U.S. Masters - Roy Orbison

Available to order from amazon.co.uk now

DISC ONE

1. Crying, 2. Only The Lonely, 3. Love Hurts, 4. Cry, 5. Dream Baby, 6. Running Scared, 7. Pretty One, 8. Bye Bye Love, 9. Blue Avenue, 10. I Can’t Stop Loving You, 11. Lana, 12. It’s Too Late, 13. I’ll Say It’s My Fault, 14. I Never Knew, 15. You’re My Baby, 16. Problem Child, 17. I Like Love, 18. Almost Eighteen, 19. Sweet And Easy To Love, 20. Blue Angel, 21. Rock House, 22. The Crowd, 23. She Wears My Ring, 24. Working For The Man, 25. Summer Song

DISC TWO 

1. Raindrops, 2. Paper Boy, 3. Today’s Teardrops, 4. I’m Hurtin’, 5. Here Comes That Song Again, 6. Candy Man, 7. Uptown, 8. With The Bug, 9. Jolie, 10. Come Back To Me (My Love), 11. This Kind Of Love, 12. 22 Days, 13. You’re Gonna Cry, 14. Go Go Go, 15. Mean Little Mama, 16. Devil Doll, 17. Sweet And Innocent, 18. Seems To Me, 19. I’ll Never Tell, 20. Chicken Hearted, 21. Trying To Get To You, 22. Leah, 23. Evergreen, 24. Wedding Day, 25. The Great Pretender

Roy Orbsion Dream Baby

Available from Amazon & Spotify and iTunes. A brilliant new collection of greatest hits from 'The Big O'. 59 original recordings digitally remastered.

Includes, Crying, Only The Lonely, Running Scared and many more.

Roy Orbison, born Roy Kelton Orbison, 23rd April 1936 in Madison, Tennessee was an American singer songwriter well known by the nickname ‘The Big O’, and his distinctive and very powerful voice, multipart compositions and emotional, dark ballads.


Roy Orbison was also very well known for standing in one position when performing, wearing black clothes and dark glasses.

This added to his mystery persona. Although he sang each of his songs in a natural baritone, music scholars have suggested that he could have had a three-four octave range, in which he could have used to vary his music/ singing style.

Roy Orbison's greatest success came between 1960 and 1964, when 22 of his songs were placed in the Billboard Top Forty including ‘Oh Pretty Woman’ and ‘Only the Lonely’. His career began to deteriorate throughout the 1970s until several covers of his songs and the use of ‘In Dreams’ in David Lynch’s Blue Velvet revived his career in the 80s.

From reviving his career in music, in 1988 he joined the supergroup Travelling Wilburys alongside Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty, as well as releasing a solo album. Later on in 1988 he died of a heart attack, completely ending his career, but not taking his success of brilliant music and performances with it. To this day, people are still listening to and enjoying the sounds of Roy Orbison's unique vocals and style of music.

Crying - The Magic Of Roy Orbison

Crying - The Magic Of Roy Orbison now playing on Spotify, iTunes & Amazon

Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer-songwriter, best known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country and western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis.

His first single for Monument failed to chart, and its follow-up ‘Uptown’ only made it to #72 on Billboard’s Top 100 in 1959, but it was his next single, ‘Only the Lonely’ (turned down by both Elvis Presley and the Everly Brothers) that made him a star, reaching #2 in the U.S. and #1 in the UK and Australia. Engineer Porter experimented with a completely new recording strategy, creating the mix from the top down rather from the bottom up, beginning with the close-miked background vocals in the foreground and ending with the rhythm section soft in the background, a combination which became Orbison's trademark.

1. Crying	1. Running Scared
2. Only The Lonely	2. Blue Angel
3. Love Hurts	3. Bye Bye Love
4. I Can’t Stop Loving You	4. Pretty One
5. Candy Man	5. Here Comes That Song Again
6. Today’s Teardrops	6. Paper Boy
7. Cry	7. Uptown
8. Blue Avenue	8. I’m Hurtin’
9. Come Back To Me (My Love)	9. Jolie
10. Raindrops	10. With The Bug
11. (I’d Be) A Legend In My Own Time	11. This Kind Of Love
12. 22 Days	12. It’s Too Late
13. I’ll Say It’s My Fault	13. You’re Gonna Cry
14. Go Go Go	14. I Never Knew
15. You’re My Baby	15. Mean Little Mama
16. Devil Doll	16. Problem Child
17. I Like Love	17. Sweet And Innocent
18. Seems To Me	18. Almost Eighteen
19. Sweet And Easy To Love	19. I’ll Never Tell
20. Chicken Hearted	20. Ooby Dooby
21. Rock House	21. Trying To Get To You