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 | Oh, Pretty Woman [mono] | Hear It Now! The Sound of the '60s |
3 | Ooby Dooby | Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] |
4 | Candy Man | For The Lonely: 18 Greatest Hits |
5 | Rockhouse | For The Lonely: 18 Greatest Hits |
6 | Crying | For The Lonely: 18 Greatest Hits |
7 | Walk On | Roy Orbison: The Anthology |
8 | Only the Lonely | Roy Orbison: The Anthology |
9 | Cry | Pretty Woman |
10 | Ooby Dooby (Live) | Greatest Hits Live Vol.2 (Roy Orbison) |
11 | It's Over | For The Lonely: 18 Greatest Hits |
12 | I Can't Stop Loving You | Pretty Woman |
13 | I Like Love | Pretty Woman |
14 | Ooby Dooby | For The Lonely: 18 Greatest Hits |
15 | In Dreams | Roy Orbison: The Anthology |
16 | Oh, Pretty Woman | The Essential Roy Orbison |
17 | Pretty Paper | Roy Orbison: The Anthology |
18 | Running Scared | For The Lonely: 18 Greatest Hits |
19 | Oh Pretty Woman | The Very Best of Roy Orbison |
20 | Blue Angel | For The Lonely: 18 Greatest Hits |