Roy Orbison
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George Harrison - Harrison Dreamed Of Wilburys Ship Tour...dreamed up a high seas adventure for supergroup the TRAVELING WILBURYS - but it was too much of a risk to get TOM PETTY, BOB DYLAN, ROY ORBISON and the former BEATLES star himself on a boat. Harrison shared his sailing tour idea with Petty,... In this article: George Harrison, Traveling Wilburys, End of the Line, Rolling Stone magazine, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, and Philadelphia |
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New Kerala | 2 days ago
George Harrison Too Humble To Front The Heartbreakers
But I don't think any of us really tried to make it happen... It wasn't meant to be. It didn't go that way.' Petty and Harrison did become bandmates, however, in supergroup the Traveling Wilburys, opposite Dylan, Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison.
In this article: George Harrison, Mike Campbell, Bob Dylan, Traveling Wilburys, Jeff Lynne, and Ry Cooder
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Contactmusic.com | 3 days ago
Beatles - Harrison Too Humble To Front The Heartbreakers
...go that way." Petty and Harrison did become bandmates, however, in supergroup the Traveling Wilburys, opposite Dylan, Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison. Subscribe to this news alert service to receive news and reviews on BEATLES ©2009...
In this article: Mike Campbell, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, All rights reserved, Traveling Wilburys, Jeff Lynne, and Ry Cooder
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Independent.ie | 4 days ago
Quinnsworth pioneer Pat helped change the face of retail industry
...his trade in Woolworth's and honed his salesmanship skills in Canada where he arranged concerts for the Beach Boys, Supremes, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash and the then up-and-coming band The Rolling Stones. Yet he never forgot that he was...
In this article: Galen Weston, Feargal Quinn, Canada, Dublin, Ireland, Trademark, Superquinn, and Woolworth
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Wales Online | 4 days ago
Kelly Jones sounds historic note in Stereophonics' flood song
...band The Kingfishers. "I spent a lot of my youth in workingmen's clubs watching my dad sing. They did a five-night stand supporting Roy Orbison in Leeds, worked on cruise ships going to New York and recorded with Beatles producer George...
In this article: Kelly Jones, Stereophonics, Flash Player, Dudley Moore, Trademark, JavaScript, Blaengwawr Comprehensive School, and George Martin
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Blogcritics | 4 days ago
Music Review: Indie Round-Up - Chris Schutz, Easter Monkeys, Putumayo's Jazz, Tom White
...the vintage sounds he and his band prefer, the disc closes with a contemplative acoustic number and a power ballad that sounds like Roy Orbison meeting the Beatles. Like many of the songs, they each bear an unexpected change or two. And that's...
In this article: Easter, Beatles, Cleveland, DVD, Radiohead, and Mamas and the Papas
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Philly.com | 6 days ago
New Recordings
...You." The most intriguing song is also the most atypical: "Soaked," a wall-of-sound power ballad on which Lambert sounds like a modern Roy Orbison. He's trying on a lot of capes here: disco, glitter pop, hair metal, electronica, and...
In this article: Chris Carrabba, Joe Nichols, Dashboard Confessional, Taylor Swift, Led Zeppelin, War, Legal age, and Them Crooked Vultures
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Houston Chronicle | November 19, 2009
Yoakam steady on country music's shifting ground
...mostly original material, he made Under the Covers in 1997. That album found Yoakam doing songs by the likes of the Clash and Roy Orbison. He returned to doing his own thing, with occasional acting gigs, until 2007, when he released...
In this article: Dwight Yoakam, Buck Owens, Hank Williams, Dwight Sings Buck, Nasal voice, Doug Sahm, and Doc Pomus
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The Daily Californian | November 19, 2009
Top Films of the Decade
...he has visited time and time again, "Mulholland" is a psychosexual nightmare of doubles, fallen Hollywood stardom and the sad songs of Roy Orbison. Though Lynch offers a few elusive clues along the way, such as a blue box or a key or a...
In this article: David Lynch, There Will Be Blood, Alfonso Cuaron, Charlie Kaufman, Paul Thomas Anderson, Children of Men, Naomi Watts, Tim Burton, Amelie, and Mulholland Drive
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Salon | November 17, 2009
O'Reilly and Beck taking their act on the road
The Traveling Wilburys, for example, seemed like a good idea, what with the combination of George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Roy Orbison. But the music was largely terrible. Same basically goes for the Highwaymen, with Johnny Cash,...
In this article: Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, Traveling Wilburys, A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Waylon Jennings, and Johnny Cash
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Playbill.com | November 17, 2009
Dreamboats and Petticoats Will Return to West End in 2010
...at Brighton's Theatre Royal in April 2006 subsequently came to the West End's Trafalgar Studios. The musical features songs from Roy Orbison, The Shadows, Eddie Cochran, Billy Fury, Chuck Berry and more, including "Let's Dance," "To Know...
In this article: Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks, Love Hurts, In Dreams, To Know Him Is to Love Him, and The New Statesman
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Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer-songwriter and musician, well known for his complex compositions and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly / country & western band in high school until he was signed with Sun Records in Memphis. His greatest success was with Monument Records in the early 1960s where 22 of his songs placed on the Top Forty, including "Only the Lonely", "Crying", "In Dreams", and "Oh, Pretty Woman". His career stagnated through the 1970s, but several covers of his songs and the use of one in a film by David Lynch revived his career in the 1980s. He joined the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Jeff Lynne and released an album in 1988. He died of a heart attack at the age of 52, at the zenith of his resurgence.
Orbison was a natural baritone, but since 1961 writers have speculated that he had a three or four-octave range. The combination of Orbison's powerful, impassioned voice and the complex musical arrangements in his songs led many in rock and roll to refer to his music as operatic, calling him the "Caruso of rock". Performers as disparate as Elvis Presley and Bono stated his voice was, respectively, the greatest and most distinctive they had ever heard. When 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 experienced tragedies in his life including the death of his first wife and his children on separate occasions. 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.
- Name At Birth:
- Roy Kelton Orbison
- Birth Date:
- April 23, 1936
- Birthplace:
- Vernon, Texas
- Death Date:
- December 06, 1988
- Place of Death:
- Hendersonville, Tennessee
- Occupation:
- Musician, Songwriter
- Instrument Played:
- Guitar, Vocals
- Record Label:
- Sun, Monument, MGM, London, Mercury, Asylum, PolyGram, Virgin
- Years Active:
- 1954 – 1988
- Associated With:
- Traveling Wilburys, Teen Kings, The Wink Westerners
- Website:
- http://www.orbison.com/
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