Brian Poole & The Tremeloes also had success in the UK in 1964 with covers of Roy Orbison's B-side, " Candy Man " and a previously obscure Crickets ' B-side ballad, " Someone Someone "; both entered the UK Singles Chart Top Ten, with the latter peaking at No. 2.

Sam Phillips remembered being much more impressed with Orbison's mastery of the guitar than his voice ; a ballad Orbison wrote called " The Clown " was met with lukewarm appreciation at best.

Orbison's former Sun Records colleague Jerry Lee Lewis was disgraced when his marriage to his 13-year-old cousin was reported widely in the press.

Orbison's second son was born in 1962, and Orbison hit number 4 in the U. S. and number 2 in the UK with " Dream Baby ( How Long Must I Dream?

Fred Foster later argued that Rose's takeover was responsible for the commercial failure of Orbison's work at MGM ; engineer Bill Porter agreed that Orbison's best work could only be achieved with RCA Nashville's A Team.

Orbison's character was a spy who stole and had to protect and deliver a cache of gold to the Confederate Army during the U. S. Civil War and was outfitted with a guitar that turned into a rifle.

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.

Orbison's career was fully revived in 1987.

Mystery Girl was produced by Jeff Lynne, whom Orbison considered the best producer he had ever worked with, while Bono, Elvis Costello, Orbison's son Wesley and others offered their songs to him.

Orbison's death was an international news event.

Orbison's " In Dreams " was a song in seven movements that can be represented as Intro-A-B-C-D-E-F ; no sections are repeated.

In 1990, Colin Escott wrote an introduction to Orbison's biography published in a CD box set: " Orbison was the master of compression.

Music critic Ken Emerson writes that the " apocalyptic romanticism " in Orbison's music was well-crafted for the films his songs appeared in in the 1980s because the music was " so over-the-top that dreams become delusions, and self-pity paranoia ", striking " a postmodern nerve ".

Orbison's severe stage fright was particularly noticeable in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Other cuts on the " Cosmo's Factory " album included an eleven-minute jam of the 1967 and 1968 R & B hit " I Heard It Through The Grapevine " ( which would become a minor hit when an edited version was released as a single in the 70s a few years after the group's breakup ) and a nearly note-for-note homage to Roy Orbison's " Ooby Dooby.

As a result of one of the group's songs, which used a parody of Roy Orbison's " Oh, Pretty Woman " Campbell was party to Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. which was argued in front of the US Supreme Court.

All the tracks were recorded in late 1988, and it was finalized for release in the weeks following Orbison's death through the collaborative efforts of several artists who were all friends and admirers.

Their final 1983 single was a cover of Roy Orbison's " Working for the Man " ( November ), produced by Mark Moffatt and Ricky Fataar.

This was Orbison's third album on the Monument label.

On July 21, 1968, Barbara ( then 18 years old ) met the 32-year-old Orbison when he asked friends to introduce him to her at a nightclub in Leeds, England, during Orbison's tour of Great Britain.

During their time together, the five members of the Traveling Wilburys frequently collaborated on each others ' solo records ; Lynne and Petty worked on Orbison's final album Mystery Girl ( 1988 ), Harrison played on Dylan's Under the Red Sky ( 1990 ), and Petty and Harrison worked on Lynne's Armchair Theatre ( 1990 ); Lynne produced Petty's solo albums Full Moon Fever ( 1989 ) ( which involved all the Wilburys, save for Dylan ) and Highway Companion ( 2006 ), as well as the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album Into the Great Wide Open ( 1991 ).

It gained notability again in 1987 when Orbison released a re-recorded anthology of his greatest hits ; the year prior David Lynch had used the song provocatively in his dark thriller Blue Velvet, helping to revive Orbison's career.

In addition to the album released in 1963 and the re-recorded album of hits in 1987, a Canadian documentary on Orbison's life and impact on rock and roll also touched on the theme exemplified by the song ; it was titled In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story and released in 1999.

With Foster, Orbison and songwriter Joe Melson tailored many of Orbison's songs for his unique voice ; his most popular songs were dramatic ballads ending with emotional crescendos that showcased his powerful vocals.

In 1963, " Mean Woman Blues " was recorded again, this time by Roy Orbison on a 45rpm single that went to No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 music charts and was part of Orbison's 1964 album, More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits.

During that time, 22 of Orbison's songs placed on the Billboard Top Forty.

However, Rose also began acting as Orbison's producer.

Songwriter Joe Melson, an acquaintance of Orbison's, tapped on his car window one day in Texas in 1958 and the two decided to try to write some songs together.

Touring in 1963 took a toll on Orbison's personal life.

Orbison's music, like the man himself, has been described as timeless, diverting from contemporary rock and roll and bordering on the eccentric, within a hair's breadth of being weird.

" Peter Lehman, on the other hand, considered Orbison's theme of constant vulnerability an element of sexual masochism.

Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel both commented on the otherworldly quality of Orbison's voice.

In tribute to Orbison, the music video for " End of the Line " shows Orbison's guitar rocking in a chair as the rest of the group play, followed by a brief shot focusing on a framed picture of him.

Jeff Lynne collaborated with Del Shannon on his 1991 album Rock On, which spawned rumors that Shannon would fill the late Orbison's position in the group.

Not only did that song influence Orbison to write such operatic ballads as " In Dreams ," but a few months later it also induced Orbison's friend Elvis Presley to record " It's Now or Never ," based on the Neapolitan art song "' O Sole Mio.

The special consisted of a performance of many of Orbison's hits at the then Ambassador Hotel's Cocoanut Grove nightclub ( Los Angeles ) in Los Angeles, filmed on September 30, 1987, approximately fourteen months before his death.

This was Orbison's fourth album on the Monument label, named for the hit 45rpm single.

Fred Foster of Monument Records also heard about McCoy and hired him as harmonica player on Roy Orbison's song " Candy Man ".

The second song of interest on this album is " Come Back to Me My Love " which Fred Foster, owner of Monument Records and producer of all of Orbison's earliest hits, says was the song which inspired production of the hit arrangement that later became " Only the Lonely ".

It is said that Orbison's appearance on the show paved the way for other legends such as Ray Charles, Marty Robbins, and even Johnny Cash to appear on the series.

There, under Don Gant, Folger wrote songs for Acuff-Rose Music including the song " Amy ", which appeared on the 1969 album, Roy Orbison's Many Moods.

She produced Damien Leith's album, Roy: A Tribute To Roy Orbison, which was released by Sony BMG in Australia on April 15, 2011 to coincide with what would have been Roy Orbison's 75th birthday.