Roy Orbison
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Monsters of Folk take it nice and easy...Rossdale, among others. Although it might be easy to make a comparison to the Traveling Wilburys, the late '80s collaboration among George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Roy Orbison, don't bother. When asked if they thought... In this article: Jim James, Mike Mogis, M. Ward, Bob Dylan, Bright Eyes, Mountain View, Shoreline Amphitheatre, She & Him, and Fleet Foxes |
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boston.com - Celebrity news | June 02, 2009
Ringo Starr makes up Fab three
...Beatle, the late George Harrison. The pair were both members of supergroup the Traveling Wilburys alongside Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Electric Light Orchestra star Jeff Lynne in the 1980s. Sorry, we could not find your e-mail or...
In this article: Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, E mail, Daily Express, Get Back, George Harrison, Traveling Wilburys, and Jeff Lynne
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Wikipedia | October 27, 2009
Handle with Care (song)
...Traveling Wilburys 1988 album, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1. Writing credits are shared by all five band members, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, and Bob Dylan. The single reached #45 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, #2 on...
In this article: Handle with Care, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Wilburys, Bob Dylan, Bright Eyes, Dylan, and Dhani Harrison
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Bob Dylan's McCartney ambition
...the Traveling Wilburys with the late George Harrison in the 1980s. The band also featured Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Electric Light Orchestra star Jeff Lynne. Sorry, we could not find your e-mail or password. Please try again, or...
In this article: Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, E mail, George Harrison, Traveling Wilburys, Jeff Lynne, Elvis Costello, Stevie Wonder, and Michael Jackson
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End of the Line (Traveling Wilburys song)
...the on-the-move nature of the group. It features all the Wilburys, except Bob Dylan, as lead singers; George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, and Roy Orbison sing the chorus in turn, while Tom Petty sings the verses. George Harrison's opening guitar...
In this article: Traveling Wilburys, George Harrison, End of the Line, I'm Looking Through You, Dennis Waterman, Mike Moran, Jeff Lynne, and Bob Dylan
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Chicago Sun-Times | October 11, 2008
Still a Heartbreaker: Tom Petty gears up for new album :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Music
...if one gets that kind of attention. It's such a payoff. Q. You played with Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Bob Dylan in the Traveling Wilburys from 1988 to 1990. What a lineup. A. That was a really extraordinary thing.
In this article: Heartbreaker, Traveling Wilburys, Unchained, I Won't Back Down, Super Bowl XLII, Grammy, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, and Bob Dylan
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'I never even thought about the fact that he was a Beatle'
...another supergroup. The Travelling Wilburys, featuring Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty, formed almost by accident when Lynne was producing Orbison's new album at Dylan's studio in Malibu in 1988. Harrison rallied the...
In this article: George Harrison, The Beatles, Beatles, Monty Python, Travelling Wilburys, Jeff Lynne, and Bob Dylan
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Ultimate Guitar | March 26, 2009
Bob Dylan Bio [Columns]
Also, later that year "Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1" was released. The Wilburys were a supergroup that featured Bob, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, George Harrison and Roy Orbison. Dylan also married Carolyn Dennis in 1986, though it was mostly kept...
In this article: Bob Dylan, Grammys, Blood on the Tracks, Rolling Stone, George Harrison, Modern Times, The Band, Peabody Award, and Oscar
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feedburner.com | May 31, 2007
The Traveling Wilburys Collection (promos)
...Traveling Wilburys Volume 3 feature inarguably some of music's greatest singer- songwriters -- George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan -- as the iconic band The Traveling Wilburys. Both CDs will be combined into one...
In this article: Traveling Wilburys, The Traveling Wilburys Collection, DVD, MySpace, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan, and U.S.
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Traveling Wilburys
Traveling Wilburys Traveling Wilburys were a late 1980s supergroup consisting of George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan. The band recorded two albums during the two years they were together. "Wilburys" was a slang...
In this article: Traveling Wilburys, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, DVD, Del Shannon, Bob Dylan, Cloud Nine, and Malibu, California
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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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