Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23 1936 - December 6 1988), nicknamed "The Big O," was an influential American singer-songwriter, guitarist and a pioneer of rock and roll whose recording career spanned more than four decades. By the mid-1960s Orbison was internationally recognized for his ballads of lost love, rhythmically advanced melodies, characteristic dark sunglasses, and his taut, powerful alto voice coupled with his occasional distinctive usage of falsetto, … Wikipedia
Roy Orbison Born Vernon, Texas, April 23, 1936 Died Hendersonville, Tennessee, December 6, 1988 Like all early white rockers, Roy Orbison began as a country singer. www.hotshotdigital.com/OldRock/RoyOrbisonBio.html
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Julian Lloyd Webber picks the Big O's top 10 songs Only The Lonely Single, 1960 Nothing in Roy Orbison's previous output had prepared listeners for this anthem of lost love. www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/04/20/...
