Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician known for his impassioned singing style, complex song structures, and dark, emotional ballads.
Many critics described his music as operatic, nicknaming him “the Caruso of Rock” and “the Big O”. Most male rock-and-roll performers in the 1950s and 1960s projected a defiant masculinity, while many of Orbison’s songs conveyed vulnerability.
He performed standing still, wearing black clothes to match his dyed black hair and dark sunglasses.
Genre
Rock, pop, country
Labels
Sun
RCA
Monument
London
MGM
Mercury/PolyGram
Asylum
Virgin
Artist Website Link: http://royorbison.com/
Discography
Roy Orbison at the Rock House (1961)
Lonely and Blue (1961)
Crying (1962)
In Dreams (1963)
Orbisongs (1965)
Oh, Pretty Woman (1964)
There Is Only One Roy Orbison (1965)
The Orbison Way (1966)
The Classic Roy Orbison (1966)
Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson (1967)
The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967)
Cry Softly Lonely One (1967)
Roy Orbison’s Many Moods (1969)
Hank Williams the Roy Orbison Way (1970)
The Big O (1970)
Roy Orbison Sings (1972)
Memphis (1972)
Milestones (1973)
I’m Still In Love With You (1975)
Regeneration (1976)
Laminar Flow (1979)
In Dreams: The Greatest Hits (1987)
Mystery Girl (1989)
King of Hearts (1992)
Mystery Girl (25th Anniversary Edition) (2014)
One of the Lonely Ones (2015)
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