query: who wrote i drove all night roy orbison

pos: I Drove All Night I Drove All Night "I Drove All Night" is a song written and composed by American songwriters Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly and made famous by American singer Cyndi Lauper. The song was originally intended for Roy Orbison, who recorded it in 1987, the year before his death, but his version was not released until 1992, after Lauper's version became a top 10 hit on both sides of the Atlantic in 1989. The song has also been covered by Pinmonkey (2002) and Celine Dion (2003) among others. "I Drove All Night" was recorded by Cyndi Lauper for her third solo

pos: I Drove All Night I Drove All Night "I Drove All Night" is a song written and composed by American songwriters Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly and made famous by American singer Cyndi Lauper. The song was originally intended for Roy Orbison, who recorded it in 1987, the year before his death, but his version was not released until 1992, after Lauper's version became a top 10 hit on both sides of the Atlantic in 1989. The song has also been covered by Pinmonkey (2002) and Celine Dion (2003) among others. "I Drove All Night" was recorded by Cyndi Lauper for her third solo

pos: Rover's Return (album) also co-wrote "Big Time for Love". "Sometimes" was written by Dan Hartman and Charlie Midnight. The album was largely recorded and mixed at Right Track Studios in New York City, with additional recording at The Hit Factory, The Power Station and Carriage House Studios. While recording tracks for "Rover's Return" during 1987, Waite recorded a version of the Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly song "I Drove All Night". but decided not to release it. The song was also recorded by Roy Orbison in 1987 but not released until 1992, which by that point, Cyndi Lauper had released her Top Ten

pos: I Drove All Night enhanced double A-side single "One Heart/I Drove All Night". The song was commercially successful, reaching number 1 for five weeks in Canada, while also topping the charts in Belgium (Flanders) and Sweden. In 2003, Chrysler signed Dion to a $14 million deal to endorse their cars. They were looking for a song to use in the campaign and release as a single. Billy Steinberg knew Dion and had written "Falling into You," which was the title track of her 1996 album. He sent a copy of Roy Orbison's version of "I Drove All Night" to her record company, who loved

neg: King of Hearts (Roy Orbison album) pair, peaking at No. 42 on the hot country singles chart, though it was a more substantial hit in the UK in 1992, reaching No. 13 on the UK Singles Chart. "I Drove All Night" was another hit single from the album. Clarence Clemons appeared on saxophone on "We'll Take the Night". 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, and Orbison's 23rd album overall. According to the official Roy Orbison discography by Marcel Riesco, the collection was

neg: Becca (musician) 4, 2008 with a second five-song EP, "Turn to Stone," released August 6, 2008. BECCA also contributed a cover of "I Drove All Night" to a Cyndi Lauper tribute-album that was released July 23, 2008. Hollcraft's debut full-length album, "Alive!!," was released on November 5, 2008. "I'm Alive" was the first single released (on September 23, 2008), along with a video. The album features the Roy Orbison cover song, "I Drove All Night," which she contributed to the "We Love Cyndi Lauper" tribute album in July 2008. On October 22 the single from the album—"I'm Alive!"—was released with a bonus

neg: Cyndi Lauper song was not included. A music video was released, a high energy, comic action/adventure romp through a Chinese laundry. The song reached No. 54 on the US charts, but fared better in Australia, reaching No. 8. "Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)" became the opening song on her 2008 Australian tour. "A Night to Remember" – Lauper's third album – was released in the spring of 1989. The album had one hit, the No. 6 single "I Drove All Night", originally recorded by Roy Orbison, three years before his death on December 6, 1988. Lauper received a

neg: I Drove All Night Wallwork wrote a positive review for Amazon, calling it "the car-commercial-driven tempo," while Jam!'s Darryl Sterdan named it "a Cher-style eurodisco." "Slant Magazine"s Sal Cinquemani echoed the same thought, saying that "she gets the Cher treatment on the blazing cover." "People"s Chuck Arnold wrote that in the song, Dion "shows surprising restraint for a diva who just had a coliseum custom-built for her." "The Guardian"s Betty Clarke wrote a negative review, saying: "Her cover of Roy Orbison's "I Drove All Night" is full of reverberating notes and sultry asides, but reveals a fundamental lack of sincerity that renders her threatening

neg: Roy Orbison 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." Video and televised feature performances: Roy Orbison Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter,

neg: Billy Steinberg which she replied "Well, now you did." She then turned her back and walked away with Warren Beaty. Steinberg says he has never met Madonna since. The success of the partnership continued with more number one singles, "True Colors" (recorded by Cyndi Lauper), "So Emotional" (by Whitney Houston), "Eternal Flame" (by The Bangles) and "Alone" (by Heart). Their other hits include "In Your Room" (The Bangles), 'Spirit of Love' (by Laura Branigan), "I Drove All Night" (recorded by Roy Orbison, Cyndi Lauper and Celine Dion), "I Touch Myself" (Divinyls), 'Sex as a Weapon' (by Pat Benatar), and 'Look Me in

neg: I Drove All Night returning Orbison to the "Billboard" charts and receiving a Grammy Award. A music video featuring Jason Priestley and Jennifer Connelly was also made for the single. The song is featured in the film Paperback Hero starring Hugh Jackman. "I Drove All Night" was recorded by Celine Dion for her eighth English-language studio album, "One Heart" (2003), and released as the lead single on 3 March 2003. The song was featured in a promotional ad for Chrysler. The "I Drove All Night" music video was directed by Peter Arnell and released in February 2003. It was included on the United Kingdom

neg: Attic Lights Roy Orbison song, I Drove All Night. In August 2014 Attic Lights performed on the main stage of the Party At The Palace festival in Linlithgow, Scotland alongside a bill of Scottish acts including Deacon Blue, Frightened Rabbit, Simple Minds and The View. In 2015 Attic Lights released a single in conjunction with Spanish indie pop act La Casa Azul. The single contained a remix of the Super De Lux album track Future Bound and a brand new song entitled War Years about the gay rights struggle. In November 2016 the band's song "Why Should Christmas Be So Hard?' was

neg: Jennifer Connelly later that year, but failed to ignite her career. She played Jenny Blake, the aspiring actress girlfriend of stunt pilot Cliff, "the Rocketeer". "New York" characterized the movie as "pallid". The review said of her performance, "Connelly is properly cast; she has the moist, full-to-the-cheek bones sensuality of the Hollywood starlets of that period, but she's a little straight". She appeared alongside Jason Priestley in the Roy Orbison music video for "I Drove All Night" the following year. Connelly next appeared in "Of Love and Shadows", a 1994 Argentine-American drama film written and directed by Betty Kaplan starring Antonio Banderas.

neg: Billy Burnette was nominated for Best New Male Vocalist by the Academy of Country Music. In 1987 he wrote "(All I Can Do Is) Dream You" for Roy Orbison. Curb released its final Billy Burnette album, "Brother to Brother", a compilation with the title song added from the film "Gleaming the Cube". In 1992, Burnette signed with Capricorn Records, which issued "Coming Home". Although "Nothing to Do (and All Night to Do It)" was not on the album, it reached the "Billboard" country chart. Many of the songs from "Coming Home" were featured in Burnette's acting debut in the film "Saturday Night

neg: Alone in the Universe years later, that whole Mersey Beat thing still works!". "I'm Leaving You" was a song Lynne wrote in tribute of his close friend and fellow Wilbury, Roy Orbison. He said: "I tried to write a Roy Orbison song like he would have written with his pal Joe Melson. That kind of style. Obviously not the singing. But the tune could've been a Roy Orbison song. It would have been a great one if he had sung it. But of course, I’m a bit late for that by about 28 years. He was a lovely guy anyway that I wanted to

neg: Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson is a tribute album recorded by Roy Orbison for MGM Records, and his tenth studio album overall. Released in January 1967, it is a collection of songs written by Country Music Hall of Fame singer/songwriter Don Gibson who, like Orbison, often wrote about the loneliness and sorrow that love can bring. Its one single, "Too Soon to Know", became a smash hit in the UK, reaching #3 there in September 1966, and also reached #4 in Ireland and #27 in Australia. This album was entitled "Sweet Dreams" in Africa. A

neg: Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night Guest performers: Guest Vocalists: Lighting Designer: Lee Rose Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night is a 1988 Cinemax television special originally broadcast on January 3, 1988, starring triple Hall of Fame inductee (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame) rock/pop singer/songwriter Roy Orbison and backing band TCB Band with special guests including Bruce Springsteen, k.d. lang and others. The special was filmed entirely in black and white. After the broadcast the concert was released on VHS and Laserdisc. A

neg: Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night is a 1988 Cinemax television special originally broadcast on January 3, 1988, starring triple Hall of Fame inductee (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame) rock/pop singer/songwriter Roy Orbison and backing band TCB Band with special guests including Bruce Springsteen, k.d. lang and others. The special was filmed entirely in black and white. After the broadcast the concert was released on VHS and Laserdisc. A live album was released in 1989. The special

neg: Roy Orbison was no longer the main draw. He had never heard of them, and annoyed, asked rhetorically, "What's a Beatle, anyway?" to which John Lennon replied, after tapping his shoulder, "I am". On the 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 14 encores. Finally, when the audience began chanting "We want Roy!" again, Lennon and McCartney prevented Orbison from going on again

neg: Roy Orbison 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." Bassist Jerry Scheff, who backed Orbison in his "" concert, wrote about him, "Roy Orbison was like an opera singer. His voice melted out of his mouth into the stratosphere and back. He never seemed like he was trying to sing, he just did it." Orbison's severe stage fright was particularly noticeable in the 1970s and early 1980s. During the first few songs in a concert, the

neg: Elvis Costello songs together in a short period of time, that were released over a period of years. These songs included: In 1987, he appeared on the HBO special "Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night", which featured his long-time idol Roy Orbison. In 1988, Costello co-wrote "At the Other End (of the Telescope)" with Aimee Mann; this song appears on the Til Tuesday album "Everything's Different Now". In 1994, he sang "They Can't Take That Away From Me" with Tony Bennett for "MTV Unplugged", appearing on the album released from the broadcast. In 2000, Costello wrote lyrics to "Green

neg: In Dreams (Roy Orbison song) the show. Beatlemania, however, was taking hold and Orbison accepted that he was not quite the main draw, so he decided to go first on stage. On opening night, the audience reacted intensely toward Orbison's ballads, as he finished with "In Dreams". Philip Norman, a Beatles biographer, later wrote "As Orbison performed, chinless and tragic, the Beatles stood in the wings, wondering how they would dare to follow him". After demanding Orbison play for double the time he was scheduled, the audience then screamed for a fifteenth encore, which Lennon and Paul McCartney refused to allow by holding Orbison back

neg: Roy Orbison's Sun Recordings rockabilly music. According to Riesco's official Roy Orbison discography, Orbison's first 2 Sun singles were released in the UK on an extended play called "Hillbilly Rock" (London Records RES 1089) in 1957. Orbison affiliated himself with the Everlys' music publisher, Acuff-Rose. Wesley Rose got Orbison a one-year contract with RCA, an affiliation that spawned two mediocre singles. During the last RCA session, Orbison had a conversation with bassist Bob Moore, who was buying himself a stake in Monument Records. Moore called owner Fred Foster, and said, "You know what I heard today? RCA's letting Roy Orbison go." Fred Foster signed

neg: Roy Orbison 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." Lang compared Orbison to a tree, with passive but solid beauty. 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

neg: Roy Orbison going to pick up a date for Presley in his purple Cadillac. Orbison wrote "Claudette"—about Claudette Frady whom he married in 1957—and the Everly Brothers recorded it for their subsequent release as 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. Increasingly frustrated at Sun, he gradually stopped recording. He toured music circuits around Texas and then quit performing for seven months in 1958 after touring with Patsy Cline, Eddie Cochran, and Gene Vincent.

neg: Go Go Go (Roy Orbison song) Burnett. The song also appeared on the album from the special "A Black & White Night Live" released in 1989. Go Go Go (Roy Orbison song) "Go Go Go (Down the Line)" (often credited as "Down the Line") is a song by Roy Orbison, released in 1956. According to the official Roy Orbison discography by Marcel Riesco, this was the B-side to Orbison's first Sun Records release "Ooby Dooby". This was the first song written by Orbison. The song was released as a Sun Records single in May, 1956, Sun 242, Matrix # U-193, as the B side to "Ooby

neg: Roy Orbison's Sun Recordings Roy Orbison. Orbison, still in Texas began writing with Joe Melson, who led a group in Midland called the Cavaliers. Together they wrote the hit "Uptown," which sold better than any single since "Ooby Dooby". Looking for a follow-up, Melson showed Orbison a piece of a song he had been working on called "Only the Lonely". This song was the "first song that truly probed the frightening potential of Orbison's voice." In the early sixties Orbison reached his first peak period from 1961-1964. Despite the lack of commercial success Orbison looked back at his time at Sun Records as an

neg: I Drove All Night and movie film projected onto Lauper's naked body. Jeff Lynne remixed Roy Orbison's 1987 recordings for the 1992 posthumous album "King of Hearts," of which "I Drove All Night" was one of the tracks. However, Orbison's version of the song first appeared on the 1991 compilation album "". It was released as a single in 1992. The song was a significant hit in the United Kingdom, reaching number 7 on the UK Singles Chart, matching the peak position of Lauper's version three years earlier. "King of Hearts" and "I Drove All Night" were generally well received in the United States,

neg: Don Gibson nicknamed "The Sad Poet" because he frequently wrote songs that told of loneliness and lost love. His song "I Can't Stop Loving You", has been recorded by over 700 artists, most notably by Ray Charles in 1962. He also wrote and recorded "Sweet Dreams", a song that would become a major 1963 crossover hit for Patsy Cline. Roy Orbison was a great fan of Gibson's songwriting, and in 1967, he recorded an album of his songs simply titled "Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson". Gibson's wide appeal was also shown in Neil Young's recorded version of "Oh Lonesome Me" on his

neg: Roy Orbison featured in the film "Less Than Zero" (1987). He and k.d. lang performed a duet of "Crying" for inclusion on the soundtrack to the film, "Hiding Out" (1987), winning a Grammy for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. Also in 1987, 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 album "Born to Run": "I wanted a record with words like Bob Dylan that sounded like Phil Spector—but, most of all, I wanted to sing like Roy

neg: Please Please Me (song) I wrote it, I heard Roy Orbison doing 'Only the Lonely', or something. And I was also always intrigued by the words to a Bing Crosby song that went, 'Please lend a little ear to my pleas'. The double use of the word 'please'. So it was a combination of Roy Orbison and Bing Crosby". Originally it was vocally sparse, did not contain any harmonies or responses, nor did it have the scaled harmonica intro. George Martin claimed he first heard it at the "Love Me Do" re-make session on 11 September. Ringo Starr in "Anthology" stated: "On my first

neg: Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night Angel" or "Claudette" which were also cut from the original broadcast for the same reason. The live album has been released several times in different formats, but the newly released ""Black & White 30"" features all the tracks, plus bonus selections never before heard. All tracks composed by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson, except where indicated On February 24, 2017, a 30th anniversary edition, titled "Black & White Night 30", was released. The edition has been expanded, re-edited, and remastered, and it is available both as a CD/DVD and a CD/Blu-ray set. The Secret Post Show (Alternative Versions) TCB Band:

neg: Roy Orbison 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." Its success transformed Orbison into an overnight star and he appeared on Dick Clark's "Saturday Night Beechnut Show" out of New York City. When Presley heard "Only the Lonely" for the first time, he bought a box of copies to pass to his friends. Melson and Orbison followed it with the more complex "Blue Angel", which peaked at number nine in the US and number 11

neg: Roy Orbison end to be represented as A-B-C-D-E-F-A-B'-C'-D'-E'-F'. Although Orbison recorded and wrote standard structure songs before "Only the Lonely", he claimed never to have learned how to write them: Elton John's songwriting partner and main lyricist 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. Some of the musicians who worked with Orbison were confounded by what he asked them to do. The Nashville session guitarist Jerry Kennedy stated, "Roy went

neg: ...And Then I Wrote help of Hank Cochran, who worked for the publishing company owned by Ray Price and Hal Smith. Faron Young recorded Nelson's "Hello Walls", and after Ray Price recorded Nelson's "Night Life", and his previous bassist Johnny Paycheck quit, Nelson joined Price's touring band as a bass player. While playing with Price and the Cherokee Cowboys, other of his original songs became hits for other artists, including "Funny How Time Slips Away" (Billy Walker), "Pretty Paper" (Roy Orbison), and, most famously, "Crazy" by Patsy Cline. Nelson signed with Liberty Records and was recording by August 1961 at Quonset Hut Studio. As

neg: Go Go Go (Roy Orbison song) on the 1973 Mercury Records album "The Session...Recorded in London with Great Artists". It has been covered by The Del-Tinos in 1963, Mickey Gilley in 1964, The Hollies in 1965, Cliff Richard and the Drifters in 1959, and Billy Fury. Ricky Nelson recorded a version of the song for his 1958 album, "Ricky Nelson". A version by Johnny Cash appears on "Unearthed". Orbison performed the song on his Cinemax cable concert special "Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night" in 1988 featuring an all-star cast of guest musicians, including Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, James Burton, and T Bone

neg: Roy Orbison unique form of popular music that drew upon a wide variety of music popular during his youth." Roys Boys LLC, a Nashville-based company founded by Orbison’s sons to administer their father’s catalog and safeguard his legacy, announced a November 16, 2018 release of "Unchained Melodies: Roy Orbison with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra" album as well as a fall 2018 Roy Orbison Hologram tour called"In Dreams: Roy Orbison in Concert". Music critic Dave Marsh wrote that Orbison's compositions "define a world unto themselves more completely than any other body of work in pop music". Orbison's music, like the man himself, has

neg: Roy Orbison of "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." 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. The 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

neg: Milestones (Roy Orbison album) never commit to a long term contract again. Milestones only received a US release due to Decca releasing Orbison from his contract. The album had two singles: "I Wanna Live" and "Blue Rain (Coming Down)", neither of which charted. Milestones (Roy Orbison album) Milestones is the eighteenth album by Roy Orbison, released on September 24, 1973 on MGM Records and his last album for that label. It was arranged by Joe Tanner, Rex North and Randy Goodrum. "The Morning After" was featured in the film "The Poseidon Adventure". Roy Orbison had been disillusioned with his MGM contract which he signed

neg: In Dreams: The Greatest Hits Sun Records in 1956. "Claudette", the second exception, was a song Orbison wrote that became a hit for the Everly Brothers in 1958. Orbison didn't record the latter exception until he had signed with MGM Records in 1965, a few months after he had divorced his wife Claudette, who had inspired the song. (They later reconciled and remarried in 1966, before her death in a motorcycle accident). The album contains four songs named by "Rolling Stone" in 2004 on its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". In January 1986, Roy Orbison re-recorded 19 of his greatest hits

neg: Ringo Rama Burr told Starr that he couldn't have that line in a country song, Starr proceed to tell him: "Yes I can say it—and if I sing it, it "will" be country!". Starr wanted to include a Roy Orbison "growl" on the song "I Think Therefore I Rock and Roll", and proceeded to call Orbison's widow, Barbara Orbison; she sent him a "growl" on a CD, with a message "I'm sending over a growl". The song also features Gilmour on guitar. The title for "Trippin' on My Own Tears" came about during a night out between Starr and Hudson when Hudson

neg: Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night guitar, Jerry Scheff on bass, and Ronnie Tutt on drums. Male background vocalists, some of whom also joined in on guitar, were Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther and Steven Soles. The female background vocalists were k.d. lang, Jennifer Warnes and Bonnie Raitt. During the end credits, several of the band members are shown talking about how Orbison influenced them. Soon after the release on VHS and Laserdisc a bootleg CD titled 'A Black and White Night, Roy Orbison in Concert with the Billion Dollar Band' surfaced, being a rare collectors item nowadays. This CD, which

neg: Damien Leith years. From my albums, to my books and concerts, you’ve been there all the way and I can’t thank you all enough.” In January 2017, Leith won his first Golden Guitar award at the Country Music Awards of Australia winning Song of the Year for "Call Me Cray" which he co-wrote with Travis Collins. In 2017, Leith toured the 'Roy – A Tribute to Roy Orbison' show across Australia. In 2018 Leith commenced a new project called 'Damien Leith Storytime' and features bedtime stories for kids. He released an EP in February. In August, Leith released his ninth studio album,

neg: One Heart Palace in Las Vegas. "One Heart" contains songs produced by Max Martin, Rami Yacoub, Peer Åström, Anders Bagge, Ric Wake, Kristian Lundin, Kara DioGuardi, John Shanks, Guy Roche, and others. It includes a cover of Roy Orbison's "I Drove All Night", made famous by Cyndi Lauper. Another song, "Reveal" was written by Cathy Dennis who also wrote "Toxic" for Britney Spears and "Can't Get You Out of My Head" for Kylie Minogue, among others. "Sorry for Love (2003 version)" is actually an original version of the song. The dance version was released a year earlier on "A New Day Has

neg: The Classic Roy Orbison that she had been struck by a lorry and died later in the hospital. The album reached No. 12 in the UK. All tracks composed by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees, except where indicated. Produced by Wesley Rose & Jim Vienneau Engineered by Val Valentin The Classic Roy Orbison The Classic Roy Orbison is the ninth studio album recorded by Roy Orbison, and his third on the MGM Records label, released in July 1966. The single taken from it, "Twinkle Toes", would be Orbison's last US top-forty single during his lifetime, scraping in at #39. It also reached #24 in

neg: All I Have to Do Is Dream the "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll" by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 2004. The B-side, "Claudette", was the first major song writing success for Roy Orbison (who also recorded his own version of the song) and was named after his first wife. As a result of this success Orbison terminated his contract with Sun Records and affiliated himself with the Everly's publisher, Acuff-Rose Music. The Everly Brothers' version of "All I Have to Do Is Dream" is featured rather prominently in the 2001 film "Riding in Cars

neg: Barbara Orbison divided their time between Nashville, Tennessee and Malibu, California, bringing up their two sons, Roy Kelton Orbison, Jr. (born 1970) and Alexander Orbi Orbison (born 1975). During the 1980s, she managed her husband's career and was the executive producer of his 1987 album, "", plus his highly acclaimed January 1988 televised music special, "Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night". Following her husband's death on December 6, 1988, she took charge of his business affairs and dedicated herself to promoting his music to ensuing generations. She worked with friend and fellow artist Jeff Lynne to put together the

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neg: There Is Only One Roy Orbison There Is Only One Roy Orbison There Is Only One Roy Orbison is the seventh album recorded by Roy Orbison, and his first for MGM Records, released in July 1965. It features his studio recording of "Claudette", an Orbison-penned song which had become a hit for The Everly Brothers in 1958. Ironically, at the time he recorded the song in 1965, he had divorced his wife Claudette who had inspired the lyrics. Orbison later re-recorded the song for "" in 1985. (They later reconciled in 1966, before her death in a motorcycle accident in June of that year near Galatin,

neg: Hank Williams the Roy Orbison Way years earlier. The songs came from Orbison's then manager Wesley Rose. The album was released without a single. All tracks composed by Hank Williams, except where indicated. This album was only released in the US. Produced by Don Gant Arranged by Jim Hall Hank Williams the Roy Orbison Way Hank Williams The Roy Orbison Way is the fourteenth album recorded by Roy Orbison, and the eighth for MGM Records, released in August 1970. It is a tribute album to the songs of Country Music Hall of Fame honky tonk singer Hank Williams, whom Orbison listed among his influences. The album

neg: Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson few of the songs were recorded before his first wife Claudette's death in a motor-bike accident in June 1966. The album was put on hold as Orbison was filming "The Fastest Guitar Alive". "Too Soon To Know" was banned by the BBC as they felt it was too personal about Claudette's death. All songs written by Don Gibson. Arranged by Bill McElhiney Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson is a tribute album recorded by Roy Orbison for MGM Records, and his tenth studio album overall. Released in January 1967, it is a collection of songs written

neg: Jackson Browne a cover of Steve Van Zandt's "I am a Patriot", a song which he has performed at numerous concerts. Browne also performed alongside Roy Orbison in "A Black and White Night" in 1988 along with Bruce Springsteen, k.d. lang, and many others. Originally airing on Cinemax. Browne wrote and recorded the song "The Rebel Jesus" with the Chieftains, which appeared on their 1991 Christmas album "The Bells of Dublin". In 1993, four years after his previous album, Browne returned with "I'm Alive", a critically acclaimed album with a more personal style that did not have any successful singles but still

neg: Roy Orbison "so over-the-top that dreams become delusions, and self-pity paranoia", striking "a postmodern nerve". 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." 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,

neg: A Black & White Night Live A Black & White Night Live A Black & White Night Live is a Roy Orbison music album made posthumously by Virgin Records from the HBO television special, "", which was filmed in 1987 and broadcast in 1988. According to the official Roy Orbison discography by Marcel Riesco, the album was released in October 1989 and included the song "Blue Bayou" which because of time constraints had been deleted from the televised broadcast. However it did not include the song "Claudette" and "Blue Angel" which were also cut from the original broadcast for the same reason. The SACD/CD Hybrid Audio

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Roy Orbison's Sun Recordings Roland James-guitar; Jimmy Smith; piano; Stan Kesler or dis Manker-bass; Otis Jet-Drums Written by Roy Orbison
Produced by Jack Clement and Bill Justis
 Recorded October 1957; Memphis
 Roy Orbison-vocals, guitar; Roland James-guitar; Jimmy Smith; piano; Stan Kesler or dis Manker-bass; Otis Jet-Drums Written by Danny Wolfe
Recorded 1957; Memphis Written by Roy Orbison 1956 Written by Roy Orbison and Norman Petty
Recorded 1957; Memphis Written by Roy Orbison and Johnny Wilson
Recorded January 1958; Memphis Written by Sam Phillips
Recorded 1958; Memphis
 Roy Orbison-vocals, guitar Written by Roy Orbison
Recorded January 1958; Memphis (Demo Recording)
 Recorded January 1958; Memphis
 Roy Orbison-vocals,

neg: Roy Orbison mix from the top down rather than from the bottom up, beginning with close-miked backing vocals in the foreground, and ending with the rhythm section soft in the background. This combination became Orbison's trademark sound. "Only the Lonely" shot to number two on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and hit number one 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

neg: Roy Orbison Jr. age 17 he co-wrote a song for U2 with Bono, before becoming a professional musician himself. In 2008 Orbison co-produced the 4-disc career retrospective of his father entitled "The Soul Of Rock And Roll", as well as the 2016 collection "Roy Orbison: The Ultimate Collection". He has also written the liner notes for further retrospective collections. The album reached number 10 on the UK album charts. Orbison has also mastered previously unreleased recordings of his father and has begun to distribute them, including the song “The Way is Love”, a track on which he also played the guitar and contributed

neg: Roy Orbison at the Rock House songs on "Roy Orbison at the Rock House" were written by Orbison but the songwriting credits were assigned to Sam Phillips, and are in the traditional rockabilly style the Sun label was known for. Notable exceptions are compositions by other Sun artists Harold Jenkins (better known as "Conway Twitty") and Johnny Cash. "Rock House" is credited to Orbison and Twitty. For this release, all tracks except "Devil Doll" have been overdubbed with background vocals and/or additional instruments. This album was only released in US. unknown - guitar, bass, piano, drums; overdubbed guitars, bass, piano, drums, backing vocals Roy Orbison at

neg: Roy Orbison described life in Wink as "football, oil fields, oil, grease, and sand" and expressed relief that he was able to leave the desolate town. All the Orbison children were afflicted with poor eyesight; Roy used thick corrective lenses from an early age. He was not confident about his appearance and began dyeing his nearly-white hair black when he was still young. He was quiet, self-effacing, and remarkably polite and obliging—a product, biographer Alan Clayson wrote, of his Southern upbringing. He was readily available to sing, however, and often became the focus of attention when he did. He considered his voice

neg: Billy Gilmore Billy Gilmore William Gilmore, also known as Bill, Billy, and Shakin' Bill (because he stood still onstage) was an American musician who played the bass and the keyboard. He grew up in Sarasota, FL before settling down in Atlanta, GA. He played with The Webs, The Candymen, The Classics IV, and the Atlanta Rhythm Section. Gilmore first came to attention around 1965, touring as a bass player for Roy Orbison and The Candymen. Gilmore was featured on "Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison and The Candymen in 1964. He also co-wrote "Party Girl" for Tommy Roe along with Buddy Buie,

neg: Roy Orbison's Sun Recordings in Wink, Texas. His parents Orbie Lee and Nadine, gave him a guitar for his sixth birthday and taught him the chords to "You Are My Sunshine". Roy Orbison grew up around country music and later stated it was a great influence to him. “I grew up with country music in Texas. The first singer I heard on the radio who really slayed me was Lefty Frizzell. He had this technique which involved sliding syllables together that really blew me away.” By the time Orbison was eight years old he was performing on local radio shows, and at thirteen years

neg: Pretty Paper (song) by Fred Foster to the label Monument Records. In October 1963, Nelson sang "Pretty Paper" for Foster, who was impressed and decided to forward the song to Roy Orbison in London. Bill Justis worked the arrangements and the demo tape was sent to Orbison in England. According to Marcel Riesco's research for the official Roy Orbison biography, "The Authorized Roy Orbison", "Pretty Paper" was recorded at Decca Studio 2 in London with music director Ivor Raymonde, who made last minute arrangements with his orchestra. Each musician was provided with microphones newly designed by Decca Records' engineers. The microphones were worn

neg: Roy Orbison Jr. Roy Orbison Jr. Roy Kelton Orbison Jr. is an American musician and record producer. He is also the cofounder of the record label Roy’s Boys, and co-president of Still Working Music. Among his work, he co-produced the album "Roy Orbison: The Ultimate Collection", which reached #10 on the UK Album charts. Roy Orbison Jr. was born on October 18, 1970 to his parents Roy Orbison and Barbara Orbison in Nashville, Tennessee. His godparents were Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. He first learned to play the guitar at age five, and learned to play the bass at age 11. At

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Roy Orbison's Sun Recordings guitar (Demo Recording)
Written by Roy Orbison
 Recorded 1958; Memphis At the RockHouse was Roy Orbison's first complete album and was released in 1961 after Orbison had left RCA and signed with Monument Records. Sam Phillips released a collection of Orbison's recordings from 1956-1958, in an attempt to capitalize on Orbison's newly found success at another label. For this release all tracks except "Devil Doll" have been overdubbed with background vocals and/or additional instruments. Tracks Roy Orbison's Sun Recordings Roy Orbison's Sun Recordings were made by Roy Orbison at Sun Studio with producer Sam Phillips. Sun Records was established in

neg: Alex Orbison The book is written by Alex, his brothers Roy Jr. and Wesley Orbison alongside Jeff Slate, with research by Orbison historian Marcel Riesco. Alex Orbison • Musician A Love So Beautiful: Roy Orbison With the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will be released November 17, 2017. Alongside the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Alex, Wesley, Roy Jr and Roy Jr.'s son, Roy Kelton Orbison III, contribute to the making of this record. The philharmonic recorded in Abbey Road studios. Alex Orbison • Co-Producer Alex and his brothers signed on for the first ever estate authorized biopic, written by Ray Gideon and Bruce A. Evans.

neg: Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night order at the concert. There is also new bonus footage with alternative versions of various songs that also can be viewed as part of the main concert. The audio is English Dolby TrueHD 5.1 and English LPCM 2.0. Optional English SDH subtitles are not provided. According to the official Roy Orbison discography by Marcel Riesco, A Black & White Night Live, the live album, was compiled and released posthumously from the television special in October 1989, and included the song "Blue Bayou" which was cut from the original broadcast for time limitations. However it did not include the songs "Blue

neg: Tonight's the Night (Neil Young album) Young says that "Waterface is the person writing the letter. When I read the letter, I'm Waterface. It's just a stupid thing—a suicide note without the suicide." The picture of Roy Orbison in the insert is taken from a bootleg tape Young came across and, feeling bad that Orbison most likely did not know the bootleg existed, printed in the insert for him to see. The back of the insert has some text superimposed over the credits to Young's "On the Beach" album, released a year earlier. This text is reportedly the lyrics to a "Homegrown"-era unreleased song titled "Florida",

neg: Roy Orbison at the Rock House Roy Orbison at the Rock House According to the official Roy Orbison U.S. discography by Marcel Riesco, Roy Orbison at the Rock House is the first album by Orbison on the Sun Records label in 1961, at a time when Orbison had already moved to the Monument label. Sun Records owner Sam Phillips had a collection of songs Orbison had recorded at Sun between 1956 and '58. Phillips capitalized on the national recognition Orbison had achieved at Monument through three major hit singles in 1960 and '61 that had gone to the top of the Billboard charts. Most of the

neg: Alex Orbison Alex Orbison Alexander Orbi Lee Orbison (born May 25, 1975), also known as Orbi, is an American drummer, writer, director, and film producer. Alex is president of Still Working Music Group, a publishing company and president and co-founder of Roy's Boys LLC, through which Roy Orbison's legacy is managed alongside his brothers, Roy Jr., and Wesley Orbison. Orbi is the youngest son of legendary rock and roll songwriter Roy Orbison and Barbara Orbison, born on May 25, 1975. He is their second born child, following Roy Kelton Orbison, Jr, born October 18, 1970. He has an older half-brother, Wesley Orbison.

neg: Alex Orbison by the Orbison brothers – Alex, Roy Jr. and Wesley with the vocal by their father. Alex Orbison • Producer, Executive Producer, Liner Notes One of The Lonely Ones, recorded between January and August 1969, was previously unreleased due to a "logjam of releases". The album was mixed at the Johnny Cash Cabin, produced by Alex and Chuck Fleckenstein, remastered by Richard Dodd and released on Sony Legacy. Alex Orbison • Producer, Executive Producer, Liner Notes The MGM Years box set was a complete reissue of all 13 records made during Roy Orbison's deal with MGM Records. All 13 records

neg: Roy Orbison (How Long Must I Dream)", an upbeat song by country songwriter Cindy Walker. (Orbison's producer would later form the Candymen quintet, which was Orbison's backing band from 1965 to 1970, while releasing a few singles and two albums of their own). Also in 1962, he charted with "The Crowd", "Leah", and "Workin' for the Man", which he wrote about working one summer in the oil fields near Wink. His relationship with Joe Melson, however, was deteriorating over Melson's growing concerns that his own solo career would never get off the ground. Orbison eventually developed a persona and an image that

neg: Roy Orbison royalties, but Orbison stayed in Memphis and asked his 16-year-old girlfriend, Claudette Frady, to join him there. They stayed in Phillips's home, sleeping in separate rooms. In the studio, Orbison concentrated on the mechanics of recording. Phillips remembered being much more impressed with Orbison's mastery of the guitar than with his voice. A ballad Orbison wrote, "The Clown", met with a lukewarm response; after hearing it, Sun Records producer Jack Clement told Orbison that he would never make it as a ballad singer. Orbison had some success at Sun Records, however, and was introduced to Elvis Presley's social circle, once

neg: Roy Orbison discography Roy Orbison discography Roy Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer-songwriter who found the most success in the early rock and roll era from 1956 to 1964. He later enjoyed a resurgence in the late 1980s with chart success as a member of the Traveling Wilburys and with his "Mystery Girl" album which included the hit single "You Got It". At the height of his popularity, 22 of Orbison's songs placed on the US "Billboard" Top 40 chart, and six peaked in the top five, including two number one hits. In the UK, Orbison scored

neg: Roy Orbison performances, he was known for standing still and solitary, and for wearing black clothes, to match his dyed jet-black hair and dark sunglasses, which lent an air of mystery to his persona. Born in Texas, Orbison began singing in a rockabilly and country-and-western band in high school. He was signed by Sam Phillips, of Sun Records, in 1956, but his greatest success came with Monument Records. From 1960 to 1966, 22 of his singles reached the "Billboard" Top 40, and he wrote or co-wrote almost all that rose to the Top 10, including "Only the Lonely" (1960), "Running Scared" (1961),

neg: Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night high definition 1080i video in a widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio and two lossless soundtracks: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 The HD DVD features high definition 1080i video in a widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio and at least one lossless soundtrack: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Surround February 24, 2017 saw the release of a re-edited 30th Anniversary Version of the Concert retitled "Roy Orbison Black & White Night 30," that contains footage that is not available on the out-of-print Blu-Ray and HD DVD releases that Image Entertainment distributed in 2007/2008. The sequencing has been corrected to represent the actual Live song

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Roy Orbison Sings Roy Orbison Sings Roy Orbison Sings is the sixteenth album recorded by Roy Orbison and the ninth for MGM Records, released in May 1972. Around this time, Orbison's hit singles had well and truly dried up, but this album is said to be one of his finest. The album was recorded during various sessions, starting in August 1969, then at various times during 1970 and 1971. Around this time Orbison's former composer Joe Melson returned to Orbison after Melson was doing a solo career. Side One:
 Tracks 1, 5 Produced by Joe Melson & Roy Orbison
 Track 2 Produced by

neg: Bill Dees string of successful songs for Monument Records including the hits "Oh, Pretty Woman" and "It's Over". In 1967, Dees co-wrote all the songs for the Orbison album and MGM motion picture "The Fastest Guitar Alive". Beyond his work with Orbison, Bill Dees wrote hundreds of songs, a number of which were recorded by performers such as Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Skeeter Davis, Glen Campbell, Billy Joe Royal, Frank Ifield, Mark Dinning, and Gene Pitney. In 2000, he recorded his own album titled "Saturday Night At The Movies", a compilation of songs previously sung by Orbison that had been written with

neg: Live from Australia (Roy Orbison album) Live from Australia (Roy Orbison album) Roy Orbison – Live from Australia is a 1972 performance by American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame legend Roy Orbison from Festival Hall in Melbourne, Australia. In it, Orbison performs the Neil Diamond hit "Sweet Caroline" and Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge over Troubled Water" plus thirteen of his classic songs backed up by a full orchestra. It was released in DVD format on April 5, 2005 with addition family films (special features) under the supervision of Barbara Orbison. Liner notes were written by Orbison researcher Marcel Riesco. The black and white music portion

neg: Running Scared (Roy Orbison song) an international hit, the B-side "Love Hurts" also picked up significant airplay in Australia. Consequently, chart figures for Australia show "Running Scared"/"Love Hurts" as a double A-side, both sides peaking at number five. This makes Orbison's recording of "Love Hurts" the first version to be a hit. "Love Hurts" later became better known in a version by rock band Nazareth, who had an international hit with it in 1975. Running Scared (Roy Orbison song) "Running Scared" is a song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson and sung by Orbison. An operatic rock ballad, the song was released as a

neg: Roy Orbison this time with the Rolling Stones. Mick Jagger later remarked, referring to a snapshot he took of Orbison in New Zealand, "a fine figure of a man in the hot springs, he was." Orbison also began collaborating with Bill Dees, whom he had known in Texas. With Dees, he wrote "It's Over", a number-one hit 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

neg: The Classic Roy Orbison Hawkestone Park in Birmingham when he fell off the bike and injured his foot. He performed a concert that week in a cast. Three weeks after the album was completed on June 6, 1966, Orbison and his wife Claudette rode on their motorbikes to a drag race in Bristol, Tennessee. They rode back the same night turning off Interstate 40 onto Highway 109 toward Gallatin for a shortcut back to Hendersonville. Roy led the way with Claudette behind him. Roy then heard sirens of emergency vehicles before he realised that Claudette wasn’t with him. He turned around to find out

neg: Hank Garland of the late 1950s and early 1960s including: Patsy Cline, Brenda Lee, Mel Tillis, Marty Robbins, The Everly Brothers, Boots Randolph, Roy Orbison, Conway Twitty, and Moon Mullican. 1957-58 marked the height of the rockabilly era. Garland's guitar drove such classic recordings as Little Jimmy Dickens' "I Got A Hole In My Pocket"; Benny Joy's "Bundle of Love" and "I'm Gonna Move"; Jimmy Loyd's "You're Gone Baby" and "I've Got a Rocket In My Pocket"; Lefty Frizzell's "You're Humbuggin' Me"; Simon Crum's "Stand Up, Sit Down, Shut Your Mouth"; and Johnny Strickland's "She's Mine"; plus, seasonal staples "Jingle Bell Rock"

neg: Hank Williams the Roy Orbison Way Hank Williams the Roy Orbison Way Hank Williams The Roy Orbison Way is the fourteenth album recorded by Roy Orbison, and the eighth for MGM Records, released in August 1970. It is a tribute album to the songs of Country Music Hall of Fame honky tonk singer Hank Williams, whom Orbison listed among his influences. The album was recorded in just three sessions in early 1969, and none of its tracks were released as singles. The album took a week to make in late February and early March 1969. Orbison previously recorded a cover album of Don Gibson songs three

neg: The Classic Roy Orbison The Classic Roy Orbison The Classic Roy Orbison is the ninth studio album recorded by Roy Orbison, and his third on the MGM Records label, released in July 1966. The single taken from it, "Twinkle Toes", would be Orbison's last US top-forty single during his lifetime, scraping in at #39. It also reached #24 in Australia and #29 in the UK. Some of the songs were leftovers from "The Orbison Way" sessions, Whilst the album was due to be complete Orbison went to England and promoted the single “Twinkle Toes”. On Easter Sunday 1966, he was riding his motorbike at

neg: Roy Orbison Jr. He was also the co-writer and co-executive producer of the documentary "Mystery Girl: Unraveled". In 2017 Orbison co-authored the book "The Authorized Roy Orbison" with music journalist Jeff Slate, his two brothers and with research by Marcel Riesco. Orbison became a father in 2016 with the birth of his first son Roy Orbison III, with his wife Asa, whom he married in September 2017. His son was featured playing on a toy guitar and tambourine with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra during a rendition of his grandfather's song "Pretty Woman" in May 2017, at the age of 10 months. Roy Orbison

neg: Roy Orbison/The Beatles Tour Roy Orbison/The Beatles Tour The Roy Orbison/The Beatles Tour was a 1963 concert tour of the United Kingdom by Roy Orbison and the Beatles. Other acts on the tour included Gerry and the Pacemakers, David Macbeth, Louise Cordet, Tony Marsh, Terry Young Six, Erkey Grant, and Ian Crawford. It was Orbison's first, and the Beatles' third nationwide tour of the UK. Although Orbison was originally intended to be the headlining act, the reaction to the Beatles on the tour caused them to be promoted to co-headliners, with the Beatles closing the set in the traditional headlining spot. In 1988, Orbison

neg: Roy Orbison chose his from his musical hero, calling himself "Lefty Wilbury" after Lefty Frizzell. 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." Lynne later spoke of the recording sessions: "Everybody just sat there going, 'Wow, it's Roy Orbison!'... Even 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 [mic] and he's doing his business, suddenly it's

neg: Roy Orbison in the UK. "I'm Hurtin'", with "I Can't Stop Loving You" as the B-side, rose to number 27 in the US, but failed to chart in the UK. Orbison was now able to move to Nashville permanently with his wife Claudette and two sons Roy DeWayne and Anthony King. Back in the studio, seeking a change from the 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 the lookout for his girlfriend's previous boyfriend, whom he feared

neg: Roy: A Tribute to Roy Orbison or more Roy Orbison covers were planned for 2008's "", but instead led to recording this album. Three music videos were released, one for "Only the Lonely", one for "Oh, Pretty Woman", and one for "Blue Bayou" (featuring The McClymonts). Roy: A Tribute to Roy Orbison Roy: A Tribute to Roy Orbison is the fourth studio album by Damien Leith. It was released by Sony BMG in Australia on 15 April 2011 to coincide with Roy Orbison's 75th birthday. In 2006, while in the top 10 of "Australian Idol", Damien performed Orbison's 1961 hit "Crying" to a standing ovation. Barbara

neg: 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, and Orbison's 23rd album overall. According to the official Roy Orbison discography by Marcel Riesco, the collection was originally released in October 1992 on CD, music cassette, and LP. Roy Orbison died on December 6, 1988, aged 52, from a heart attack in the middle of his career revival. After Orbison's death in 1988, "Mystery Girl" was released. Several songs had been recorded during the sessions, and there was enough

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Roy Orbison Sings Don Gant
 Tracks 3, 4, 6 Produced by Wesley Rose Side Two:
 Tracks 1, 3 Produced by Joe Melson & Roy Orbison
 Track 2 Produced by Don Gant
 Track 4 Produced by Mike Curb
 Track 5 Produced by Wesley Rose Released on London Records Roy Orbison Sings Roy Orbison Sings is the sixteenth album recorded by Roy Orbison and the ninth for MGM Records, released in May 1972. Around this time, Orbison's hit singles had well and truly dried up, but this album is said to be one of his finest. The album was recorded during various sessions, starting in

neg: Traveling Wilburys Harrison presented the recording to Mo Ostin and Lenny Waronker of Warner Bros., the executives insisted that the song was too good to be used as a B-side. In Petty's recollection, Harrison and Lynne then decided to realise their idea of forming a Wilburys band, and first invited him to join before phoning Dylan, who also agreed to join. That night, Harrison, Lynne and Petty drove to Anaheim to see Orbison perform at the Celebrity Theatre and recruited him for the group shortly before he went on stage. In Petty's description, Orbison performed an "unbelievable show", during which "we'd punch

neg: John Birch (luthier) has been discontinued. Roy Orbison also ordered a guitar from Birch. In 1975, Orbison's guitarist, Allen Panter was having problems with his Les Paul. Orbison was also having difficulty with his Ovation, and needed it to be repaired. Orbison was satisfied with the work done, and decided to have a custom guitar built. Orbison, Birch, and Birch employee John Diggins all had discussions on what Roy would like to have built. The Eagle guitar was born, and it can be seen at Jaydee's website (link at bottom) while the actual guitar hung on the wall at Birmingham Hard Rock Cafe

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Roy Orbison's Sun Recordings Single #251
Roy Orbison-vocals, guitar;Johnny Wilson-guitar; James Marrow-electric mandolin, Jack Kennelley-bass; Billy Pat Ellis-drums Written by Roy Orbison
 Recorded 1957; Memphis
 Released as Sun Single #265
Roy Orbison-vocals, guitar; Roland James-guitar; J.M. Van Eaton-drums; The Roses-vocal chords Written by Roy Orbison
 Recorded 1957; Memphis
 Released as Sun Single #265 Released as Sun Single #284 Written by Jack Clement
Released as Sun Single #284 Written by Wade Moore and Dick Penner
Produced by Sam Phillips
Recorded Spring 1956;Memphis
 Released as Sun Single #242
 Peak Chart Position #59 pop
Roy Orbison-vocals, guitar; Johnny Wilson-guitar; James Marrow-electric mandolin; Jack Kennelley-bass; Billy

neg: Roy: A Tribute to Roy Orbison Roy: A Tribute to Roy Orbison Roy: A Tribute to Roy Orbison is the fourth studio album by Damien Leith. It was released by Sony BMG in Australia on 15 April 2011 to coincide with Roy Orbison's 75th birthday. In 2006, while in the top 10 of "Australian Idol", Damien performed Orbison's 1961 hit "Crying" to a standing ovation. Barbara Orbison, Roy's widow managed to see this performance and contacted the show's producers for a copy of the performance. She asked to hear more, eventually leading to an entire tribute album for what would have been Roy's 75th birthday. One

neg: In Dreams (Roy Orbison song) five months while Orbison toured sharing billing with the Beatles. It gained notability again in 1987 when Orbison released a re-recorded anthology of his greatest hits; the year prior David Lynch had used the song provocatively in his dark thriller "Blue Velvet", helping to revive Orbison's career. The theme of the song was interwoven in similar compositions throughout his tenure as a musician. As a result, several collections of Orbison's music share the title of the song. "Rolling Stone" listed "In Dreams" at number 319 of their 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 1956, Roy Orbison was signed to

neg: Roy Orbison became his first to break the U.S. Top 10 in 25 years. His honors include inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in the same year, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1989. "Rolling Stone" placed him 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'. In 2002, "Billboard" magazine listed Orbison at number 74 in the Top 600 recording artists. Roy Kelton Orbison was born in Vernon, Texas, the middle

neg: TCB Band the backing band for Tony Sheridan, augmented by Klaus Voorman and again mostly featuring Sheridan's recordings of Elvis Presley songs. Several members of the TCB band (Glen Hardin on piano, James Burton on lead guitar, Jerry Scheff on upright bass, and Ron Tutt on drums) also played with Roy Orbison in his 1987 live performance "Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night". Burton, Hardin, Scheff and Tutt reunited in 1997 to perform "", with John Wilkinson rejoining for the 25th anniversary concert in Memphis. Since then, Burton, Hardin, Tutt and Scheff have toured frequently together. However, after the

neg: Roy Orbison discography a more complete list of compilation releases, see link. Roy Orbison discography Roy Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer-songwriter who found the most success in the early rock and roll era from 1956 to 1964. He later enjoyed a resurgence in the late 1980s with chart success as a member of the Traveling Wilburys and with his "Mystery Girl" album which included the hit single "You Got It". At the height of his popularity, 22 of Orbison's songs placed on the US "Billboard" Top 40 chart, and six peaked in the top five, including

neg: Roy Orbison Orbison. Now, everyone knows that no one sings like Roy Orbison." In response, Orbison asked Springsteen for a copy of the speech, and said of his induction that he felt "validated" by the honor. A few months later, Orbison and Springsteen paired again to film a concert at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles. They were joined by Jackson Browne, T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Bonnie Raitt, Jennifer Warnes, James Burton, and k.d. lang. Lang later recounted how humbled Orbison had been by the display of support from so many talented and busy musicians: "Roy looked at

neg: Crying (Roy Orbison song) Crying (Roy Orbison song) "Crying" is a ballad written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson that was a hit for Roy Orbison. Dave Marsh calls the song a "rock-bolero" with "blaring strings, hammered tympani, a ghostly chorus, the gentle strum of a guitar, [and] a hint of marimba". "Billboard" observes an "expressive reading" on the "country-flavored ballad." The personnel on the original recording included Orbison session regulars Bob Moore on bass; Floyd Cramer on piano; Buddy Harman on drums; and Boudleaux Bryant, Harold Bradley, and Scotty Moore on guitar. The song was released as a 45-rpm single by Monument Records