Apr 2011
- views: 51791
- author: Pleonasme777
4:07
James Burton/Bruce Springsteen guitar solos "Pretty Woman" Roy Orbison Live.
The late great Roy Orbison playing live (A Black and White Night) In The Coconut Grove clu...
published: 28 Apr 2011
author: ferraridinoman
James Burton/Bruce Springsteen guitar solos "Pretty Woman" Roy Orbison Live.
The late great Roy Orbison playing live (A Black and White Night) In The Coconut Grove club Los Angeles 30th September 1987! James Burton and Bruce Springste...
- published: 28 Apr 2011
- views: 56326
- author: ferraridinoman
5:55
iConcerts - Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (live)
iConcerts - Roy Orbison - Greatest Hits http://www3.iconcerts.com/en/content/roy-orbison-g...
published: 04 Feb 2013
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iConcerts - Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (live)
iConcerts - Roy Orbison - Greatest Hits http://www3.iconcerts.com/en/content/roy-orbison-greatest-hits-live-0 A video anthology containing Roy Orbison Greate...
- published: 04 Feb 2013
- author: iConcertsTelevision
3:08
Roy Orbison - Crying (Live at Farm Aid 1985)
Roy Orbison performs "Crying" live at the Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois on Septe...
published: 17 Jan 2013
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Roy Orbison - Crying (Live at Farm Aid 1985)
Roy Orbison performs "Crying" live at the Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Neil Young an...
- published: 17 Jan 2013
- views: 10028
- author: farmaid
3:23
ROY ORBISON - CRYING - LIVE 1988 - (HQ-856X480)
ROY ORBISON - CRYING - LIVE 1988 - (HQ-856X480) I was all right for a while I could smile ...
published: 09 Feb 2013
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ROY ORBISON - CRYING - LIVE 1988 - (HQ-856X480)
ROY ORBISON - CRYING - LIVE 1988 - (HQ-856X480) I was all right for a while I could smile for a while But i saw you last night You held my hand so tight When...
- published: 09 Feb 2013
- views: 4750
- author: pauloget
6:39
Roy Orbison Oh , Pretty woman - LIVE - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
Roy Orbison LIVE - Pretty woman - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO....
published: 23 Apr 2011
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Roy Orbison Oh , Pretty woman - LIVE - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
Roy Orbison LIVE - Pretty woman - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO.
- published: 23 Apr 2011
- views: 81852
- author: Pleonasme777
3:35
Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (Live at Farm Aid 1985)
Roy Orbison performs "Oh, Pretty Woman" live at the Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinoi...
published: 17 Jan 2013
author: farmaid
Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (Live at Farm Aid 1985)
Roy Orbison performs "Oh, Pretty Woman" live at the Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Nei...
- published: 17 Jan 2013
- author: farmaid
3:08
ROY ORBISON - BLUE ANGEL - LIVE (HQ-856X480) 3D VIDEO
ROY ORBISON - BLUE ANGEL - LIVE (HQ-856X480) VIDEO CONVERTED IN 3D (Red & Blue - 480p) (Sh...
published: 26 May 2012
author: pauloget
ROY ORBISON - BLUE ANGEL - LIVE (HQ-856X480) 3D VIDEO
ROY ORBISON - BLUE ANGEL - LIVE (HQ-856X480) VIDEO CONVERTED IN 3D (Red & Blue - 480p) (Sha la la, dooby wah) (Dum dum dum, yeh yeh, um) (Sha la la, dooby wa...
- published: 26 May 2012
- author: pauloget
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"CAR WASH" with Klaudia Stec
The first of a web series that started as an afternoon of camara tests on which Klaudia ea...
published: 23 Aug 2011
author: Green Box
"CAR WASH" with Klaudia Stec
The first of a web series that started as an afternoon of camara tests on which Klaudia eagerly stepped in for the main part. This 90sec are the best of that test.
Directed by:
Miguel Gaudencio & Tomasz Kuckowski
Edit by:
Miguel Gaudencio
Camera Operators:
Tomasz Kuckowski & Pawel Sroka
Studio light:
Grzegorz Skorny
Music : Roy Orbison "Love Hurts"
5:11
Chris Isaak - Beyond the Sun EPK
Beyond The Sun
Available: October 18, 2011
The accurately titled Beyond the Sun, Chris Is...
published: 06 Oct 2011
author: VanguardVideo
Chris Isaak - Beyond the Sun EPK
Beyond The Sun
Available: October 18, 2011
The accurately titled Beyond the Sun, Chris Isaak’s Vanguard Records debut, is a self-described labor of love. Since he fell in love with his parents’ 45s as a child, this passionate writer/artist has been obsessed with the glory days of Memphis’ Sun Studio and the visionary artists who got their starts there—including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis—all of them discovered and nurtured by Sam Phillips. Now, at long last, Isaak recaptures the brilliance of Sun Studio, and beyond, by paying tribute to the roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll with renditions of classics, plus new, original self-penned tunes.
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2:16
Re: ONLY THE LONELY Roy Orbison live in Australia
Only the lonely - roy orbison in australia - live....
published: 21 Jan 2008
author: rodrigoclaudio
Re: ONLY THE LONELY Roy Orbison live in Australia
Only the lonely - roy orbison in australia - live.
- published: 21 Jan 2008
- views: 140706
- author: rodrigoclaudio
2:29
Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (Live 1966)
Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (1966)...
published: 01 Nov 2011
author: nyrainbow4
Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (Live 1966)
Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (1966)
- published: 01 Nov 2011
- views: 34601
- author: nyrainbow4
3:26
"HOUND DOG MAN" - Roy Orbison, from "Live at Austin City Limits"
"HOUND DOG MAN" live from Austin City Limits 1982. Available in the Official Roy Orbison S...
published: 16 Aug 2012
author: RoyOrbison
"HOUND DOG MAN" - Roy Orbison, from "Live at Austin City Limits"
"HOUND DOG MAN" live from Austin City Limits 1982. Available in the Official Roy Orbison Store: http://http://store.royorbison.com/liveataustincitylimitsdvd....
- published: 16 Aug 2012
- views: 7202
- author: RoyOrbison
2:39
Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou
Music video by Roy Orbison performing Blue Bayou. (C) 1973 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT....
published: 03 Oct 2009
author: RoyOrbisonVEVO
Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou
Music video by Roy Orbison performing Blue Bayou. (C) 1973 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.
- published: 03 Oct 2009
- views: 483166
- author: RoyOrbisonVEVO
43:27
Roy Orbison - 1967 Tour to Melbourne (SBD)
Roy Orbison Festival Hall Melbourne, Australia Soundboard recording Upload both recordings...
published: 28 Apr 2013
author: Sir Darco Eddie
Roy Orbison - 1967 Tour to Melbourne (SBD)
Roy Orbison Festival Hall Melbourne, Australia Soundboard recording Upload both recordings and not sure which one is better.. 1967-01-26 00:00 Crying 02:31 D...
- published: 28 Apr 2013
- views: 1058
- author: Sir Darco Eddie
32:44
Roy Orbison Concert xvid
Eentje uit de oude doos 1965 met toen nog Jos Brink....
published: 19 Jan 2013
author: nicosan Desmedt
Roy Orbison Concert xvid
Eentje uit de oude doos 1965 met toen nog Jos Brink.
- published: 19 Jan 2013
- views: 540
- author: nicosan Desmedt
29:15
Roy Orbison (BBC TV Broadcast)
BBC TV Broadcast July 11th 1975 1. Only The Lonely 2. Crying 3. Penny Arcade 4. Blue Bayou...
published: 27 Feb 2013
author: Garibaldi1959New
Roy Orbison (BBC TV Broadcast)
BBC TV Broadcast July 11th 1975 1. Only The Lonely 2. Crying 3. Penny Arcade 4. Blue Bayou 5. Running Scared 6. Candy Man 7. In Dreams 8. Mean Woman Blues 9....
- published: 27 Feb 2013
- views: 1620
- author: Garibaldi1959New
33:10
MYSTERY GIRL ROY ORBISON (1989)
Histoires de Vinyles : "Mystery Girl" Roy Orbison (1989) http://www.lamusiquepourtoujours....
published: 21 Apr 2013
author: Maurice Senh
MYSTERY GIRL ROY ORBISON (1989)
Histoires de Vinyles : "Mystery Girl" Roy Orbison (1989) http://www.lamusiquepourtoujours.net.
- published: 21 Apr 2013
- views: 10
- author: Maurice Senh
42:53
Joe Piastrino Presents: Roy orbison and the legends of Rock
This video is about Roy orbison and the legends of Rock....
published: 06 Mar 2013
author: rossi56
Joe Piastrino Presents: Roy orbison and the legends of Rock
This video is about Roy orbison and the legends of Rock.
- published: 06 Mar 2013
- views: 48
- author: rossi56
31:18
Roy Orbison In Interview (1986) [30 minute Long]
Roy Orbison in this (Half an Hour Long Video) is being interviewed and goes into a philoso...
published: 02 Aug 2012
author: BusyB0X
Roy Orbison In Interview (1986) [30 minute Long]
Roy Orbison in this (Half an Hour Long Video) is being interviewed and goes into a philosophical aspect of his life career. Telling us about his early life o...
- published: 02 Aug 2012
- views: 3558
- author: BusyB0X
57:48
Same Ole Me-George Jones Biography
Biography of Country Music Hall of Fame and Grand Ole Opry Member George Jones including i...
published: 29 Apr 2013
author: chilld28
Same Ole Me-George Jones Biography
Biography of Country Music Hall of Fame and Grand Ole Opry Member George Jones including interviews with other artists that have passed on including Roy Acuf...
- published: 29 Apr 2013
- views: 15128
- author: chilld28
50:41
Roy Orbison.
The story off Roy Orbison....
published: 16 Apr 2012
author: orthensegeit
Roy Orbison.
The story off Roy Orbison.
- published: 16 Apr 2012
- views: 3510
- author: orthensegeit
23:12
Doctor Who - The Tenth Planet 1966 [Full Length Episode] Part 1
I do not own the Rights to this Video. This Video is for Educational purposes Only. I do N...
published: 29 Oct 2012
author: Roy Orbison
Doctor Who - The Tenth Planet 1966 [Full Length Episode] Part 1
I do not own the Rights to this Video. This Video is for Educational purposes Only. I do Not Profit. Just a Dr Who Fan posting this. This Episode Features th...
- published: 29 Oct 2012
- views: 22643
- author: Roy Orbison
101:34
Return Of Sabata [Full Length Movie] (1971) [English]
[Copyright Holders Please Read The Full Description] Best Western Movie Ever Made! THE USE...
published: 30 Oct 2012
author: Roy Orbison
Return Of Sabata [Full Length Movie] (1971) [English]
[Copyright Holders Please Read The Full Description] Best Western Movie Ever Made! THE USE OF ANY COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL IS USED UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF "FAIR ...
- published: 30 Oct 2012
- views: 55544
- author: Roy Orbison
86:32
Slade In Flame (1975) [Full Length Movie]
Write in the Comment Section Below on what movie you want to see, I will try my best to Up...
published: 28 Oct 2012
author: Roy Orbison
Slade In Flame (1975) [Full Length Movie]
Write in the Comment Section Below on what movie you want to see, I will try my best to Upload it. Please note that I won't upload anything before 1990. For ...
- published: 28 Oct 2012
- views: 11203
- author: Roy Orbison
53:58
Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee, Orbison-Class of 55 Stereo re-edited
Memphis 1985 remade with new clips and focus on the artists. Also with Rick Nelson, John F...
published: 22 Nov 2012
author: drlucio
Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee, Orbison-Class of 55 Stereo re-edited
Memphis 1985 remade with new clips and focus on the artists. Also with Rick Nelson, John Fogerty, The Judds, Elvis Tribute. Unlike the original broadcast, yo...
- published: 22 Nov 2012
- views: 6015
- author: drlucio
23:34
Doctor Who - The Tenth Planet 1966 [Full Length Episode] Part 2
Requested by huntercd. I do not own the rights of this Video. This Video is for Educationa...
published: 30 Oct 2012
author: Roy Orbison
Doctor Who - The Tenth Planet 1966 [Full Length Episode] Part 2
Requested by huntercd. I do not own the rights of this Video. This Video is for Educational purposes Only. I do Not Profit. Just a Dr Who Fan posting this. "...
- published: 30 Oct 2012
- author: Roy Orbison
26:38
Beer And Song Of The Day April 23, 2013 Part 1
Today's BEERS Of The Day are Blue Moon Blackberry Tart Ale AND Blue Moon Short Straw Farmh...
published: 23 Apr 2013
author: Joshua Baker
Beer And Song Of The Day April 23, 2013 Part 1
Today's BEERS Of The Day are Blue Moon Blackberry Tart Ale AND Blue Moon Short Straw Farmhouse Red Ale. Both are 5.8% ABV and both are from Golden, Colorado....
- published: 23 Apr 2013
- views: 12
- author: Joshua Baker
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1:57
"CAR WASH" with Klaudia Stec
The first of a web series that started as an afternoon of camara tests on which Klaudia ea...
published: 23 Aug 2011
author: Green Box
"CAR WASH" with Klaudia Stec
The first of a web series that started as an afternoon of camara tests on which Klaudia eagerly stepped in for the main part. This 90sec are the best of that test.
Directed by:
Miguel Gaudencio & Tomasz Kuckowski
Edit by:
Miguel Gaudencio
Camera Operators:
Tomasz Kuckowski & Pawel Sroka
Studio light:
Grzegorz Skorny
Music : Roy Orbison "Love Hurts"
5:11
Chris Isaak - Beyond the Sun EPK
Beyond The Sun
Available: October 18, 2011
The accurately titled Beyond the Sun, Chris Is...
published: 06 Oct 2011
author: VanguardVideo
Chris Isaak - Beyond the Sun EPK
Beyond The Sun
Available: October 18, 2011
The accurately titled Beyond the Sun, Chris Isaak’s Vanguard Records debut, is a self-described labor of love. Since he fell in love with his parents’ 45s as a child, this passionate writer/artist has been obsessed with the glory days of Memphis’ Sun Studio and the visionary artists who got their starts there—including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis—all of them discovered and nurtured by Sam Phillips. Now, at long last, Isaak recaptures the brilliance of Sun Studio, and beyond, by paying tribute to the roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll with renditions of classics, plus new, original self-penned tunes.
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34:00
American Collection (parte 2)
American Collection (parte 2)
1* ERIC CARMEN
2* ROY ORBISON
3* CARLY SIMON
4* THE BANGLES
...
published: 17 Jan 2013
American Collection (parte 2)
American Collection (parte 2)
1* ERIC CARMEN
2* ROY ORBISON
3* CARLY SIMON
4* THE BANGLES
5* KRAFT WORK
6* MAGIE
7* RICHARD MARK
8* IQ
9* BELINDA CARLISE
10* AMERICA
11* FLEETWOOD MAC
- published: 17 Jan 2013
- views: 39
30:05
Jerry Lee Lewis - Killer Country (Complete LP)
This record can be difficult to find, and I personally think it's a great record. It featu...
published: 30 Apr 2013
author: myinnereyemike96
Jerry Lee Lewis - Killer Country (Complete LP)
This record can be difficult to find, and I personally think it's a great record. It features a funky version of Johnny Cash's hit song "Folsom prison Blues"...
- published: 30 Apr 2013
- views: 217
- author: myinnereyemike96
46:00
SAM PHILLIPS The Man who Invented Rock & Roll (PART 2)
This is to be, in my opinion, the best documentary on SAM PHILLIPS. This is a A&E; Biograph...
published: 02 Feb 2013
author: Memphis Vic
SAM PHILLIPS The Man who Invented Rock & Roll (PART 2)
This is to be, in my opinion, the best documentary on SAM PHILLIPS. This is a A&E; Biography Channel UK Documentary of the man who changed the world of music....
- published: 02 Feb 2013
- views: 1775
- author: Memphis Vic
23:27
Roy
...
published: 25 Feb 2013
author: Chay Buela
Roy
- published: 25 Feb 2013
- views: 138
- author: Chay Buela
3:47
Roy Orbison Interview (British TV 1987)
Roy talks about his hits, only wearing the sunglasses when he wants to be recognised, his ...
published: 06 Aug 2012
author: jimmytca
Roy Orbison Interview (British TV 1987)
Roy talks about his hits, only wearing the sunglasses when he wants to be recognised, his tragedies plus lots more. Check out my channel for lots more rare m...
- published: 06 Aug 2012
- views: 2126
- author: jimmytca
6:00
Roy Orbison's Final Interview Part 1 (2 days before his death)
Roy is interviewed just after his final concert on December 4 1988 in Highland Heights, Oh...
published: 04 Aug 2012
author: jimmytca
Roy Orbison's Final Interview Part 1 (2 days before his death)
Roy is interviewed just after his final concert on December 4 1988 in Highland Heights, Ohio.
- published: 04 Aug 2012
- views: 21303
- author: jimmytca
31:18
Roy Orbison In Interview (1986) [30 minute Long]
Roy Orbison in this (Half an Hour Long Video) is being interviewed and goes into a philoso...
published: 02 Aug 2012
author: BusyB0X
Roy Orbison In Interview (1986) [30 minute Long]
Roy Orbison in this (Half an Hour Long Video) is being interviewed and goes into a philosophical aspect of his life career. Telling us about his early life o...
- published: 02 Aug 2012
- views: 3558
- author: BusyB0X
3:58
Roy Orbison in 1987 (871112)
Singer Roy Orbison interviewed by Richard Keys....
published: 29 Jun 2009
author: Tvam Archive
Roy Orbison in 1987 (871112)
Singer Roy Orbison interviewed by Richard Keys.
- published: 29 Jun 2009
- views: 9730
- author: Tvam Archive
2:08
Roy Orbison rare Australian interview January 1965
Rare interview from Australian television Originally aired January 1st 1965....
published: 19 Jan 2013
author: yakidk89
Roy Orbison rare Australian interview January 1965
Rare interview from Australian television Originally aired January 1st 1965.
- published: 19 Jan 2013
- views: 2609
- author: yakidk89
1:56
Roy Orbison speaks on success, the guitar, his voice and legacy
This small collection of interview clips gives you an inside look at Roy's famously humble...
published: 11 Apr 2012
author: RoyOrbison
Roy Orbison speaks on success, the guitar, his voice and legacy
This small collection of interview clips gives you an inside look at Roy's famously humble nature - grateful for his voice and success, and still filled with...
- published: 11 Apr 2012
- views: 9447
- author: RoyOrbison
4:00
Travelling Wilburys Interviews MTV (Death of Roy Orbison) 01/89
Interviews by 3 MTV programs, with George Harrison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne, they are tal...
published: 25 Jan 2012
author: vitorbastos123
Travelling Wilburys Interviews MTV (Death of Roy Orbison) 01/89
Interviews by 3 MTV programs, with George Harrison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne, they are talkin about the death of Roy Orbison, in the backstage of the music v...
- published: 25 Jan 2012
- views: 32410
- author: vitorbastos123
10:40
Roy Orbison.The Big" O" In Britain. Part 4.Documentary.
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "f...
published: 17 Jul 2012
author: Johnboy Jones
Roy Orbison.The Big" O" In Britain. Part 4.Documentary.
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, t...
- published: 17 Jul 2012
- views: 5794
- author: Johnboy Jones
8:03
Roy Orbison 1988 footage a few weeks before his death (West 57 Tribute)
A tribute to Roy Orbison from his last band West 57. Includes clips of one of his last con...
published: 23 Jul 2012
author: jimmytca
Roy Orbison 1988 footage a few weeks before his death (West 57 Tribute)
A tribute to Roy Orbison from his last band West 57. Includes clips of one of his last concerts, in the studio and rehearsing with his band.
- published: 23 Jul 2012
- views: 11371
- author: jimmytca
3:52
Roy Orbison Interview 1986
Roy explains why he hasn't had many hits in recent years compared to the 1960s and also ta...
published: 06 Aug 2012
author: jimmytca
Roy Orbison Interview 1986
Roy explains why he hasn't had many hits in recent years compared to the 1960s and also talks about touring, the sunglasses and Class of 55.
- published: 06 Aug 2012
- views: 1067
- author: jimmytca
2:55
Roy Orbison - In Dreams
Roy Orbison - In Dreams © Orbison Records, Inc....
published: 08 Jul 2008
author: RoyOrbison
Roy Orbison - In Dreams
Roy Orbison - In Dreams © Orbison Records, Inc.
- published: 08 Jul 2008
- views: 5244739
- author: RoyOrbison
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"CAR WASH" with Klaudia Stec
The first of a web series that started as an afternoon of camara tests on which Klaudia ea...
published: 23 Aug 2011
author: Green Box
"CAR WASH" with Klaudia Stec
The first of a web series that started as an afternoon of camara tests on which Klaudia eagerly stepped in for the main part. This 90sec are the best of that test.
Directed by:
Miguel Gaudencio & Tomasz Kuckowski
Edit by:
Miguel Gaudencio
Camera Operators:
Tomasz Kuckowski & Pawel Sroka
Studio light:
Grzegorz Skorny
Music : Roy Orbison "Love Hurts"
5:11
Chris Isaak - Beyond the Sun EPK
Beyond The Sun
Available: October 18, 2011
The accurately titled Beyond the Sun, Chris Is...
published: 06 Oct 2011
author: VanguardVideo
Chris Isaak - Beyond the Sun EPK
Beyond The Sun
Available: October 18, 2011
The accurately titled Beyond the Sun, Chris Isaak’s Vanguard Records debut, is a self-described labor of love. Since he fell in love with his parents’ 45s as a child, this passionate writer/artist has been obsessed with the glory days of Memphis’ Sun Studio and the visionary artists who got their starts there—including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis—all of them discovered and nurtured by Sam Phillips. Now, at long last, Isaak recaptures the brilliance of Sun Studio, and beyond, by paying tribute to the roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll with renditions of classics, plus new, original self-penned tunes.
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6:19
Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (from Black & White Night)
Roy Orbison performs "Oh, Pretty Woman" as the finale of the Black & White Night Concert. ...
published: 16 Jul 2010
author: RoyOrbison
Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (from Black & White Night)
Roy Orbison performs "Oh, Pretty Woman" as the finale of the Black & White Night Concert. Backed by Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, James Burton, Glen D. ...
- published: 16 Jul 2010
- views: 3571512
- author: RoyOrbison
1:07
Dick Clark interviews Roy Orbison on The Rock N Roll Years
Dick Clark talks to Roy Orbison after his performance on the show in 1974. He talks about ...
published: 28 Sep 2012
author: AwardsShowNetwork
Dick Clark interviews Roy Orbison on The Rock N Roll Years
Dick Clark talks to Roy Orbison after his performance on the show in 1974. He talks about touring with The Beatles and the experience of traveling around the...
- published: 28 Sep 2012
- views: 2513
- author: AwardsShowNetwork
6:34
Roy Orbison's Final Interview Part 2 (2 days before his death)
Roy is interviewed just after his final concert on December 4 1988 in Highland Heights, Oh...
published: 04 Aug 2012
author: jimmytca
Roy Orbison's Final Interview Part 2 (2 days before his death)
Roy is interviewed just after his final concert on December 4 1988 in Highland Heights, Ohio.
- published: 04 Aug 2012
- views: 6680
- author: jimmytca
3:35
"YOU GOT IT" - Official Video - Roy Orbison
YOU GOT IT by the great Roy Orbison! From Orbison's multi-platinum album "Mystery Girl" (A...
published: 11 Apr 2011
author: RoyOrbison
"YOU GOT IT" - Official Video - Roy Orbison
YOU GOT IT by the great Roy Orbison! From Orbison's multi-platinum album "Mystery Girl" (Available on iTunes! http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/roy-orbison/i...
- published: 11 Apr 2011
- views: 559979
- author: RoyOrbison
photo: Flickr
17 May 2013
17 May 2013, 17.17. Bunga Bunga. Berlusconi 'Prostitute' In Court. Tweet. A teenage former belly dancer who denies having sex with former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has given her version of events at his allegedly raunchy "bunga bunga" parties ... Prosecutors claim that Miss El Mahroug was 17 when she was paid by the politician for sex and he is on trial separately in relation to that accusation ... She added ... She added ... She said....(size: 5.8Kb)
photo: AP / Misha Japaridze
18 May 2013
The US has scolded Russia for sending missiles to the Syrian government, with plans for an international peace conference promoted by the two major powers appearing to founder on diplomatic rifts over its scope and purpose. General Martin Dempsey, the most senior US military officer, has described Russia's recent delivery of anti-ship missiles to President Bashar al-Assad as "ill-timed and very unfortunate" ... Report....(size: 7.6Kb)
photo: AP / Jerome Favre
18 May 2013
(Adds Elon Musk details in the 13th paragraph.). May 17 (Bloomberg) -- Bill Gates is once again the world’s richest person. The 57-year-old co-founder of Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft Corp. recaptured the title from Mexican investor Carlos Slim yesterday, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as the software maker hit a five-year high. It is the first time Gates has held the mantle since 2007 ... He denies the accusation....(size: 4.5Kb)
photo: White House / Pete Souza
17 May 2013
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. There appears to be a curse stalking second term presidents, specifically starting with Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon and continuing through to President Barack Obama. President Obama's malevolent shadow, namely Benghazigate, IRSgate and the more recent APgate, have almost utterly enveloped him and his administration ... President Obama's second term is also unraveling....(size: 5.6Kb)
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19 May 2013
Fifty years ago this week, the Beatles were all abuzz about opening for Roy Orbison. It was further proof of the band's “to the toppermost of the poppermost” trajectory. Orbison, who toured with the Beatles in Britain in May 1963, was one of the few Americans who had even heard of them. . Another was singer Chris Montez. The Beatles opened for him, too ... Beatlemania had not quite erupted, their names not yet instantly recognizable....(size: 6.2Kb)
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The Daily Telegraph
18 May 2013
Texas singer Sharleen Spiteri tells Neil McCormick how the band came together with renewed enthusiasm for new album The Conversation after an event-filled eight-year gap. Sharleen Spiteri on her solo album. 'the band were just glad not to be stuck in the studio with this mental woman'. Photo. Getty Images ... 8.00AM BST 18 May 2013 ... There’re bits of Elvis in there, Ike and Tina Turner, Roy Orbison, Nancy Sinatra, Scott Walker ... ....(size: 13.0Kb)
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Stuff
17 May 2013
The National's Matt Berninger talks to VICKI ANDERSON about their new album and a documentary about life on the road with the band made by his heavy-metal loving brother ... For my part, I am inside a phone booth on a Lyttelton street ... Inside the restaurant his family is having a celebratory dinner ... Ad Feedback ... Curiously, Berninger says he spent a lot of time listening to Roy Orbison's music and dissecting his "weird" song structures ... ....(size: 5.5Kb)
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my SA
16 May 2013
... have recorded his songs include George Jones, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Toby Keith and Roy Orbison....(size: 0.6Kb)
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Toronto Sun
16 May 2013
Article Tweet. Trouble Will Find Me -- the much-anticipated follow-up to The National's acclaimed 2010 collection High Violet -- arrives Tuesday ... But he does acknowledge, "For us, it was a really big record ... Such classic artists as Cat Stevens, Simon & Garfunkel, Bob Dylan and even David Bowie were inspirations, but for Berninger "Roy Orbison was probably the biggest guardian angel for me on this record .. ... ....(size: 3.4Kb)
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noodls
15 May 2013
(Source. Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc). Celebrate Elvis at the 14th Annual Michigan ElvisFest on July 12 - 13. May 15, 2013 ... The 14th Annual Michigan ElvisFest will also help support Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels and The Hope Clinic ... ... Other tributes include those to Roy Orbison, Paul McCartney, The Blues Brothers and much more - all backed by Chicago's amazing Change of Habit Tribute Band. . Ticket Information....(size: 2.0Kb)
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Stereogum
14 May 2013
Now, some two years and many, many tour dates later, the band returns with Olympia, which is slated for release early next month ... STEREOGUM. I’ve only seen you play live once before — in Copenhagen at a festival ... STELMANIS ... STEREOGUM ... STELMANIS ... ... Like for example, Roy Orbison “Crying.” Or Carol King’s “Natural Woman” are songs that I’ve covered and I love singing because I feel like I’m singing about something and it feels so good ... ....(size: 23.5Kb)
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noodls
13 May 2013
Arts, Community and Cultural Services Committee Chairperson Councillor Charlie Pisasale said the show featured the music of never-to-be-forgotten rock 'n' roll idols Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly ... "The show opens with an exciting set by Australian performer Jon O Nicholson with Roy Orbison hits, including heartbroken ballads ......(size: 1.7Kb)
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The Examiner
11 May 2013
Paul McCartney's Out There! Tour.. Paul McCartney's Out There! tour arrives in the U.S. for the first time May 18-19 at Amway Center in Orlando. (See our complete roundup of coverage here and talk about the tour on our Paul McCartney 2013 Tour News page on Facebook.). Concerts. The Beatles LOVE, Cirque du Soleil, Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas ... Tickets ... The Beatles, Roy Orbison and Gerry and the Pacemakers perform on a bill at the Adelphi Cinema ... ....(size: 13.8Kb)
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The Quietus
10 May 2013
The sixth solo album from former Birthday Party, Bad Seeds and Crime and the City Solution mainstay Harvey is an oceanic affair. The songs seem to appear and recede like tides, overlapping, flowing into one another ... It's times like these a man turns to Roy Orbison, if not for comfort then at least for some empathy, and Harvey tackles the Big O's 'Wild Hearts' as a lullaby for men who've long since forgotten how to sleep soundly ... ....(size: 4.0Kb)
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Huffington Post
10 May 2013
Lana Del Rey attends Dom Perignon and W Magazine's celebration of the Golden Globes at Chateau Marmont on Jan. 11, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Dom Perignon) ... <strong>Featuring.</strong> Aerosmith, Roy Orbison, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, The Bangles <strong>Original songs?</strong> Yes <strong>Chart history.</strong> Peaked at No ... Like ... ....(size: 5.8Kb)
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Huffington Post
10 May 2013
Lana Del Rey attends Dom Perignon and W Magazine's celebration of the Golden Globes at Chateau Marmont on Jan. 11, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Dom Perignon) ... <strong>Featuring.</strong> Aerosmith, Roy Orbison, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, The Bangles <strong>Original songs?</strong> Yes <strong>Chart history.</strong> Peaked at No ... Like ... ....(size: 5.8Kb)
| Roy Orbison | |
|---|---|
 Orbison in 1965 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Roy Kelton Orbison |
| Born | (1936-04-23)April 23, 1936 Vernon, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | December 6, 1988(1988-12-06) (aged 52) Madison, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genres | Rock, rockabilly, pop, country |
| Occupations | Musician, singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, harmonica |
| Years active | 1954–1988 |
| Labels | Sun, Monument, MGM, London, Mercury/PolyGram, Asylum, Virgin/EMI Records |
| Associated acts | Traveling Wilburys, Teen Kings, The Wink Westerners, Class of '55 |
| Website | http://www.royorbison.com |
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Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer-songwriter, best known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country and western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis. His greatest success came with Monument Records between 1960 and 1964, when 22 of his songs placed on the Billboard Top Forty, including "Only the Lonely", "Crying", and "Oh, Pretty Woman". His career stagnated through the 1970s, but several covers of his songs and the use of "In Dreams" in David Lynch's Blue Velvet revived his career in the 1980s. In 1988, he joined the supergroup Traveling Wilburys with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Jeff Lynne and also released a new solo album. He died of a heart attack in December that year, at the zenith of his resurgence. His life was marred by tragedy, including the death of his first wife and his two eldest sons in separate accidents.
Orbison was a natural baritone, but music scholars have suggested that he had a three- or four-octave range.[1] The combination of Orbison's powerful, impassioned voice and complex musical arrangements led many critics to refer to his music as operatic, giving him the sobriquet "the Caruso of Rock".[2][note 1] Elvis Presley and Bono have stated his voice was, respectively, the greatest and most distinctive they had ever heard.[3] While most men in rock and roll in the 1950s and 1960s portrayed a defiant masculinity, many of Orbison's songs instead conveyed a quiet, desperate vulnerability. He was known for performing while standing still and solitary, wearing black clothes and dark sunglasses which lent an air of mystery to his persona.
Orbison was initiated into the second class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 by longtime admirer Bruce Springsteen. The same year he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame two years later. Rolling Stone placed Orbison at number 37 on their list of The Greatest Artists of All Time, and number 13 on their list of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.[4] In 2002, Billboard magazine listed Orbison at number 74 in the Top 600 recording artists.[5]
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Early life[link]
Roy Orbison was born in Vernon, Texas, the middle son of Orbie Lee Orbison, an oil well driller and car mechanic, and Nadine Shultz, a nurse. Both of Orbison's parents were unemployed during the Great Depression, so the family moved to Fort Worth for several years to find work, until a polio scare prompted them to return to Vernon. To find work, the family moved to Wink, Texas. Orbison would later describe the major components of life in Wink as "Football, oil fields, oil, grease and sand",[6] and in later years expressed relief that he was able to leave the desolate town.[note 2] All the Orbison children were afflicted with poor eyesight; Roy used thick corrective lenses from an early age. A bout with jaundice as a child gave him a sallow complexion, and his ears protruded prominently. Orbison was not particularly confident in his appearance; he began dyeing his nearly white hair black when he was young.[7] He was quiet and self-effacing, remarkably polite and obliging—a product, biographer Alan Clayson wrote, of his Southern upbringing.[8] However, Orbison was readily available to sing, and often became the focus of attention when he did. He considered his voice memorable if not great.[6]
On his sixth birthday, Orbison's father gave him a guitar. Orbison later recalled that, by the age of seven, "I was finished, you know, for anything else"; music would be his life.[9] Orbison's major musical influences as a youth were in country music. He was particularly moved by the way Lefty Frizzell sang, slurring syllables.[10] He also enjoyed Hank Williams and Jimmie Rodgers. One of the first musicians he heard in person was Ernest Tubb playing on the back of a flatbed truck in Fort Worth. In West Texas, however, he was exposed to many forms of music: "sepia"—a euphemism for what became known as rhythm and blues (R&B); Tex-Mex; orchestral Mantovani, and zydeco. The zydeco favorite "Joli Blon" was one of the first songs Orbison sang in public. At eight, Orbison began appearing on a local radio show. By the late 1940s, he was the host.[11]
In high school, Orbison and some friends formed The Wink Westerners, an informal band that played country standards and Glenn Miller songs at local honky-tonks, and had a weekly radio show on KERB in Kermit.[12] When they were offered $400 to play at a dance, Orbison realized that he could make a living in music. Following high school, he enrolled at North Texas State College, planning to study geology so that he could secure work in the oil fields if music did not pay.[13] He formed another band called The Teen Kings, and sang at night while working in the oil fields or studying during the day. Orbison saw classmate Pat Boone get signed for a record deal, further strengthening his resolve to become a professional musician. His geology grades dropping, he switched to Odessa Junior College to consider becoming a teacher.
While living in Odessa, Orbison drove to Dallas to be shocked at the on-stage antics of Elvis Presley, who was only a year older and a rising star in the music scene.[14] Johnny Cash toured the area in 1955, playing on the same local radio show as the Teen Kings and suggested that Orbison approach Sam Phillips at Sun Records, home of rockabilly stars including Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Cash. In their conversation, Phillips told Orbison curtly, "Johnny Cash doesn't run my record company!"[note 3] but he was convinced to listen to a song composed by Dick Penner and Wade Moore in mere minutes atop a fraternity house at North Texas State, named "Ooby Dooby", that the Teen Kings had recorded on the Odessa-based Je–Wel record label.[6] Phillips was impressed and offered the Teen Kings a contract in 1956.
Sun Records and Acuff-Rose: 1957–1959[link]
The Teen Kings went to Memphis and although Orbison had grown weary of "Ooby Dooby", Phillips wanted to cut the record again in a better studio. Orbison rankled quietly at Phillips' dictating what the band would play and how Orbison was to sing it.[15] However, with Phillips' production, the record broke into the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 59 and selling 200,000 copies.[6] The Teen Kings toured with Sonny James, Johnny Horton, and Cash. Much influenced by Elvis Presley, Orbison performed frenetically, doing "everything we could to get applause because we had only one hit record".[16] The Teen Kings also began writing more material such as "Go! Go! Go!" and "Rockhouse", generally in standard rockabilly style. The band ultimately split over disputed writing credits and royalties, but Orbison stayed in Memphis and asked his 16-year-old girlfriend, Claudette Frady, to join him.[note 4] They stayed in Phillips' home, where they slept in separate rooms; in the studio Orbison concentrated on the mechanics of recording. Sam Phillips remembered being much more impressed with Orbison's mastery of the guitar than his voice;[17] a ballad Orbison wrote called "The Clown" was met with lukewarm appreciation at best. Sun Records producer Jack Clement told Orbison after hearing it that he would never make it as a ballad singer.[18]
He found a modicum of success at Sun Records and found his way into Elvis Presley's social circle, once going to pick up a date for Presley in his purple Cadillac. Orbison sold "Claudette", a song he wrote about Frady, whom he married in 1957, to The Everly Brothers and it appeared on the B-side of their smash hit "All I Have To Do Is Dream". The first and perhaps only royalties Orbison earned from Sun Records enabled him to make a down-payment on his own Cadillac. However, frustrated at Sun, Orbison gradually stopped recording, toured music circuits around Texas to make a living, and for seven months in 1958 quit performing completely.[19] His car repossessed and in dire financial straits, he often depended on family and friends for funds.[20]
For a brief period in the late 1950s Orbison made his living at Acuff-Rose, a songwriting firm concentrating mainly on country music. After spending an entire day writing a song, he would make several demo tapes at a time and send them to Wesley Rose, who would try to find the musical acts to record them. Orbison attempted to sell to RCA Victor songs he recorded that were written by other writers as well, working with and being completely in awe of Chet Atkins who had played guitar with Presley. Orbison tried one song penned by Boudleaux Bryant called "Seems to Me". Bryant's impression of Orbison was "a timid, shy kid who seemed to be rather befuddled by the whole music scene. I remember the way he sang then—softly, prettily but almost bashfully, as if someone might be disturbed by his efforts and reprimand him."[21]
Playing shows late into the night, and living with his wife and young child in his tiny apartment, Orbison often sought refuge by taking his guitar to his car and writing songs there. Songwriter Joe Melson, an acquaintance of Orbison's, tapped on his car window one day in Texas in 1958 and the two decided to try to write some songs together.[22] During three recording sessions in 1958 and 1959, Orbison and Melson recorded seven songs at RCA Nashville, with Atkins producing, but only two songs were judged worthy of release by RCA;[23] Wesley Rose maneuvered Orbison into the sights of producer Fred Foster at Monument Records.
Arrival: 1960–1964[link]
Orbison became one of the first recording artists to popularize the Nashville Sound, a trend of country and pop crossover music that used session musicians dubbed the A-Team: guitarists Grady Martin, Harold Bradley, Ray Edenton, and Bob Moore; pianists Floyd Cramer or Hargus "Pig" Robbins; drummer Buddy Harman; and backup vocals by the Jordanaires or the Anita Kerr Singers. The Nashville Sound was developed by producers Atkins, Owen Bradley—who worked closely with Patsy Cline—Sam Phillips, and Fred Foster.[24][25] In his first session for Monument in Nashville, Orbison took on a song that RCA had refused, "Paper Boy", backed by "With The Bug" as the B-side, but neither charted.[26]
According to musician and author Albin Zak, the combination of the studio—engineered by Bill Porter, who experimented with close miking the doo-wop backup singers—production by Foster, and accompanying musicians, gave Orbison's music a "polished, professional sound...finally allow(ing) Orbison's stylistic inclinations free rein".[23] In addition to the Nashville Sound's core components, Orbison requested strings in the studio. With this combination, Orbison recorded three new songs, the most notable of which was "Uptown", penned by himself and Melson.[27] Impressed with the results, Melson later recalled, "We stood in the studio, listening to the playbacks and thought it was the most beautiful sound in the world".[6][28] The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll states that the music Orbison made in Nashville "brought a new splendor to rock", and compared the melodramatic effects of the orchestral accompaniment to the music production of Phil Spector.[29]
"Uptown" earned a modest spot at number 72 on the Billboard Top 100 and Orbison set his goal on negotiating a contract with an upscale nightclub somewhere. Rock and roll itself, in its infancy in the late 1950s, was stalled. Elvis Presley was in the Army. Eddie Cochran and fellow Texan Buddy Holly—both of whom Orbison had previously toured with—had died, to Orbison's deep astonishment. Little Richard had found religion and Chuck Berry was in jail. Orbison's former Sun Records colleague Jerry Lee Lewis was disgraced when his marriage to his 13-year-old cousin was reported widely in the press. In their wake, pop music filled the radio waves, dominated by teen idol crooners who sang cleansed formulas like those about the twist dance craze and "death discs" like "Teen Angel" and "Endless Sleep".[30]
Writing for the voice[link]
Influenced by contemporaneous hits such as "Come Back to Me (My Love)" and "Come Softly to Me", Orbison and Melson wrote a song in early 1960 which, using elements from "Uptown" employed strings and the Anita Kerr doo-wop backup singers.[31] It also featured a note hit by Orbison in falsetto that showcased a powerful voice which, according to biographer Clayson, "came not from his throat but deeper within".[32] The song was "Only the Lonely"; Orbison and Melson had earlier tried to pitch it to Elvis Presley and the Everly Brothers but were turned down.[33] They instead recorded the song at RCA's Nashville studio with Porter trying a completely new strategy: building the mix from the top down rather from the bottom up, beginning with the close-miked background vocals in the foreground and ending with the rhythm section soft in the background.[27][34] This combination became Orbison's trademark sound.[31] The single shot to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and hit number 1 in the UK and Australia. According to Orbison, the subsequent songs he wrote with Melson during this period were constructed with his voice in mind, specifically to showcase its range and power. He told Rolling Stone in 1988: "I liked the sound of [my voice]. I liked making it sing, making the voice ring, and I just kept doing it. And I think that somewhere between the time of "Ooby Dooby" and "Only the Lonely", it kind of turned into a good voice."[35]
Instantly Orbison was in high demand. He appeared on American Bandstand and toured the U.S. for three months non-stop with Patsy Cline. When Presley heard "Only the Lonely" for the first time, he bought a box of copies to pass to his friends.[36] Melson and Orbison followed it with the more complex "Blue Angel" which peaked at U.S. number 9/UK number 11, a self-performed version of "Claudette", and "I'm Hurtin'", which rose to number 27 but failed to chart in the UK.[37]
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Sample of "Running Scared" as recorded by Orbison in 1961, featuring Orbison's natural voice hitting high G sharp
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Orbison was now able to move his wife and son to Nashville full-time. Back in the studio, seeking a change from the doo-wop styled pop sound of "Only the Lonely" and "I'm Hurtin'", Orbison worked on a new song, "Running Scared", based loosely on the rhythm of Ravel's Boléro; the song was about a man on lookout for his girlfriend's previous boyfriend, who he feared would try to take her away. Orbison encountered difficulty when he found himself unable to hit the song's highest note without his voice breaking. He was backed by an orchestra in the studio and Porter told him he would have to sing louder than his accompaniment because the orchestra was unable to be softer than his voice.[38] Fred Foster then put Orbison in the corner of the studio and surrounded him with coat racks in an improvised isolation booth to emphasize his voice. Orbison was unhappy with the first two takes, but in the third, he abandoned the idea of using falsetto and sang the final high G sharp naturally, so astonishing everyone present that the accompanying musicians stopped playing.[29] On that third take, "Running Scared" was completed. Fred Foster later recalled, "He did it, and everybody looked around in amazement. Nobody had heard anything like it before."[6]
Developing the image[link]
Just weeks later "Running Scared" reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 9 in the UK. The composition of Orbison's following hits reflected "Running Scared": a story about an emotionally vulnerable man facing loss or grief, culminating with a surprise ending in a crescendo that employed Orbison's dynamic voice. "Crying" followed in July 1961 and reached number 2; it was coupled with an R&B up-tempo song titled "Candy Man" written by Fred Neil and Beverley Ross, which reached the Billboard Top 30, staying on the charts for two months.[37] Orbison's second son was born in 1962, and Orbison hit number 4 in the U.S. and number 2 in the UK with "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream?)", an upbeat song written by country songwriter Cindy Walker. The rest of the year he charted with "The Crowd", "Leah", and "Workin' For the Man", which he wrote about working one summer in the oil fields near Wink.[5][39] His relationship with Joe Melson, however, was deteriorating over Melson's growing concerns that his own solo career would never get off the ground.[40]
Lacking the photogenic looks of many of his rock and roll contemporaries, Orbison eventually developed a persona that did not reflect his personality. He had no publicist in the early 1960s, no presence in fan magazines, and his single sleeves did not feature his picture. Life magazine called him an "anonymous celebrity".[41] After leaving his thick eyeglasses on an airplane in 1962 or 1963, Orbison was forced to wear his prescription sunglasses on stage and found that he preferred them. His biographers suggest that although he had a good sense of humor and was never morose, Orbison was very shy and suffered from severe stage fright; wearing sunglasses helped him hide somewhat from the attention. The black clothes and desperation in his songs led to an aura of mystery and introversion.[6][42][43] Years later, Orbison said "I wasn't trying to be weird, you know? I didn't have a manager who told me to dress or how to present myself or anything. But the image developed of a man of mystery and a quiet man in black somewhat of a recluse, although I never was, really."[44]
His dark and brooding persona, combined with his tremulous voice in lovelorn ballads marketed to teenagers, helped Orbison corner the pop market in the early 1960s. He had a string of hits in 1963 with "In Dreams" (U.S. number 7/UK number 6), "Falling" (U.S. number 22/UK number 9), "Mean Woman Blues" (U.S. number 5/UK number 3) coupled with "Blue Bayou" (U.S. number 29/UK number 3).[5][45] He finished the year with a Christmas song written by Willie Nelson titled "Pretty Paper" (U.S. number 15 in 1963/UK number 6 in 1964).
As "In Dreams" was released in April 1963, Orbison was asked to replace guitarist Duane Eddy on a tour of the UK in top billing, with The Beatles, whose popularity was on the rise. When he arrived in England, however, he saw the amount of advertising devoted to the quartet and realized he was no longer the main draw. He had never heard of them and, annoyed, asked hypothetically, "What's a Beatle anyway?" to which John Lennon replied after tapping his shoulder, "I am."[46] On opening night, Orbison opted to go onstage first although he was the more established act. Known for having raucous shows expressing an extraordinary amount of energy, Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr stood dumbfounded backstage as Orbison performed completely still and simply sang through fourteen encores.[47] Finally, when the audience began chanting "We want Roy!" again, Lennon and McCartney prevented Orbison from going on again by physically holding him back.[48] 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."[47] Through the tour, however, both acts quickly learned to get along, a process made easier by the fact that the Beatles admired his work.[49] Orbison felt a kinship with Lennon, but it was Harrison with whom he would later form a strong friendship. The moniker of "The Big O" would eventually follow him back to the States, where it became an unofficial nickname for Orbison.
Riding the success[link]
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Opening sample of "Oh, Pretty Woman" as recorded by Orbison in 1964, and as noted by Mick Jagger to be a direct influence on the opening of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones[50]
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Touring in 1963 took a toll on Orbison's personal life. His wife Claudette began having an affair with the contractor who built their home in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Their friends and relatives attributed it to her youth and that she was unable to withstand being alone and bored; when Orbison toured England again in the fall of 1963, she joined him.[51] He was immensely popular wherever he went, finishing the tour in Ireland and Canada. Almost immediately he toured Australia and New Zealand with The Beach Boys and returned again to the UK and Ireland, where he was so besieged by teenage girls that the Irish police had to halt his performances to pull the girls off him.[52] He continued to tour, however, and visited Australia again, this time with The Rolling Stones. Mick Jagger later remarked of a snapshot he took of Orbison in New Zealand: "A fine figure of a man in the hot springs, he was."[53]
Orbison also began collaborating with Bill Dees, whom he had known in Texas. With Dees, he wrote "It's Over", a number 1 in the UK, and a song that would be one of his signature pieces for the rest of his career. When Claudette walked in the room where Dees and Orbison were writing to say she was heading for Nashville, Orbison asked if she had any money. Dees said, "Pretty woman never needs any money".[54] Forty minutes later, "Oh, Pretty Woman" was completed. A riff-laden masterpiece that employed a playful growl he got from a Bob Hope movie, the epithet Orbison uttered when he was unable to hit a note ("Mercy!"), and a merging of his vulnerable and masculine sides, it rose to number 1 in the fall of 1964 in the U.S. and stayed on the charts for 14 weeks; it hit number 1 in the UK as well, spending 18 weeks total on the charts. The single sold over seven million copies.[6] Orbison's success was greater in Britain; as Billboard magazine noted, "In a 68-week period that began on August 8, 1963, Roy Orbison was the only American artist to have a number-one single in Britain. He did it twice, with 'It's Over' on June 25, 1964, and 'Oh, Pretty Woman' on October 8, 1964. The latter song also went to number one in America, making Orbison impervious to the current chart dominance of British artists on both sides of the Atlantic."[55]
Career decline and personal tragedies: 1965–1969[link]
"Oh, Pretty Woman" proved the pinnacle of Orbison's career in the 1960s. Following its release, he endured some upheavals. He and Claudette divorced in November 1964 over her infidelities, though they remarried in August 1965. Wesley Rose, at this time acting as Orbison's agent, moved him from Monument Records to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), for a million dollars and the understanding that Orbison would expand into television and films as Elvis Presley had done. Orbison was a film enthusiast, and when not touring, writing, or recording would dedicate time to seeing up to three films a day.[56] However, Rose also began acting as Orbison's producer. Fred Foster later argued that Rose's takeover was responsible for the commercial failure of Orbison's work at MGM; engineer Bill Porter agreed that Orbison's best work could only be achieved with RCA Nashville's A Team.[26] Orbison's first collection at MGM, an album titled Goodnight, sold fewer than 200,000 copies.[6] The British Invasion also occurred at the same time, changing the direction of rock music significantly.[57]
While on tour again in the UK in 1965, Orbison broke his foot falling off a motorcycle in front of thousands of screaming fans at a race track, and performed his show that evening in a cast. His reconciliation with Claudette occurred when she went to visit him while he was recuperating from the accident.[58] Orbison was fascinated with machines. He was famous for following a car that he liked on sight, and making the driver an offer on the spot.[59] He had a collection worthy of a museum by the late 1960s. He and Claudette shared a love for motorcycles; she had grown up around them, but Orbison claimed Elvis Presley had introduced him to motorcycles.[60] However, tragedy struck on June 6, 1966, when Orbison and Claudette were riding home from Bristol, Tennessee. She was struck by a semi-trailer truck and died instantly.[61]
A grieving Orbison threw himself into his work, collaborating with Bill Dees to write music for The Fastest Guitar Alive, a film that MGM had scheduled for him to star in as well. It was initially planned as a dramatic Western, but was rewritten as a comedy.[62] Orbison's character was a spy who stole and had to protect and deliver a cache of gold to the Confederate Army during the U.S. Civil War and was outfitted with a guitar that turned into a rifle. The prop allowed him to deliver the line "I could kill you with this and play your funeral march at the same time", with — according to biographer Colin Escott — "zero conviction".[6] Orbison was pleased with the film, although it proved to be a critical and box office flop. While MGM had included five films in his contract, no more were made.[63][64]
He recorded an album dedicated to the songs of Don Gibson and another of Hank Williams covers, but both sold poorly. As the psychedelic rock movement took hold in the late 1960s, Orbison felt lost, later saying "[I] didn't hear a lot I could relate to so I kind of stood there like a tree where the winds blow and the seasons change, and you're still there and you bloom again."[65] He continued to tour, and had previously made some smart real estate investments, so money was never an issue for him again. During a tour in the Midlands of England on September 16, 1968, he received the news that his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee, had burned down and his two eldest sons had died.[66] The property was sold to Johnny Cash, who planted an orchard on it. On March 25, 1969, Orbison married German teenager Barbara Jakobs, whom he had met several days before his sons' deaths.[67] His youngest son with Claudette (Wesley, born 1965) was raised by Orbison's parents; Orbison and Barbara had a son (Roy Kelton) in 1970 and another (Alexander) in 1974.[68]
Rediscovery[link]
Covers: 1970s[link]
Orbison recorded in the 1970s, but his albums performed so poorly that he began to doubt his talents.[69] Author Peter Lehman would later observe that his absence was a part of the mystery of his persona: "Since it was never clear where he had come from, no one seemed to pay much mind to where he had gone; he was just gone."[70] His influence was apparent, however, as several artists released covers of his songs that performed very well. "Love Hurts" was remade by Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris, and again by heavy metal band Nazareth. Sonny James sent "Only the Lonely" to number 1 on the country music charts.[71] Bruce Springsteen ended his concerts with Orbison songs and Glen Campbell had a minor hit with a remake of "Dream Baby". A compilation LP of Orbison's greatest hits went to number 1 in the UK in 1977. The same year he began to open concerts for The Eagles, who started as Linda Ronstadt's backup band. Ronstadt herself covered "Blue Bayou" in 1977, her version reaching number 3 on the Billboard charts and remaining in the charts for 24 weeks. Orbison credited this cover in particular for reviving his memory in the popular mind, if not his career.[72]
On 18 January 1978 Orbison underwent a triple heart bypass. He had suffered from duodenal ulcers as far back as 1960, and had been a chain smoker since adolescence.[73] Although he felt revitalized following the triple bypass, he continued to smoke and his weight fluctuated for the rest of his life.
Don McLean covered "Crying" in 1980 in a version which hit number 5 in the U.S. and stayed on the charts for 15 weeks; it was number 1 in the UK for three weeks.[74] Although he was all but forgotten in the U.S., Orbison took a chance and embarked on a tour of Bulgaria. He was astonished to find he was as popular there as he had been in 1964; he was forced to stay in his hotel room because he was mobbed on the streets of Sofia.[75] Later that year, he and Emmylou Harris won a Grammy for their duet "That Lovin' You Feelin' Again". It was his first such award, and he felt more than ever that the time was ripe for his full return to popular music.[76] However, it would be several more years until this came to fruition.
Revival: 1987–88[link]
Orbison's career was fully revived in 1987. He released an album of his re-recorded hits titled In Dreams: The Greatest Hits. A song he recorded named "Life Fades Away" was featured in the film Less Than Zero. He and k. d. lang performed a duet of "Crying" and released it on the soundtrack to Hiding Out, winning a Grammy for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals.[77]
However, one film in which Orbison refused to allow his music was Blue Velvet. Director David Lynch asked to use "In Dreams" and Orbison turned him down.[78] Lynch used it anyway. The song served as one of several obsessions of a psychopathic character named Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper). It was lip-synched by an effeminate drug dealer played by Dean Stockwell, after which Booth demanded the song be played over and over, once beating the protagonist while the song played. During filming, Lynch asked for the song to be played repeatedly to give the set a surreal atmosphere.[79] Orbison was initially shocked at its use: he saw the film in a theater in Malibu and later said, "I was mortified because they were talking about the 'candy colored clown' in relation to a dope deal... I thought, 'What in the world...?' But later, when I was touring, we got the video out and I really got to appreciate what David gave to the song, and what the song gave to the movie—how it achieved this otherworldly quality that added a whole new dimension to 'In Dreams'."[6]
The same year, Orbison was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and initiated into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Bruce Springsteen, who concluded his speech with a reference to his own song "Thunder Road": "I wanted a record with words like Bob Dylan that sounded like Phil Spector—but, most of all, I wanted to sing like Roy Orbison. Now everyone knows that no one sings like Roy Orbison."[80] In response, Orbison asked Springsteen for a copy of the speech, and said of his induction that he felt "validated" by the honor.[80] A few months later, Orbison and Springsteen paired again to film a concert at the Cocoanut Grove Ballroom in Los Angeles. They were joined by Jackson Browne, T-Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Bonnie Raitt, Jennifer Warnes, and k.d. lang. Lang later recounted how humbled Orbison had been by the show of support from so many talented and busy musicians: "Roy looked at all of us and said, 'If there is anything I can ever do for you, please call on me.' He was very serious. It was his way of thanking us. It was very emotional."[81] The concert was filmed in one take and aired on Cinemax under the title Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night; it was released on video by Virgin Records, selling 50,000 copies.[82]
[edit] Traveling Wilburys and Mystery Girl: 1988
In 1987, Orbison had begun collaborating with Electric Light Orchestra frontman Jeff Lynne on a new album. At the same time Lynne was completing production work on George Harrison's Cloud Nine, and all three had lunch one day when Orbison accepted an invitation to sing on Harrison's album. They contacted Bob Dylan, who allowed them to use a recording studio in his home. Along the way, Harrison had to stop by Tom Petty's house to pick up his guitar; Petty and his band had backed Dylan on his last tour.[83] By that evening, the group had written "Handle with Care", which led to the concept of recording an entire album. They called themselves the Traveling Wilburys, representing themselves as half-brothers from the same father. They gave themselves stage names; Orbison chose his from his musical hero, calling himself "Lefty Wilbury" after Lefty Frizzell.[84] Expanding on the concept of a traveling band of raucous musicians, Orbison offered a quote about the group's foundation in honor: "Some people say Daddy was a cad and a bounder. I remember him as a Baptist minister."[85]
Lynne later spoke of the recording sessions: "Everybody just sat there going, 'Wow, it's Roy Orbison!'... [E]ven though he's become your pal and you're hanging out and having a laugh and going to dinner, as soon as he gets behind that mike and he's doing his business, suddenly it's shudder time."[86] Orbison was given one solo track on the album titled "Not Alone Anymore". His contributions were highly praised by the press. Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 spent 53 weeks on the U.S. charts, peaking at number 3. It hit number 1 in Australia and topped out at number 16 in the UK. The LP won a Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group.[77] Rolling Stone included it in the top 100 albums of the decade.[87]
Orbison was in high demand for concerts and interviews once again, and was thrilled about it. He began writing songs and collaborating with many musicians from his past and newer fans to develop a solo album titled Mystery Girl. U2's lead singer Bono had become aware of Orbison when he saw Blue Velvet and, with The Edge wrote "She's a Mystery to Me" for him.[79] Bono witnessed the recording of the song and recalled:
I stood beside him and sang with him. He didn't seem to be singing. So I thought, 'He'll sing it the next take. He's just reading the words.' And then we went in to listen to the take, and there was this voice, which was the loudest whisper I've ever heard. He had been singing it. But he hardly moved his lips. And the voice was louder than the band in its own way. I don't know how he did that. It was like sleight of hand. [88]
Mystery Girl was produced by Jeff Lynne, whom Orbison considered the best producer he had ever worked with,[89] while Bono, Elvis Costello, Orbison's son Wesley and others offered their songs to him. The biggest hit from the album was "You Got It", written by Lynne and Tom Petty. It posthumously rose to number 9 in the U.S. and number 3 in the UK.[5][45]
Death[link]
While Orbison determinedly pursued his second chance at stardom, he reacted to his success in constant surprise, confessing "It's very nice to be wanted again, but I still can't quite believe it."[90] He lost some weight to fit his new image and the constant demand of touring, as well as the newer demands of making videos. In November 1988, Mystery Girl was completed and Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 was rising up the charts. Orbison went to Europe where he was presented with an award and played a show in Antwerp where footage for the video for "You Got It" was filmed. He gave multiple interviews a day in a hectic schedule. A few days later a manager at a club in Boston was concerned that he looked ill, but Orbison played the show to another standing ovation.[91] Finally, exhausted, he returned to his home in Hendersonville to rest for a few days before flying again to London to film two more videos for the Traveling Wilburys. On December 6, 1988, he spent the day flying model airplanes with his sons. After having dinner at his mother's home in Tennessee, Orbison died of a heart attack at 52.[92]
Orbison's death was an international news event. Author Peter Lehman suggests that had he died in the 1970s when his career was in the doldrums, it might have earned a minor mention in the obituary section of the newspaper.[93] However, the response to his death reflected just how popular Orbison had again become. The Nashville Banner put it on the front page across six columns; it also made the front page of the New York Times. The tabloid The National Enquirer suggested on its cover that he had worked himself to death. A memorial was held in Nashville, and another in Los Angeles; he was buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.[94][95] In January 1989, Orbison became the first musician since Elvis Presley to have two albums in the Top Five at the same time.[96]
Style and influence[link]
[Roy Orbison] was the true master of the romantic apocalypse you dreaded, and knew was coming after the first night you whispered ‘I Love You’ to your first girlfriend. You were going down. Roy was the coolest uncool loser you’d ever seen. With his Coke-bottle black glasses, his 3-octave range, he seemed to take joy sticking his knife deep into the hot belly of your teenage insecurities.
Although Orbison is counted as a rock and roll pioneer, and has been cited by numerous critics as one of the genre's most influential musicians, his style was noted for how it departed from the norm. Rock and roll in the 1950s was defined by a driving backbeat, heavy guitars, and lyrical themes that glorified youthful rebellion.[98] However, very little of what Orbison recorded met these characteristics. The structure and themes of his songs defied convention, and his much-praised voice and performance style were unlike any other in rock and roll. Many of his contemporaries compared his music with that of classically trained musicians, although Orbison never mentioned any classical music influences. Author Peter Lehman summarized it, writing, "He achieved what he did not by copying classical music but by creating a unique form of popular music that drew upon a wide variety of music popular during his youth".[99]
Song structures[link]
U2 frontman Bono holds Orbison as a standard in musical creativity, commenting in 1999, "The thing people don't talk about enough as far as I'm concerned is how innovative this music was, how radical in terms of its songwriting. As I become more interested in songwriting, you hit a wall where Roy Orbison is standing."[100] Bob Dylan highlighted Orbison's song structures in his book Chronicles: Volume One, specifically noting how they were "songs within songs".[101] Music critic Dave Marsh also wrote that these compositions "define a world unto themselves more completely than any other body of work in pop music".[102] Orbison's music, like the man himself, has been described as timeless, diverting from contemporary rock and roll and bordering on the eccentric, within a hair's breadth of being weird.[103] New York Times writer Peter Watrous declared in a concert review: "He has perfected an odd vision of popular music, one in which eccentricity and imagination beat back all the pressures toward conformity".[104]
In the 1960s, Orbison refused to splice edits of songs together, and insisted in recording them in single takes with all the instruments and singers together.[105] The only convention Orbison followed in his most popular songs is the time limit for radio fare in pop songs. Otherwise, each seems to follow a separate structure. Using the standard thirty-two-bar form for verses and choruses, normal pop songs followed the verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-verse-chorus structure. Where A represents the first verse and B represents the chorus, most pop songs can be represented by A-B-A-B-C-A-B, like "Ooby Dooby" and "Claudette". Orbison's "In Dreams" was a song in seven movements that can be represented as Intro-A-B-C-D-E-F; no sections are repeated. In "Running Scared", however, the entire song repeats to build suspense to a final climax, to be represented as A-A-A-A-B. "Crying" is more complex, changing parts toward the end to be represented as A-B-C-D-E-F-A-B modified, C modified, D modified, E modified, F modified.[106] Although Orbison recorded and wrote standard structure songs before "Only the Lonely", he claimed never to have learned how to write them:
"I'm sure we had to study composition or something like that at school, and they'd say 'This is the way you do it,' and that's the way I would have done it, so being blessed again with not knowing what was wrong or what was right, I went on my own way....So the structure sometimes has the chorus at the end of the song, and sometimes there is no chorus, it just goes...But that's always after the fact—as I'm writing, it all sounds natural and in sequence to me."[107]
Elton John's writing partner Bernie Taupin wrote that Orbison's songs always made "radical left turns", and k. d. lang declared that good songwriting comes from being constantly surprised, such as how the entirety of "Running Scared" eventually depends on the final note, one word.[108] Some of the musicians who worked with Orbison were confounded by what he asked them to do. Nashville session guitarist Jerry Kennedy stated, "Roy went against the grain. The first time you'd hear something, it wouldn't sound right. But after a few playbacks, it would start to grow on you."[55]
Themes of songs[link]
Critic Dave Marsh categorizes Orbison's ballads into themes reflecting pain and loss, and dreaming. A third category is his uptempo rockabilly songs such as "Go! Go! Go!" and "Mean Woman Blues" that are more thematically simple, addressing his feelings and intentions in a masculine braggadocio. In concert, Orbison placed the uptempo songs between the ballads to keep from being too consistently dark or grim.[109]
In 1990, Colin Escott wrote an introduction to Orbison's biography published in a CD box set: "Orbison was the master of compression. Working the singles era, he could relate a short story, or establish a mood in under three minutes. If you think that's easy—try it. His greatest recordings were quite simply perfect; not a word or note surplus to intention."[6] After attending a show in 1988, Peter Watrous of The New York Times wrote that Orbison's songs are "dreamlike claustrophobically intimate set pieces".[104] Music critic Ken Emerson writes that the "apocalyptic romanticism" in Orbison's music was well-crafted for the films his songs appeared in in the 1980s because the music was "so over-the-top that dreams become delusions, and self-pity paranoia", striking "a postmodern nerve".[110] Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant favored American R&B music as a youth, but beyond the black musicians, he named Elvis and Orbison especially as foreshadowing the emotions he would experience: "The poignancy of the combination of lyric and voice was stunning. [Orbison] used drama to great effect and he wrote dramatically."[100]
The loneliness in Orbison's songs that he became most famous for, he both explained and downplayed: "I don't think I've been any more lonely than anyone else... Although if you grow up in West Texas, there are a lot of ways to be lonely."[100] His music offered an alternative to the postured masculinity that was pervasive in music and culture. Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees stated, "He made emotion fashionable, that it was all right to talk about and sing about very emotional things. For men to sing about very emotional things... Before that no one would do it."[100] Orbison acknowledged this in looking back on the era in which he became popular: "When ["Crying"] came out I don't think anyone had accepted the fact that a man should cry when he wants to cry."[100] Peter Lehman, on the other hand, considered Orbison's theme of constant vulnerability an element of sexual masochism.[102]
Voice quality[link]
What separates Orbison from so many other multi-octave-spanning power singers is that he can hit the biggest notes imaginable and still sound unspeakably sad at the same time. All his vocal gymnastics were just a means to a powerful end, not a mission unto themselves. Roy Orbison didn't just sing beautifully—he sang brokenheartedly.
Orbison admitted that he did not think his voice was put to appropriate use until "Only the Lonely" in 1960, when it was able, in his words, to allow its "flowering".[112] Carl Perkins, however, toured with Orbison while they were both signed with Sun Records and recalled a specific concert when Orbison covered the Nelson Eddy and Jeannette MacDonald standard "Indian Love Call", and had the audience completely silenced, in awe.[113] When compared to the Everly Brothers, who often used the same session musicians, Orbison is credited with "a passionate intensity" that, according to The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll, made "his love, his life, and, indeed, the whole world [seem] to be coming to an end—not with a whimper, but an agonized, beautiful bang".[29]
Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel both commented on the otherworldly quality of Orbison's voice. Dwight Yoakam stated that Orbison's voice sounded like "the cry of an angel falling backward through an open window".[114] Barry Gibb of The Bee Gees went further to say that when he heard "Crying" for the first time, "That was it. To me that was the voice of God."[100]
Bob Dylan marked Orbison as a specific influence, remarking that there was nothing like him on radio in the early 1960s:
With Roy, you didn't know if you were listening to mariachi or opera. He kept you on your toes. With him, it was all about fat and blood. He sounded like he was singing from an Olympian mountaintop. [After "Ooby Dooby"] (h)e was now singing his compositions in three or four octaves that made you want to drive your car over a cliff. He sang like a professional criminal ... [H]is voice could jar a corpse, always leave you muttering to yourself something like, 'Man, I don't believe it'.[101]
Likewise, Tim Goodwin, who conducted the orchestra that backed Orbison in Bulgaria, had been told that Orbison's voice would be a singular experience to hear. When Orbison started with "Crying" and hit the high notes, Goodwin stated, "The strings were playing and the band had built up, and sure enough, the hair on the back of my neck just all started standing up. It was an incredible physical sensation."[115]
Orbison's severe stage fright was particularly noticeable in the 1970s and early 1980s. During the first few songs in a concert, the vibrato in his voice was almost uncontrollable, but afterwards, it became stronger and more dependable.[116] This also happened with age. Orbison noticed that he was unable to control the tremor in the late afternoon and evenings, and chose to record in the mornings when it was possible.
Performance[link]
Orbison often excused his motionless performances by saying that his songs did not allow instrumental sections so he could move or dance on stage, although songs like "Mean Woman Blues" did offer that.[117] He was aware of his unique performance style even in the early 1960s when he commented, "I'm not a super personality—on stage or off. I mean, you could put workers like Chubby Checker or Bobby Rydell in second-rate shows and they'd still shine through, but not me. I'd have to be prepared. People come to hear my music, my songs. That's what I have to give them."[118]
Lang compared Orbison to a tree, with passive but solid beauty.[119] This image of Orbison as immovable was so associated with him it was parodied by John Belushi on Saturday Night Live, as Belushi dressed as Orbison falls over while singing "Oh, Pretty Woman", and continues to play as his bandmates set him upright again.[116] However, lang quantified this style by saying, "It's so hard to explain what Roy's energy was like because he would fill a room with his energy and presence but not say a word. Being that he was so grounded and so strong and so gentle and quiet. He was just there."[100]
Orbison attributed his own passion during his performances to the period when he grew up in Fort Worth while the U.S. was mobilizing for World War II. His parents worked in a defense plant and his father would bring a guitar in the evenings and their friends and relatives who had just joined the military would gather, and drink and sing heartily. Orbison later reflected, "I guess that level of intensity made a big impression on me, because it's still there. That sense of 'do it for all it's worth and do it now and do it good.' Not to analyze it too much, but I think the verve and gusto that everybody felt and portrayed around me has stayed with me all this time."[120]
Discography[link]
Main article: Roy Orbison discography
Honors[link]
- Grammys[77]
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- Best Country Performance Duo Or Group (1980) with Emmylou Harris
- Best Spoken Word Or Non-Musical Recording (1986) with Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sam Phillips, Rick Nelson and Chips Moman
- Best Country Vocal Collaboration (1988) with k. d. lang
- Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal (1989) as part of The Traveling Wilburys
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male (1990)
- Lifetime Achievement Award (1998)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987)[35]
- Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1987)[107]
- Songwriters Hall of Fame (1989)[121]
- Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (2010)[122]
See also[link]
Video and televised feature performances:
- 1972: Roy Orbison – Live from Australia
- 1982: Live at Austin City Limits
- 1987: Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night
- 1999: In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
References[link]
- ^ Comparisons of Orbison's music and voice to opera have been made by Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, and songwriter Will Jennings among others. (Lehman, p. 21.)
- ^ Ellis Amburn argues that Orbison was bullied and ostracized while in Wink and that after he became famous, he gave conflicting reports to local Texas newspapers claiming it was still home to him, while simultaneously maligning the town to Rolling Stone. (Amburn, pp. 11–20.)
- ^ Although both Orbison and Cash mentioned this anecdote years later, Phillips denied that he was so abrupt on the phone with Orbison or that he hung up on him. One of the Teen Kings later stated that the band did not meet Cash until a week later while they were on tour with other Sun Records artists. (Amburn, pp. 42–43).
- ^ Alan Clayson's biography names Orbison's girlfriend Claudette Hestand.
Citations[link]
- ^ O'Grady, Terence J. (February 2000). "Orbison, Roy", American National Biography Online. Retrieved on May 20, 2009
- ^ Amburn, p. 97.
- ^ Amburn, pp. 175, 193.
- ^ 100 Greatest Singers of All Time: Roy Orbison, Rolling Stone website (2009). Retrieved on October 3, 2011.
- ^ a b c d Whitburn (2002), p. 524.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Escott, Colin (1990). Biography insert to The Legendary Roy Orbison CD box set, Sony. ASIN: B0000027E2
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 3.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, pp. 3, 9.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 7.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 21.
- ^ Amburn, pp. 8, 9.
- ^ History Maker, Roy Orbison website (2012). Retrieved on April 12, 2012.
- ^ Amburn, pp. 29–30.
- ^ Orbison was later quoted to say he "couldn't overemphasize how shocking [Presley] looked and seemed to [him] that night". Clayson, Alan, pp. 26–27.
- ^ DeCurtis and Henke, p. 153.
- ^ Clayson, Alan p. 44.
- ^ Amburn, pp. 60–61.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 45.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 56.
- ^ Amburn, pp. 78–79.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 62.
- ^ Clayson, pp. 68–69.
- ^ a b Zak, p. 32.
- ^ Wolfe and Akenson, p. 24.
- ^ Hoffmann and Ferstler, p. 779.
- ^ a b Zak, p. 33.
- ^ a b Lehman, p. 48.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, pp. 70–71.
- ^ a b c DeCurtis and Henke, p. 155.
- ^ Lehman, p. 19.
- ^ a b Zak, p. 35.
- ^ Clayson, p. 77.
- ^ Amburn p. 91.
- ^ Fremer, Michael (January 1, 2006). Recording Elvis and Roy With Legendary Studio Wiz Bill Porter – Part II, MusicAngle.com. Retrieved on February 8, 2011.
- ^ a b Roy Orbison, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2007). Retrieved on May 21, 2009.
- ^ Amburn, p. 98.
- ^ a b Whitburn (2004), p. 470.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, pp. 81–82.
- ^ Amburn, p. 32.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 91.
- ^ Lehman, p. 18.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, pp. 102–103.
- ^ Amburn, p. 108.
- ^ Creswell, p. 600.
- ^ a b Brown, Kutner, & Warwick, p. 645.
- ^ Amburn, p. 115.
- ^ a b Clayson, Alan, pp. 109–113.
- ^ Amburn, p. 117.
- ^ John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. The Beatles Anthology. Chronicle, 2002. p. 94
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 128 and Lehman, p. 169.
- ^ Amburn, pp. 122–123.
- ^ Amburn, p. 125.
- ^ Amburn, p. 134.
- ^ Amburn, p. 127.
- ^ a b Amburn, p. 128.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, pp. 130–31.
- ^ Lehman, p. 14
- ^ Clayson, Alan, pp. 135–36.
- ^ Amburn, p. 126.
- ^ Amburn, p. 54.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 139.
- ^ Lehman, pp. 108–109.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, pp. 146–147.
- ^ Amburn, pp. 151–53.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 152.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, pp. 161–63.
- ^ Amburn, p. 163.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 178.
- ^ Amburn, p. 170.
- ^ Lehman, p. 2.
- ^ Amburn, pp. 167–168.
- ^ Amburn, p. 178.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 3, 183–184.
- ^ Amburn, p. 182.
- ^ Amburn, p. 183.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 192.
- ^ a b c Grammy Award Winners (Past winner search=Roy Orbison), Grammy.com. Retrieved on May 30, 2009.
- ^ Amburn, p. 191.
- ^ a b Amburn, p. 193.
- ^ a b Clayson, Alan, pp. 202–203.
- ^ Amburn, p. 207.
- ^ Amburn, p. 205.
- ^ Amburn, p. 218.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, pp. 206–207.
- ^ Amburn, p. 221.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 208.
- ^ Amburn, p. 222.
- ^ Amburn, p. 212.
- ^ Amburn, p. 213.
- ^ Amburn, p. 223.
- ^ Amburn, pp. 227–28.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 213.
- ^ Lehman, p. 3.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 215.
- ^ Amburn, pp. 233–235.
- ^ Amburn, p. 235.
- ^ Tuttle, Mike (March 19, 2012). Bruce Springsteen Schools ‘Em At SXSW 2012, WebProNews. Retrieved on March 22, 2012.
- ^ Lehman, p. 8.
- ^ Lehman, p. 58.
- ^ a b c d e f g Hall, Mark. (director) In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story, Nashmount Productions Inc., 1999.
- ^ a b Dylan, p. 33.
- ^ a b Lehman, p. 20.
- ^ Lehman, p. 9.
- ^ a b Watrous, Peter (July 31, 1988). "Roy Orbison Mines Some Old Gold", The New York Times, p. 48.
- ^ Lehman, p. 46.
- ^ Lehman, p. 53.
- ^ a b Roy Orbison, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (2008). Retrieved on May 30, 2009.
- ^ Lehman, p. 52.
- ^ Lehman, pp. 70–71.
- ^ DeCurtis and Henke, p. 157.
- ^ Roy Orbison: Songs We Love, National Public Radio (April 27, 2011). Retrieved on April 29, 2011.
- ^ Lehman, p. 50.
- ^ Lehman, p. 49.
- ^ Lehman, p. 22.
- ^ Amburn, p. 184.
- ^ a b Lehman, p. 24.
- ^ Lehman, p. 62.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 78.
- ^ lang, k. d. (April 15, 2004). The Immortals – The Greatest Artists of All Time: 37) Roy Orbison, Rolling Stone. Retrieved on June 2, 2009.
- ^ Amburn, p. 7.
- ^ Roy Orbison, Songwriters Hall of Fame website (2009). Retrieved on May 30, 2009.
- ^ Roy Orbison given Hollywood Walk of Fame star BBC News (January 30, 2010). Retrieved on January 31, 2010.
Bibliography[link]
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- Amburn, Ellis (1990). Dark Star: The Roy Orbison Story, Carol Publishing Group. ISBN 0-8184-0518-X
- Brown, Tony; Kutner, Jon; Warwick, Neil (2000). Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles & Albums, Omnibus. ISBN 0-7119-7670-8
- Clayson, Alan (1989). Only the Lonely: Roy Orbison's Life and Legacy, St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-03961-1
- Clayton, Lawrence and Sprecht, Joe, (eds.) (2003). The Roots of Texas Music, Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 1-58544-997-0
- Creswell, Toby (2006). 1001 Songs: The Greatest Songs of All Time and the Artists, Stories, and Secrets Behind Them, Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN 1-56025-915-9
- DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James (eds.) (1992). The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll, Random House. ISBN 0-679-73728-6
- Hoffman, Frank W., Ferstler, Howard (2005). Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound, Volume 1, CRC Press. ISBN 0-415-93835-X
- Lehman, Peter (2003). Roy Orbison: The Invention of An Alternative Rock Masculinity, Temple University Press. ISBN 1-59213-037-2
- Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, Billboard Books. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4
- Wolfe, Charles K., Akenson, James (eds.) (2000). Country Music Annual, Issue 1, University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-0989-2
- Zak, Albin (2010). "'Only The Lonely' – Roy Orbison's Sweet West Texas Style", pages 18–41 in John Covach and Mark Spicer Sounding Out Pop: Analytical Essays in Popular Music, University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-03400-6
External links[link]
- Official website
- CMT's tribute to Orbison Contains a music video section that contains the entire "Diamond Career Awards" from 11-18-88, and also several rare videos "Heartbreak Radio" and "Walk On"
- Roy Orbison: The Big O life story by Marie Claire Magazine Australia
- 1975 Roy Orbison private phone interview with Ronnie Allen (researcher for Casey Kasem)
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| Short description | American singer-songwriter |
| Date of birth | April 23, 1936 |
| Place of birth | Vernon, Texas, U.S. |
| Date of death | December 6, 1988 |
| Place of death | Hendersonville, Tennessee, U.S. |
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The Regents were an American doo-wop vocal group from New York, operating in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
They are best known for writing and recording the hit "Barbara Ann" in 1961, which reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. (It was covered by the Beach Boys in 1965 on their album, Beach Boys' Party!; this version when released as a single made #2.) The Regents also had a second chart hit with "Runaround", which hit #28 later in 1961.
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Original members[link]
- Ernie Maresca
- Chuck Fassert (brother of "Barbara Ann" author Fred Fassert)
- Guy Villari (Website [1])
- Sal Cuomo
Biography[link]
They formed in The Bronx, New York, in 1959. Group members included Guy Villari on lead; Sal Cuomo, first tenor; Chuck Fassert, second tenor; Tony Gravagna, sax player/baritone; Don Jacobucci on bass.
An earlier version of the group from 1957 was called The Monterays, and included Villari, Cuomo, Fassert and Ernie Maresca (who later had a hit with "Shout, Shout — Knock Yourself Out", and also wrote songs such as the Regent's "Runaround" and "The Wanderer" recorded by Dion).
The group recorded demos in Bell Sound, Associated, and Regent Sound studios. They were signed to Seville Records as The Desires, however, none of the songs they recorded were released, until the group had success three years later as The Regents. The Regents' name came from a combination of recording a demo at Regent Sound studio, and the fact that Villari smoked Regents cigarettes.
In 1958 the group recorded Villari's "A Teenager's Love". At the same recording session they waxed "Barbara Ann" in three takes. Shortly afterwards, Tony Gravagna, was installed into the group. Unable to secure a recording contract, they disbanded about a year later.
Eddie Jacobucci revived the Regents by accident. His group, the Consorts, lacked original songs for an audition, so they recorded a version of "Barbara Ann". The owner of Cousins Records heard the track and decided to release the original version by the Regents. The original group reunited, and Cousins released "Barbara Ann" in March 1961. It became a No. 1 record in New York; the demand was such that Cousins leased it to Roulette/Gee for worldwide distribution, and it reached #13 in the Billboard Hot 100. Their follow-up release, "Runaround", went to #28 on the pop chart and #30 R&B. They released two more records for Gee, but after a royalties dispute with the record label, the group broke up.
They reformed in 1973 with Villari the only remaining original member. The group enjoyed success in concerts group and toured across the States. In 1988 they were selected as one of only four "oldies" groups to appear on the Grammy Awards Show. The Cadillacs, The Flamingos and The Angels were the other three.
In 1995 a new group of Regents was formed. Along with Villari, Tony Valitutto, Frank Civatillo and Tony Cacase made up the vocals, while Richard Rogers, Joel DeRuggiero and Sal DiCicco provided the instrumentation.
Namesakes[link]
Another band by the name of 'The Regents' recorded the song "7 Teen" in 1979. It reached #11 on the UK Singles Chart.[1]
There was another band with the same name (1963–67) from Tacoma, Washington. They were part of the Pacific North West sound of the early 1960s.
References[link]
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 458. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
External links[link]
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