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 Monument Singles - A-Sides (1960-1964)
Artist: Roy Orbison
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Pop
Title: Too Soon To Know: Roy Orbison's Greatest Love Songs
Artist: Roy Orbison
Title: Live From Birmingham- July 13, 1980 Birmingham, Alabama
Artist: Roy Orbison
Genre: Rock, Pop, Pop Rock, Theatre/Soundtrack, Retro, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: Combo Concert
Artist: Roy Orbison
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop, Pop Rock, Theatre/Soundtrack, Retro, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: The All-Time Greatest Hits Of Roy Orbison
Artist: Roy Orbison
Genre: Rock, Country, Rockabilly, Pop
Title: I'm Still In Love With You
Artist: Roy Orbison
Genre: Rock, World Music, Country, Rockabilly, Pop
Title: His Greatest Hits And Finest Performances (CD3)
Artist: Roy Orbison
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk Rock, Rockabilly, Pop
Collections
Title: Devoted To You (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: The Best Of Jukebox (CD2)
Title: Daily Mirror - Lazy Days
Title: American Heartland Legends Of Country (CD1)
Genre: Country
Title: This Magnificent Rok'n'Roll. Vol. 2 (CD1)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: This Magnificent Rok'n'Roll. Vol. 2 (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: NOW That's What I Call Drive (CD3)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Best Of The 60s (CD3)
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Hits Halloween (CD4)
Genre: Pop
Title: Dreamboats & Miniskirts ~ Summer In The City (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Wild And Frantic Rock 'n' Roll (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Wild And Frantic Rock 'n' Roll (CD6)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Wild And Frantic Rock 'n' Roll (CD10)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: The Teen Years Vol. 3 - In The Still Of The Nite (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: The Teen Years Vol. 3 - In The Still Of The Nite (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Rockabilly's Gravest Hits (CD1)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: Rockabilly's Gravest Hits (CD3)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: High School Rock: Teenage Bop (CD7)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1960 Volume 1
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1960 Volume 2
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1960 Volume 3
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1960 Volume 4
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1958 Volume 3
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1957 Volume 4
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Country The Ultimate Collection (CD2)
Genre: Blues, World Music, Country, Pop, Folk
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1956 Volume 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1956 Volume 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Super Movie Hits (Die Schönsten Film - Songs) (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1961 Volume 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1961 Volume 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1961 Volume 3
Genre: Pop
Title: The Rock 'N' Roll Era - Collection 1961
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Metal-Hard Rock Covers 080
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1962 Volume 2
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1962 Volume 3
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: The Rock 'N' Roll Era - Collection 1960
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: The Rock 'N' Roll Era - Collection 1962
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: The Rock 'N' Roll Era - Collection 1963
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: The Rock 'N' Roll Era - Collection 1964
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Metal-Hard Rock Covers 174
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal
Title: The Beat Of The Pops Volume 3
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1963 Volume 4
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1963 Volume 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1963 Volume 1
Genre: Pop
Title: All For Love Ballad (Vol. 6)
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1964 Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Digest Christmas: Through The Years (CD2)
Genre: Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: The Beat Of The Pops: Volume 10
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: American Heartbeat 1960 (CD1)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Pop
Title: Romantic Collection Pack 1982-2007, Volume 4 (CD2)
Genre: Jazz, Pop, Instrumental
Title: The Beat Of The Pops: Volume 15
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Best Ever - 60s Hits (CD2)
Title: Forever Rock 'N' Roll (CD1)
Title: Forever Rock 'N' Roll (CD3)
Title: American Heartbeat 1962 (CD1)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Pop
Title: True Love Ways (CD3)
Title: True Love Ways (CD2)
Featuring albums
Title: The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show 1969-1971
Artist: Johnny Cash
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Best of Rock 'n' Roll & Jukebox Music: 100 Greatest Hits from the 50s & 60s
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
Title: "Star Trek: First Contact" - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Artist: Various Artists
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