Roy Orbison
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A Black & White Night LiveA Black & White Night Live A Black & White Night Live is a Roy Orbison music album made posthumously by Virgin Records from the HBO television broadcast, Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night. The album was released in 1989 and... In this article: A Black & White Night Live, Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night, Elvis Presley, Blue Bayou, Elvis Costello, Jennifer Warnes, Roy Orbison, Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, and Buddy Holly |
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In Dreams: The Greatest Hits
In Dreams: The Greatest Hits In Dreams: The Greatest Hits is a music album of Roy Orbison songs released in 1987 on Virgin Records. The two-record set was produced by Roy Orbison and Mike Utley except for the song "In Dreams" which was...
In this article: In Dreams: The Greatest Hits, In Dreams, 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time, T Bone Burnett, David Lynch, Monument Records, and Virgin Records
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Roy Orbison
...it was released on video by Virgin Records, selling 50,000 copies. Orbison had begun collaborating with Electric Light Orchestra frontman Jeff Lynne on a new album. Lynne was working on finishing production on George Harrison's ''Cloud...
In this article: Roy Kelton Orbison, Elvis Presley, Only the Lonely, Wesley Rose, Sam Phillips, Jeff Lynne, Bono, and Bill Dees
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King of Hearts (Roy Orbison album)
King of Hearts (Roy Orbison album) King of Hearts is a posthumous album of Roy Orbison songs put together from master sessions and demos by Jeff Lynne for Virgin Records. The collection was originally released in 1992 and a CD re-release...
In this article: King of Hearts, Jeff Lynne, Guy Roche, Crying, I Drove All Night, David Was, Albert Hammond, and Don Was
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CMT.com : Roy Orbison : Videos
CMT.com presents Roy Orbison videos including Blue Bayou, Cryin' (With ... Label: Virgin. Running Scared (full length video) Label: Monument Records ...
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Oleo - Roy Orbison Discography
Buy Orby Records Spotlights Roy Orbison. Album: Original Hits. Release Date: ... Label: Virgin Records. Rating: 4.0. Buy The Very Best of Roy Orbison [Virgin] ...
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Roy Orbison. You Got It. Label: Virgin Records. Oh, Pretty Woman. Label: Monument Records ... Label: Virgin Records. Roy Orbison: Live From Australia ...
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Amazon.com: The Very Best of Roy Orbison: Roy Orbison: Music
Amazon.com: The Very Best of Roy Orbison: Roy Orbison: Music ... I guess that title was too long for Virgin records...they should be ashamed! ...
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Roy Orbison Discography at Discogs
The Very Best Of Roy Orbison (LP, Comp) Monument. 1966 ... Orbison Records, Orbison Records, Virgin, Virgin. 2004. Pretty Woman (12", Bei) ...
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Mystery Girl (Virgin) - Roy Orbison - CD - Swaptree
Personnel: Roy Orbison (vocals, guitar); Mike Campbell (guitar, mandolin, bass, ... Virgin Records (USA) Categories. Rock & Pop. WHAT CAN I GET, if I trade this item? ...
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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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