Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 ??? December 6, 1988), nicknamed "The Big O", was an influential American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll, whose recording career spanned more than four decades. By the mid-1960s Orbison was internationally recognized for his ballads of lost love, rhythmically advanced melodies, three-octave vocal range, characteristic dark sunglasses, and sometimes distinctive usage of falsetto, typified in songs such as "Only The Lonely", "Oh, Pretty Woman", and "Crying". In 1989, he was inducted posthumously into the National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of Fame.
1 | Up Town | For The Lonely: 18 Greatest Hits |
2 | Ooby Dooby | Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] |
3 | Too Soon To Know (Live) | Greatest Hits Live Vol.2 (Roy Orbison) |
4 | Candy Man (Live) | Greatest Hits Live Vol.2 (Roy Orbison) |
5 | Running Scared | For The Lonely: 18 Greatest Hits |
6 | Leah | For The Lonely: 18 Greatest Hits |
7 | Rockhouse | For The Lonely: 18 Greatest Hits |
8 | Ooby Dooby | For The Lonely: 18 Greatest Hits |
9 | Lana (Live) | Greatest Hits Live Vol.2 (Roy Orbison) |
10 | Pretty Paper | Roy Orbison: The Anthology |
11 | Pretty One | Pretty Woman |
12 | Bye Bye Love | Pretty Woman |
13 | Cry | Pretty Woman |
14 | Oh, Pretty Woman | The Essential Roy Orbison |
15 | Penny Arcade (Live) | Greatest Hits Live Vol.2 (Roy Orbison) |
16 | Blue Avenue | Pretty Woman |
17 | Mean Woman Blues | For The Lonely: 18 Greatest Hits |
18 | Only The Lonely (Know How I Feel) | For The Lonely: 18 Greatest Hits |
19 | Go Go Go (Down The Line) (Live) | Greatest Hits Live Vol.2 (Roy Orbison) |
20 | Only the Lonely | Roy Orbison: The Anthology |