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1992 - King of Hearts
1990 - Pretty Woman
1989 - Mystery Girl
1988 - Beautiful Dreamer
1981 - Golden Days
1979 - Laminar Flow
1977 - Regeneration
1970 - The Big O
1967 - Cry Softly Lonely One
1967 - Sings Don Gibson
1966 - The Orbison Way
1965 - There Is Only One Roy Orbison
1965 - Orbisongs
1963 - In Dreams
1961 - Roy Orbison at the Rock House
1961 - Lonely and Blue
1960 - Only the Lonely
1956 - Ooby Dooby
view 1992 - King of Hearts 1990 - Pretty Woman 1989 - Mystery Girl 1988 - Beautiful Dreamer 1981 - Golden Days 1979 - Laminar Flow 1977 - Regeneration 1970 - The Big O 1967 - Cry Softly Lonely One 1967 - Sings Don Gibson 1966 - The Orbison Way 1965 - There Is Only One Roy Orbison 1965 - Orbisongs 1963 - In Dreams 1961 - Roy Orbison at the Rock House 1961 - Lonely and Blue 1960 - Only the Lonely 1956 - Ooby Dooby Members
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Origin
Vernon, Texas, USA
Genre
Rock & Roll
Style
Rock/Pop
Mood
Good Natured
Born
1 MaleOrigin
Vernon, Texas, USAGenre
Rock & RollStyle
Rock/PopMood
Good NaturedBorn
1936
1960 to 
1988
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Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman
Music Video Links In Dreams |  I Drove All Night |  Oh, Pretty Woman |
In Dreams |  You Got It |
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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 greatest success came with Monument Records between 1960 and 1964, when 22 of his songs placed on the Billboard Top Forty, including "Only the Lonely", "Crying", and "Oh, Pretty Woman". His career stagnated through the 1970s, but several covers of his songs and the use of "In Dreams" in David Lynch's Blue Velvet revived his career in the 1980s. In 1988, he joined the supergroup Traveling Wilburys with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Jeff Lynne and also released a new solo album. He died of a heart attack in December that year, at the zenith of his resurgence. His life was marred by tragedy, including the death of his first wife and his two eldest sons in separate accidents.
Orbison was a natural baritone, but music scholars have suggested that he had a three- or four-octave range. The combination of Orbison's powerful, impassioned voice and complex musical arrangements led many critics to refer to his music as operatic, giving him the sobriquet "the Caruso of Rock". Elvis Presley and Bono have stated his voice was, respectively, the greatest and most distinctive they had ever heard. While most men in rock and roll in the 1950s and 1960s portrayed a defiant masculinity, many of Orbison's songs instead conveyed a quiet, desperate vulnerability. He was known for performing while standing still and solitary, wearing black clothes and dark sunglasses which lent an air of mystery to his persona.
Orbison was initiated into the second class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 by longtime admirer Bruce Springsteen. The same year he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame two years later. Rolling Stone placed Orbison at number 37 on their list of The Greatest Artists of All Time, and number 13 on their list of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. In 2002, Billboard magazine listed Orbison at number 74 in the Top 600 recording artists.
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