Orbison attributed his own passion during his performances to the period when he grew up in Fort Worth while the U. S. was mobilizing for World War II.

Orbison was a film enthusiast, and when not touring, writing, or recording would dedicate time to seeing up to three films a day.

He and Claudette shared a love for motorcycles ; she had grown up around them, but Orbison claimed Elvis Presley had introduced him to motorcycles.

When Orbison started with " Crying " and hit the high notes, Goodwin stated, " The strings were playing and the band had built up, and sure enough, the hair on the back of my neck just all started standing up.

Beginning in 1957, first at his home in Midland, Texas, and then in Nashville, Tennessee, Melson teamed up with a virtual unknown by the name of Roy Orbison, with whom he would write a string of hits for Monument Records.

Melson and Orbison followed up with similar sounds such as the dramatic Running Scared that went to # 1 in the USA.

In the documentary In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story, Bono tells how he woke up for a concert's sound check, following a late night listening to the soundtrack to David Lynch's Blue Velvet, and had the tune in his head, figuring it was another Orbison song (" In Dreams " was the only Orbison song on that album ).

In it, Orbison performs the Neil Diamond hit " Sweet Caroline " and Simon & Garfunkel's " Bridge over Troubled Water " plus thirteen of his classic songs backed up by a full orchestra.

Drums pick up the rhythm to follow Orbison's lyrics further into subconsciousness, and a piano joins as the lyrics recount how Orbison spends time with her, accompanied by breathy backup singers.

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.

However, frustrated at Sun, Orbison gradually stopped recording, toured music circuits around Texas to make a living, and for seven months in 1958 quit performing completely.

Orbison also began collaborating with Bill Dees, whom he had known in Texas.

Wink was the hometown of singer and songwriter Roy Orbison, although he was born in Vernon, Texas.

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As a musician and songwriter, he was greatly influenced in his formative years by fellow Texas rock and roll icon, Roy Orbison.

In his homespun studio, he produced successful singles for his own musical group and for Texas musicians Roy Orbison, Buddy Knox, Waylon Jennings, Sonny West, Carolyn Hester, Terry Noland ... and Buddy Holly, with whom he is most closely associated in the public's mind.

Orbison was the first " legend " to appear on the weekly series, which, at the time, featured local Texas performers.

Born Dan Waren Folger in San Rafael, California, while he was a small boy his family moved to Midland, Texas, where he would make friends with future Roy Orbison collaborator Joe Melson.

Born and raised in Texas, Orbison got his start in a rockabilly band in high school.

Orbison was not particularly confident in his appearance ; he began dyeing his nearly white hair black when he was young.

At eight, Orbison began appearing on a local radio show.

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.

Orbison recorded in the 1970s, but his albums performed so poorly that he began to doubt his talents.

On Decca's British London label, which began in 1949, HL was at first used alone, but from 1957 there was usually a following letter denoting the original American label ; thus Atlantic and Atco were HLE, changing in 1960 to HLK, Sun Records was HLS, Jamie ( Duane Eddy's label ) was HLW, and Big Top Records ( Del Shannon, Johnny and the Hurricanes ) was HLX ; while HLU was used for a number of labels including Phil Spector's Philles, and Monument, home to Roy Orbison.

This image of Orbison as immovable was so associated with him it was parodied by John Belushi on Saturday Night Live, as Belushi dressed as Orbison falls over while singing " Oh, Pretty Woman ", and continues to play as his bandmates set him upright again.

The party asks Robin to sing the Roy Orbison song " You Got It " as she performed that song in a Star Search contest, though weak, she manages to sing with Jane backing her singing.

During the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 2006 tour to support Petty's solo release Highway Companion, the band performed the song with Petty singing most of the lead vocals and band member Scott Thurston singing the Roy Orbison part.

Johnny Cash toured the area in 1955, playing on the same local radio show as the Teen Kings and suggested that Orbison approach Sam Phillips at Sun Records, home of rockabilly stars including Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Cash.

Prior to their collaboration, Orbison had been solely a rockabilly performer.

Rock-and-roll, country music, and rockabilly artists, including Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Charlie Feathers, Ray Harris, Warren Smith, Charlie Rich, and Jerry Lee Lewis, recorded there throughout the mid to late 1950s until the studio outgrew its Union Avenue location.

Using the style of rockabilly, rock & roll, and blues music, the band released their first single, " Go Go Go " ( a version of a Roy Orbison recording ), in the fall of 1963.

Most of the songs on Roy Orbison at the Rock House were written by Orbison but the songwriting credits were assigned to Sam Phillips, and are in the traditional rockabilly style the Sun label was known for.

In 1956, Roy Orbison was signed to Sun Records that launched rockabilly legends such as Elvis Presley and Carl Perkins.

Melson and Orbison followed it with the more complex " Blue Angel " which peaked at U. S. number 9 / UK number 11, a self-performed version of " Claudette ", and " I'm Hurtin '", which rose to number 27 but failed to chart in the UK.

* Roy Orbison, singer / songwriter born in Wilbarger County

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He has played on and / or produced records by Aimee Mann, Edwyn Collins, Neneh Cherry, Tim Booth ( of James ), Duffy, Eddi Reader, Hopper, Roy Orbison, Bert Jansch, The Libertines, Heather Nova, Mark Owen, The Veils, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, The Cribs, Pretenders, The On-Off's, 1990s, The Mescalitas, Cut Off Your Hands, Cajun Dance Party, The View, Arkitekt, Sons and Daughters, Black Kids, Tricky, Sharleen Spiteri, Nerina Pallot and Natalie McCool.

Westlife has performed live duets with some of the biggest names in the music industry including: Sinéad O ' Connor (" Silent Night "), Donny Osmond (" Crazy Horses "), Mariah Carey (" Never Too Far / Hero Medley "), Secret Garden (" You Raise Me Up "), Lionel Richie (" Easy "), Ronan Keating (" The Dance "), Dolores O ' Riordan of The Cranberries (" Little Drummer Boy "), Roy Orbison (" Pretty Woman "), Delta Goodrem (" All Out Of Love "), Raymond Quinn (" That's Life "), Leehom Wang (" You Raise Me Up "), Mary Black (" Walking in the Air "), Kevin Spacey (" Fly Me to the Moon "), Do (" Heaven "), Boyzone (" No Matter What "), Various artists " All-Stars " (" That's What Friends Are For "; " Merry Christmas Everybody "; " I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday "), and even their fathers (" That's Life ").

Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night is a 1988 Cinemax television special originally broadcast on January 3, 1988 starring Hall of Fame singer / songwriter Roy Orbison.

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A short while later, Orbison met the band backstage at one of their concerts and subsequently asked Bono if he would like to write a song with / for him.

Released in January 1967, it is a collection of songs written by Country Music Hall of Fame singer / songwriter Don Gibson who, like Orbison, often wrote about the loneness and sorrow that love can bring.

Barbara Orbison ( January 10, 1950 – December 6, 2011 ) was a German-born United States-based entrepreneur, music producer / publisher, and the widow of American musician Roy Orbison.

Songs written and / or recorded by Roy Orbison.

Later he recorded and / or toured with artists such as Joan Armatrading, Gerry Rafferty, Robert Plant, Elton John, The Proclaimers, Johnny Hallyday, George Harrison, Cliff Richard, Chris Rea, Warren Zevon, Bonnie Raitt, Hank Marvin, Roy Orbison, Nanci Griffith, The Beach Boys and The Yardbirds.