Roy Orbison
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Biography
[Edit]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 future generations of roots rockers such as Bruce Springsteen and Chris Isaak, as well as modern country stars the Mavericks.
Orbison made his first widely distributed recordings for Sun Records in 1956. Roy was a capable rockabilly singer, and had a small national hit with his first Sun single, "Ooby Dooby." But even then, he was far more comfortable as a ballad singer than as a hepped-up rockabilly jive cat. Other Sun singles met with no success, and by the late '50s he was concentrating primarily on building a career as a songwriter, his biggest early success being "Claudette" (recorded by the Everly Brothers).
After a brief, unsuccessful stint with RCA, Orbison finally found his voice with Monument Records, scoring a number-two hit in 1960 with "Only the Lonely." This established the Roy Orbison persona for good: a brooding rockaballad of failed love with a sweet, haunting melody, enhanced by his Caruso-like vocal trills at the song's emotional climax. These and his subsequent Monument hits also boasted innovative, quasi-symphonic production, with Roy's voice and guitar backed by surging strings, ominous drum rolls, and heavenly choirs of backup vocalists.
Between 1960 and 1965, Orbison would have 15 Top 40 hits for Monument, including such nail-biting mini-dramas as "Running Scared," "Crying," "In Dreams," and "It's Over." Not just a singer of tear-jerking ballads, he was also capable of effecting a tough, bluesy swagger on "Dream Baby," "Candy Man," and "Mean Woman Blues." In fact, his biggest and best hit was also his hardest-rocking: "Oh, Pretty Woman" soared to number one in late 1964, at the peak of the British Invasion.
It seemed at that time that Roy was well-equipped to survive the British onslaught of the mid-'60s. He had even toured with the Beatles in Britain in 1963, and John Lennon has admitted to trying to emulate Orbison when writing the Beatles' first British chart-topper, "Please Please Me." But Orbison's fortunes declined rapidly after he left Monument for MGM in 1965. It would be easy to say that the major label couldn't replicate the unique production values of the classic Monument singles, but that's only part of the story. Roy, after all, was still writing most of his material, and his early MGM records were produced in a style that closely approximated the Monument era. The harder truth to face was that his songs were starting to sound like lesser variations of themselves, and that contemporary trends in rock and soul were making him sound outdated.
Orbison, like many early rock greats, could always depend on large overseas audiences to pay the bills. The two decades between the mid-'60s and mid-'80s were undeniably tough ones for him, though, both personally and professionally. A late-'60s stab at acting failed miserably. In 1966, his wife died in a motorcycle accident; a couple of years later, his house burned down, two of his sons perishing in the flames. Periodic comeback attempts with desultory albums in the 1970s came to naught.
Orbison's return to the public eye came about through unexpected circumstances. In the mid-'80s, David Lynch's Blue Velvet film prominently featured "In Dreams" on its soundtrack. That led to the singer making an entire album of re-recordings of hits, with T-Bone Burnett acting as producer. The record was no substitute for the originals, but it did help restore him to prominence within the industry. Shortly afterward, he joined George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Jeff Lynne in the Traveling Wilburys. Their successful album set the stage for Orbison's best album in over 20 years, Mystery Girl, which emulated the sound of his classic '60s work without sounding hackneyed. By the time it reached the charts in early 1989, however, Orbison was dead, claimed by a heart attack in December 1988.
Title: The All-Time Greatest Hits Of Roy Orbison
Artist: Roy Orbison
Genre: Rock, Country, Rockabilly, Pop
Title: Too Soon To Know: Roy Orbison's Greatest Love Songs
Artist: Roy Orbison
Collections
Title: The Ultimate Wedding Reception Playlist
Genre: Pop
Title: The Best Wedding Reception Music, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Clasicos del Cine
Genre: Pop
Title: 21 Classic #1 Hits
Genre: Pop
Title: Chart Busters, Vol. 2
Genre: Rock
Title: Christmas All Over the World, Vol. 1
Genre:
Title: 100 Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Hits from the 50s & 60s
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: The Best Old Songs
Genre: Pop
Title: Noche de Baladas (Nostalgicas)
Genre: Pop
Title: Jukebox Hits, Vol. 7
Genre: Rock
Title: Music & Highlights: Best of Pop, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: A Quarter in the Jukebox: 25 Classic Golden Oldies
Genre: Pop
Title: Crazy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: When a Man Loves a Woman: Golden Oldies Love Songs
Genre: Rock
Title: The Hits of 1961, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: The Hits of Pop & Doo Wop, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Adn & Rock 'N' Roll
Genre: Rock
Title: Top Rock Collection, Vol. 3
Genre: Rock
Title: 100 Rock & Roll Hits
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: 100 Baladas Románticas / 100 Baladas Romanticas
Genre: Pop
Title: The Hits of 1960, Vol. 6
Genre: Pop
Title: Nights of Rock Around the Clock
Genre: Rock
Title: The Hits of 1960, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Oldies Doo Wop, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Golden Oldies Vol 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Old Gold Classics Vol 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Jukebox Hits, Vol. 10
Genre: Rock
Title: Hits, Hits, & Hits, Vol. 5
Genre: Rock
Title: The Hits & The Best of Doo Wop, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: 40 Rockin' Classics: Roots of Rock and Roll
Genre: Rock
Title: We All Love Our Mums (Classic Mother's Day Songs, Vol. 6)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Greatest Rock n Roll Hits of the 50s
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Legends of Rock n' Roll, Vol. 3
Genre: Rock
Title: We All Love Our Mums (Classic Mother's Day Songs, Vol. 3)
Genre: Pop
Title: The 1960 British Hit Parade: The B Sides, Pt 2, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: JukeBox Classics, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Music We Grew up With, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
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Artist: Johnny Cash
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist, Theatre/Soundtrack
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Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock
Title: In Dreams (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Elliot Goldenthal
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Best of Rock 'n' Roll Music - 100 Greatest Originals Hits from the 50s & 60s
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock
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Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Hateful Eight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Blue Velvet (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Indecent Proposal (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Blue Velvet
Artist: Angelo Badalamenti
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Theatre/Soundtrack, Contemporary Folk
Title: The Very Best Of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches & Highways
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Genre: Folk Rock, Country, Country Rock, Progressive Country
Title: Summer In The City (CD2)
Artist: Dreamboats, The Miniskirts
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Pop Rock
Title: Love, Love Me Do (CD2)
Artist: Lemon Popsicles And Strawberry Milkshakes
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: The Best Of The Love Songs (CD1)
Artist: Petticoats, Dreamboats
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'N' Roll
Artist: Sam Phillips
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Rock & Roll, Country, Rockabilly, Pop