* Dark Star: The Roy Orbison Story, a 1990 book by Ellis Amburn

In 1980, McLean had an international number one hit with a cover of the Roy Orbison classic, " Crying ".

ELO effectively disbanded after that final show in Stuttgart in 1986, but there was no announcement made of it for the next two years, during which George Harrison's Lynne-produced album Cloud Nine and the pair's follow-up ( with Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty as Traveling Wilburys ) Traveling Wilburys Vol.

It was updated in early 1991 to mourn the passing of Elvis Presley, Marvin Gaye, Jackie Wilson, Dennis Wilson, John Lennon, Roy Orbison, Sam Cooke, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Cass Elliot, who died a few months after the original version of the song was released.

Roy Kelton Orbison ( April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988 ) was an American singer-songwriter, best known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads.

Roy Orbison was born in Vernon, Texas, the middle son of Orbie Lee Orbison, an oil well driller and car mechanic, and Nadine Shultz, a nurse.

All the Orbison children were afflicted with poor eyesight ; Roy used thick corrective lenses from an early age.

Orbison's success was greater in Britain ; as Billboard magazine noted, " In a 68-week period that began on August 8, 1963, Roy Orbison was the only American artist to have a number-one single in Britain.

His youngest son with Claudette ( Wesley, born 1965 ) was raised by Orbison's parents ; Orbison and Barbara had a son ( Roy Kelton ) in 1970 and another ( Alexander ) in 1974.

The same year, Orbison was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and initiated into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Bruce Springsteen, who concluded his speech with a reference to his own song " Thunder Road ": " I wanted a record with words like Bob Dylan that sounded like Phil Spector — but, most of all, I wanted to sing like Roy Orbison.

Now everyone knows that no one sings like Roy Orbison.

Lang later recounted how humbled Orbison had been by the show of support from so many talented and busy musicians: " Roy looked at all of us and said, ' If there is anything I can ever do for you, please call on me.

" The concert was filmed in one take and aired on Cinemax under the title Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night ; it was released on video by Virgin Records, selling 50, 000 copies.

Lynne later spoke of the recording sessions: " Everybody just sat there going, ' Wow, it's Roy Orbison !'...

As I become more interested in songwriting, you hit a wall where Roy Orbison is standing.

Bob Dylan marked Orbison as a specific influence, remarking that there was nothing like him on radio in the early 1960s: With Roy, you didn't know if you were listening to mariachi or opera.

* 1972: Roy Orbison – Live from Australia

* 1987: Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night

* 1999: In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story

Dark Star: The Roy Orbison Story, Carol Publishing Group.

Roy Orbison: The Invention of An Alternative Rock Masculinity, Temple University Press.

* 1975 Roy Orbison private phone interview with Ronnie Allen ( researcher for Casey Kasem )

During the so-called " Big Expedition " of 1970, Roy Mackal, a biologist who taught for 20 years at the University of Chicago, devised a system of hydrophones ( underwater microphones ) and deployed them at intervals throughout the loch.

Roy Williams, a staff artist at Disney, also appeared in the show as the Big Mooseketeer.

Jordan's cool music, along with that of Big Joe Turner, Roy Brown, Billy Wright, and Wynonie Harris, is now also referred to as jump blues.

The other principal or notable cast members in the original production were: Anybodys: Lee Becker, Riff: Michael Callan, A-Rab: Tony Mordente, Action: Eddie Roll, Big Deal: Martin Charnin, Gee-Tar: Tommy Abbott ; Velma: Carole D ' Andrea, Bernardo: Ken Le Roy, Chino: Jamie Sanchez, Nibbles: Ronnie Lee ; Rosalia: Marilyn Cooper, Consuelo: Reri Grist, Teresita: Carmen Gutierrez, Francisca: Elizabeth Taylor ; Lt. Schrank: Arch Johnson, Doc: Art Smith, and Krupke: William Bramley.

Evanier speaking on a panel about Jack Kirby with ( from left to right ) Roy Thomas, Joe Sinnott and Stan Goldberg, at the Big Apple Con in Manhattan, November 15, 2008.

In the state legislature Big Pine is located in the 18th Senate District, represented by Republican Roy Ashburn, and in the 18th Assembly District, represented by Republican Bill Maze.

In the state legislature Big Bear City is located in the 18th Senate District, represented by Republican Roy Ashburn, and in the 65th Assembly District, represented by Republican Paul Cook.

In the state legislature Big River is located in the 18th Senate District, represented by Republican Roy Ashburn, and in the 34th Assembly District, represented by Republican Bill Maze.

* Roy Orbison ( April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988 )-nicknamed " The Big O ," Orbison was a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, guitarist and a pioneer of rock and roll whose recording career spanned more than four decades.

King, Clyde McPhatter, Ricky Nelson, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, Smokey Robinson, Big Joe Turner, Muddy Waters, and Jackie Wilson

* Big Wreck and Friends ( Webcast Live ) – Roy Thomson Hall – Toronto, Ontario ( 2001 )

Jump was especially popular in the late 1940s and early 1950s, through artists such as Louis Jordan, Big Joe Turner, Roy Brown, Charles Brown, T-Bone Walker, Roy Milton, Billy Wright and Wynonie Harris.

However, Romney's departure to become Michigan governor opened the door for his successor, Roy Abernethy, to redirect the company towards a strategy of competing head to head with the Big Three ( General Motors, Chrysler Corporation, and Ford Motor Company ) with a variety of bodies and automobile platforms.

Roy and Wang pursue Rathbone up into Big Ben, where they engage him in a sword fight.

Roy and Wang decide to jump by gripping hold of a large British Flag drapped over Big Ben and land in the carriage containing Queen Victoria.

The scene where Chon Wang and Roy fall off of the minute hand on Big Ben is a reference to Jackie Chan's earlier film Project A where Jackie Falls off the minute hand of a smaller clock tower, itself a reference to Harold Lloyd's famous clock-tower stunt from the 1923 film Safety Last!

* Time on Big Ben is 12: 30 when Chon and Roy fall.

* Gene Krupa Big Band: Drummer Man featuring Anita O ' Day & Roy Eldridge ( Verve, 1956 )

As Big Daddy, Crabtree would often team with many rising stars within the country including future international stars Sammy Lee, Dynamite Kid, Young David, Roy Regal and Chris Adams.

Hill, Pee Wee Crayton, Harry Choates, Lightnin ' Hopkins, Gatemouth Brown, Leadbelly, Big Mama Thorton, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Sippie Wallace, Victoria Spivey, Mance Lipscomb, Scott Joplin, Hot Lips Page, Gene Ramey, Jack Teagarden, Teddy Wilson, Kenny Dorham, Ella Mae Morse, Charles Brown, Ernest Tubb, Lefty Frizzell, George Jones, Leon Payne, Tex Ritter, Roger Miller, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, Johnny Horton, George Strait, Jim Reeves, Waylon Jennings, Buck Owens, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Ray Price, Doug Sahm / Sir Douglas Quintet / Texas Tornados, Clifton Chenier, T-Bone Burnett, Edgar Winter, Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Taylor, Lydia Mendoza, Flaco Jimenez, Santiago Jimenez Sr., Beto Villa, Narcisco Martinez, Archie Bell & the Drells, Dustin Adams, Johnny Guitar Watson, Yolanda Adams, Ornette Coleman, King Curtis, Mickey Newbury, Phil Ochs, Townes Van Zandt, Selena Quintanilla, Pantera, Steve Miller Band, Boz Scaggs, Charlie Sexton, Janis Joplin, ZZ Top, Eric Johnson and many others.

* Roy Williams ( artist ) ( 1907 – 1976 ), Disney story man / gag man and in the 1950s, The Mickey Mouse Club's " Big Mooseketeer "

In 1995 he released a new live version as the ' Roy Wood Big Band ', which charted at # 59, and in 2000 he joined forces with Mike Batt and The Wombles, for a re-working of " I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday " and of the Wombles ' hit " Wombling Merry Christmas ", together in one song which reached # 22.

* " I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday " – Roy Wood Big Band ( 1995 ) – UK # 59