Roy Orbison

About

Roy Kelton Orbison was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his distinctive and powerful voice, complex song structures, and dark, emotional ballads. Orbison’s music is mostly in the rock music genre and his most successful periods were in the early 1960s and the late 1980s. He was nicknamed “The Caruso of Rock” and “The Big O”. Many of Orbison’s songs conveyed vulnerability at a time when most male rock-and-roll performers projected machismo. He performed with minimal motion and in black clothes, matching his dyed black hair and dark sunglasses.

Albums/Songs:

• Roy Orbison Sings
• King of Hearts
• In Dreams
• At the Rock House
• Hank Williams the Roy Orbison Way
• Big O
• There Is Only One Roy Orbison
• The Classic Roy Orbison
• Class of ’55: Memphis Rock & Roll Homecoming
• Cry Softly Lonely One
• Sings Don Gibson
• The Orbison Way
• Laminar Flow
• Mystery Girl
• The Legend
• Blue Blue Day
• A Legend in my Time
• Orbiting With
• Regeneration
• I’m Still In Love With You
• Lonely and Blue
• Memphis
• Roy Orbison’s Many Moods
• Crying
• Milestones

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