Roy Orbison
Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 - December 6, 1988) was an American singer. In 1987, he was named into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[1] Orbison was popular in the 1960s. He became less popular in the 1970s, but began to make a career comeback in the 1980s. However, as he was becoming more popular again, he died of a heart attack at the age of 52 in Henderson, Tennessee.[2]
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| Birth name | Roy Kelton Orbison |
| Born | April 23, 1936 Vernon, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | December 6, 1988 (aged 52) Hendersonville, Tennessee, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1953–1988 |
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| Website | royorbison |
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Discography
- Singles
- "Pretty Paper" (1963)
- Studio albums
- Lonely and Blue (1960)
- King of Hearts (1992)
Roy Orbison Media
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Orbison in 1965, wearing thick-rimmed glasses
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Orbison on the cover of Cashbox, September 3, 1960
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Billboard advertisement, September 12, 1960
Trade ad for Roy Orbison's single "So Good".To better adapt it to his respective Wikipedia article, the ad was cropped and cleaned in a graphics editing program. The original can be viewed at the source below.
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Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis in a televised 1977 Christmas special
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Orbison performing in New York in 1987
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The Roy Orbison *exhibit in the Artist Gallery of the Musical Instrument Museum of Phoenix
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Orbison performing in his trademark dark glasses
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Orbison, center (in white), performing in 1976
References
- ↑ "Roy Orbison: inducted in 1987, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum". rockhall.com. Archived from the original on November 1, 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
- ↑ "Twisted Tales: Roy Orbison's Tragic Life (and Afterlife) of Sadness and Burnt Homes - Spinner". spinner.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
