Roy Orbison

Roy Orbison

Roy Orbison

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Oh, Pretty Woman
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You Got It
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Crying [Album Version]
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Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel) [Album Version]
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Dream Baby

Albums

  • The Music You Need

    Dec 2022 • 20 songs

  • King Of Hearts (2022 Remaster)

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  • Beginnings

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Roy Orbison

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Although he shared the same rockabilly roots as Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison went on to pioneer an entirely different brand of country/pop-based rock & roll in the early '60s. What he lacked in charisma and photogenic looks, Orbison made up for in spades with his quavering operatic voice and melodramatic narratives of unrequited love and yearning. In the process, he established rock & roll archetypes of the underdog and the hopelessly romantic loser. These were not only amplified by peers such as Del Shannon and Gene Pitney, but also influenced fut...
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