A compliment given to Orbison's wife by his co-writer over money turned out to be a highly profitable conversation for the ...

In 1963, Roy Orbison made his way across the pond to join the Beatles on their first national tour of the UK. During their first show on the tour in Slough at the Adelphi Cinema on May 18, Orbison got ...

Before Bono adopted his wrap-around "Fly" shades 24/7...before Corey Hart sang, "I wear my sunglasses at night"...even before Jack Nicholson made Ray-Bans the official fashion accessory of the Lakers' ...

Roy Orbison knew his strengths and limitations. His talent was his voice, liquid silver that he poured into the slowly curving contours of aching songs like no other balladeer in the 20th century. His ...

When biographer John Kruth writes that Roy Orbison’s “life seemed to mirror that of Job’s from the Old Testament,” he is not stretching too far to make a point. The singer’s first wife died in a ...

In the final few years of his life, Roy Orbison enjoyed a surge of activity after a long fallow period in his career. He also started to receive recognition from his peers, who understood just how ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s an exciting, memorable scene. And it happens to come right as Orbison is already having a moment. It’s been 31 years since T ...

Eighty-three years ago today, Roy Orbison was born in the North Texas town of Vernon. The singer with the darkly operatic voice would shine among the early architects of rock & roll, emphasizing a ...

From a puff of smoke at center stage, the legendary crooner appeared, in dark glasses and a gray suit with a black shirt underneath, and his silver crusader cross necklace. He held a red Gibson guitar ...

Sony Legacy has collected all of the singles Roy Orbison recorded for Monument Records and released them as Roy Orbison: The Monument Singles Collection (1960-1964). When Fred Foster signed Roy ...