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Listen to Roy Orbison, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!

Roy Orbison

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Listen to A Cat Called Domino: Rare Cuts from Roy by Roy Orbison
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More albums from Roy Orbison

Listen to King Of Hearts (2022 Remaster) by Roy Orbison
ALBUMKing Of Hearts (2022 Remaster)Roy Orbison
Listen to Mystery Girl (Bonus Track Version) by Roy Orbison
ALBUMMystery Girl (Bonus Track Version)Roy Orbison
Listen to Class of '55: Memphis Rock & Roll Homecoming by Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins
ALBUMClass of '55: Memphis Rock & Roll HomecomingRoy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins
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Listen to The Big 'O' (Remastered) by Roy Orbison
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Listen to One of the Lonely Ones by Roy Orbison
ALBUMOne of the Lonely OnesRoy Orbison
Listen to The Original Sound (Sun Records 70th / Remastered 2022) by Roy Orbison
ALBUMThe Original Sound (Sun Records 70th / Remastered 2022)Roy Orbison
Listen to Roy Orbison's Many Moods (Remastered) by Roy Orbison
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Listen to Cry Softly Lonely One (Remastered) by Roy Orbison
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Listen to Oh! Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison
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Roy Orbison's Popular Music Videos

Watch Only the Lonely (Black & White Night 30) music video by Roy Orbison
Only the Lonely (Black & White Night 30)
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Watch Oh, Pretty Woman (Live From Australia, 1972) music video by Roy Orbison
Oh, Pretty Woman (Live From Australia, 1972)
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You Got It
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Blue Bayou (Live)
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Watch Oh, Pretty Woman (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, October 11, 1964) music video by Roy Orbison
Oh, Pretty Woman (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, October 11, 1964)
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Watch Oh, Pretty Woman (Black & White Night Live) music video by Roy Orbison
Oh, Pretty Woman (Black & White Night Live)
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Watch Oh, Pretty Woman (featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orbison Brothers - 2017) music video by Roy Orbison
Oh, Pretty Woman (featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orbison Brothers - 2017)
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I Drove All Night
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In Dreams (Black & White Night Live)
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Only the Lonely (Black & White Night Live)
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Artist Playlists

Roy Orbison Essentials
Roy Orbison Essentials
One of rock's founding fathers, blessed with a soul-shattering tenor.
Roy Orbison Essentials
Inspired by Roy Orbison
Inspired by Roy Orbison
His emotional brooding inspired power ballads and The Beatles.
Inspired by Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison: Deep Cuts
Roy Orbison: Deep Cuts
The darkly passionate singer/songwriter's brightest obscurities.
Roy Orbison: Deep Cuts

About Roy Orbison

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Hometown
Vernon, TX, United States
Born
April 23, 1936
Genre
Rock
Between his panoramic vocal delivery and operatic build-ups—not to mention those signature dark glasses—Roy Orbison still cuts a singular figure in the rock ‘n’ roll landscape. Born in Vernon, Texas in 1936, he devoted himself to playing and singing country music from a young age, forming rockabilly bands as a teen before ending up at Sun Records. From there, he migrated to Nashville, eventually finding his long-sought niche with 1960’s “Only the Lonely,” an aching reverie elevated by melodramatic strings, backing vocals, and Orbison’s haunting licks of falsetto. “Running Scared” and “Crying” followed suit, offering a darker, more adult alternative to the quaint teen-idol ballads of the day. Quivering with feeling, his voice made delicate leaps close to the microphone while escalating to resounding emotional payoffs. That romantic intensity earned Orbison his biggest hit with 1964’s “Oh, Pretty Woman,” which balances its instantly familiar hook and snappy drumbeat with more idiosyncratic touches like his coy aside of “mercy” and the parting swath of ominous vocal echo. The previous year’s “In Dreams” revelled in similarly unusual choices, eschewing pop’s favored verse/chorus structure entirely. Orbison’s commercial appeal slipped in the late ’60s and ’70s, before covers of his songs (or songs he popularized) by Nazareth, Linda Ronstadt, Don McLean, and even Van Halen recast him as eternally cool, while his outsized passion made him a pop-culture touchstone in Blue Velvet and continues to inspire persona-driven retro fetishists like Lana Del Rey and Orville Peck. By the late ’80s he was collaborating with Glenn Danzig and k.d. lang, and founding the Traveling Wilburys with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty, and Jeff Lynne. Sadly, he died in late 1988 of a heart attack at age 52, though his posthumous album Mystery Girl—and its ubiquitous anthem “You Got It”—gave him the proper comeback he’d been chasing for decades.
Roy Orbison has also released music as a member of The Traveling Wilburys, The Wink Westerners, Roy Orbison & The Teen Kings The Teen Kings.

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