Roy Orbison

Roy Kelton Orbison (Vernon (Texas), 23 april 1936 – Nashville (Tennessee), december 6, 1988) was an American country- rocksingerand. He is since 1987 in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, since 1987 in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and since 1989 in the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2010 got Orbison posthumously with a star on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame.



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[hide] *1 Biography  ==Biography[ Edit] == Roy Orbison started his career in 1956 at the record label Sun Records that was led by Sam and Phil lips where also Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins were or had been under contract. With the song "Ooby Dooby" of which some 500,000 pieces were sold and that to number 56 on the Billboard Top 100 came, he scored his only hit for Sun. In the period he was active for the record label, he already knew that his heart lay in singing of ballads. Sam Phil Lambert, the owner of Sun Records, however, that Roy wanted uptempo songs took up, this very much against the meaning of Roy. When Roy wrote a big hit for The Everly Brothers ("Claudette") he saw his opportunity and bought his recording contract with Sun Records in order to be able to try his luck somewhere else.
 * 1.1 breakthrough
 * 1.2 Comeback
 * 2 discography
 * 2.1 Albums
 * 2.2 Singles
 * 2.3 Radio 2 Top 2000
 * 2.4 Dvds
 * 3 References
 * 4 external link

Orbison ended up at the record label R.C.A. where Elvis Presley recorded many hits. Roy, however, remained not long after a number of songs to have on record. put he left the label in 1959 and ended up at Monument Records led by Fred Foster. ===Breakthrough[ Edit] === The first single "Up Town" was a modest success and reached place 72 in the Billboard Top 100. The successor was released in 1960 and made by Roy Orbison a world star. Of the song "Only The Lonely" went over two million copies over the counter and with this song created Orbison something that never before seen in the Rock and Roll was heard; the dramatic rock ballad. Between 1960 and 1965 Roy produced classics like "Running Scared", "Crying", "Blue Angel", "Falling", "Blue Bayou", "it's Over", "In Dreams" and "Oh, pretty woman". Often quiet starting slowly to a climax that, Roy built both in the arrangements as in the voice and lyrics by Orbison was brought to expression. The voice of Roy and the compositions of his songs would give him the status of legend. However, there was another element that made the music of Orbison unique. Roy had also the talent to write songs in a totally innovative way. It was in the early 1960s the habit to write a song according to a fixed pattern. (A, B, C, B, D, B)However, for example in schemas as Roy wrote A, B, C, D ...Z. There came across the song so no repetition of phrases for. The earliest example of this is the song "Wedding Day" from 1961. "In Dreams" and "Falling" from 1963, however, are the best known examples. "Running Scared" from 1961 was a song which also departed from what just was on this area because the refrain at the end of the song sat in place of in the middle. When the contract with Monument Records in 1965 ended Roy Orbison was a world star with record sales that had exceeded the 30 million.

Orbison signed for the m.g.m. label that was willing to give him the highest amount ever (1 million in cash) to pay for a recording artist. Further, he was given the chance to to acting in films. M.g.m. However, had stipulated that 30 songs per year and 1 album had to be produced. With it came the emphasis on the quantity rather than the quality of the songs, as opposed to what was usual at Monument Records. The first single on the m.g.m. label was the top 20 hit "Ride Away". It would be his biggest hit for m.g.m. are. In 1966 he had with "Cry Softly Lonely One" (top 52) his last chart positions in America. He had more hits In England with the highest listing "Too Soon To Know" that reached the top 3 in 1966. "Penny Arcade" was his last listing in England in 1969. The emergence of the Beatles and other British bands (The British Invasion) and the changing tastes at the platenkopend public, made sure the presence of Orbison was less in the charts. Further its private life continued to generate major financial tragedies in place. His wife Claudette came in 1966 killed in a motorcycle accident and two of his three sons took place in 1968 death in a fire in his mansion. Roy Orbison's career came in a deep valley visit. The hits continued, and the (large) audience seemed to have forgotten him. His concerts in England were still well attended because the fans had remained faithful to him, but in his home country America was that completely different. There, he performed regularly on for a small audience.

In 1973, his contract with m.g.m. disbanded. A year later he signed with Mercury Records and took the album "I'm Still In Love With You" on. not only was this album under the artistic size compared to its earlier work, the listener no longer surprised Roy musically with the vocal delights him his nickname "The Big O" had paid off. In 1977 signed Orbison again near Monument Records and took the album "Regeneration" on This album was better than the previous. but could also not compared with his earlier work. A second album was off (never released) when Roy got heart problems after he had occurred in a show in memory of Elvis Presley, who had died shortly before. He underwent a heart surgery and got 3 by-passes.

Shortly thereafter left Orbison Monument Records. In 1979 he signed with Aslyum Records and released the album "Laminar Flow" from there. The album contained moderate disco-like songs with the exception of "Poor Baby" and "Hounddog Man". Meanwhile there was something behind the scenes got underway, because Roy was not more a successful record artist, his work from the sixties, however, had left its mark in younger colleagues. Linda Rondstadt took "Blue Bayou" on "(1977)," Don McLean "Crying" (1980) and Van Halen "Oh, pretty woman" (1981) and all they scored big hits. Scored himself Roy along with Emmylou Harris in 1980 finally again a hit with "That Loving You Feeling Again". It was rewarded with a Grammy Award, his first. ===Comeback<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">From that time began to work he came to a comeback and Roy increasingly in the spotlight to stand. So he stood in the early 1980s in the program of "The Eagles" and left itself thereby to see a bigger and younger audience. In 1983 he appeared on television by a concert under the name "Roy Orbison live in Austin City Limits Texas" In 1985, he performed at "Farm Aid" and released a new single, "Wild Hearts". It was a ballad that an old-fashioned good Orbison left hear. However, the general public noticed this song. He also made that year an album with his old Sun-Carl Perkins buddies Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash. The album was called "The Class of ' 55". In 1986, the song "In Dreams" used in the cult film "Blue Velvet", directed by David Lynch. As a result, Orbison came to the attention of a young audience. Many wanted to know who the lead singer of "In Dreams" was and discovered thereby the music that Orbison until then had made. In 1987 took Roy along with k.d. lang "Crying" as a duet. The song was a hit in America and earned him a Grammy Award again on.In the same year, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that was called one year earlier in life. Thus, the status of Roy Orbison as a leading pioneer and innovator of Rock and Roll officially confirmed and recognized by the music industry. In the same year he recorded a TV special on which the black-witvideo Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night came out. In this show brought Roy all of his big hits, including two songs from his then new album, performed to come out. He was surrounded by guest musicians such as Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Waits, Jennifer Warnes, k.d. lang, Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther and James Burton (ex-guitarist for Elvis Presley). Roy was finally back on top and made in 1988 that again clearly by being part of the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys, including Bob Dylan,George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty were part. The debut album was called Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1, which were sold millions of copies worldwide. Orbison died suddenly on 6 december 1988 due to a cardiac arrest at his mother's home in Hendersonville, a suburb of Nashville. Orbison was in preparation for a world tour. His remains were buried in an anonymous grave on the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">His new album was released posthumously in January 1989 under the Virgin label. The single "You Got It" was a worldwide hit. The only time Orbison You Got It for a audience sang was three weeks before his death on the Diamond Awards Festival in the Sportpaleis in Antwerp where he received a "Diamond Award" because he got 25 years belonged to the "top of the bill". The recording of that performance were used for the music video of "You Got It". The second single "she's A Mystery Girl" was also a hit. This song was written for Orbison by U2 's Bono and Edge. In 1992, four years after his death, "I drove All Night" was a hit in England and reached the 7th place. The successor Crying (duet with k.d. lang) in the same year the 13th position. Roy Orbison was, unlike many of his contemporaries, all the way back to the top when he died and looked ahead to new things and not back on old past glory. He is today by many in the music business recognized as one of the greatest artists that rock and roll is the author. His records continue to sell well and are in number over the 100 million mark. He is an example and inspiration for many artists and that for someone against whom producer Jack Clement (Sun Records) ever said; "Roy, you're never gonna make it as a ballad singer". ==Discography<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Albums<span class="mw-editsection" len="324" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Singles<span class="mw-editsection" len="325" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Radio 2 Top 2000<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===DVDs<span class="mw-editsection" len="323" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ==References<span class="mw-editsection" len="330" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * In 2003, the Indian film company Yash Raj Films the song ' Oh, pretty woman ' used in Indian movie: Kal Ho Na Ho. the song is sung all over again, and adapted to the theme of the movie.
 * Roy Orbison also occurs in the book 'the misfortunates' by Dimitri Verhulst. In this book also talks about his comeback.
 * Also in the film adaptation of the book ' the misfortunates Felix Van Groeningen 's 2009 ' comes from Roy Orbison to bid on a television set in black and white with the songs ' Only the lonely ' and ' Oh, pretty woman '.
 * In the computer game Alan Wake, published by Microsoft Game Studios on May 14, 2010, after the player has completed episode 1 to hear his song ' In dreams '.