Roy Kelton Orbison was born in Vernon, Texas on April 23, 1936.
As a teenager he organized a band and appeared regularly
on radio, moving to local television and before 21 years
of age was recording for Sun Records, home of
Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis.

While his first Sun recording “Ooby Dooby” hit the charts
in the summer of 1956, it was not until Roy Orbison moved to
Monument Records that his first million selling hit,
“Only The Lonely,” started his career in high gear in 1960,
followed by “Blue Angel” and “I’m Hurtin’” that same year.

In 1961 “Running Scared” gave him his first #1 hit, a few months
later “Crying” peaked at #2 and “Candy Man” also kept Roy on the
Hit Parade. “Dream Baby,” “In Dreams,” Mean Woman Blues,”
“Blue Bayou,” “Pretty Paper” and “It’s Over” each charted before
“Oh Pretty Woman” gave him his second #1 hit selling an
estimated seven million records plus worldwide.

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in 1987,
Grammy Award winner Roy Orbison smoked most of his life,
had a triple heart bypass in 1978 and at 52 years of age
suffered a fatal heart attack on December 6, 1988. In 2007 Roy Orbision
was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Frame.

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