Roy Orbison

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Oh, Pretty Woman 03:03 Tools
You Got It 03:32 Tools
Crying 02:50 Tools
In Dreams 02:52 Tools
Only the Lonely 02:30 Tools
I Drove All Night 03:50 Tools
Oh Pretty Woman 03:03 Tools
Blue Bayou 02:51 Tools
Pretty Paper 02:48 Tools
It's Over 02:45 Tools
Running Scared 02:13 Tools
Ooby Dooby 02:09 Tools
Blue Angel 02:53 Tools
Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel) 00:00 Tools
California Blue 03:58 Tools
Love Hurts 02:30 Tools
Mean Woman Blues 02:27 Tools
Dream Baby 02:33 Tools
Candy Man 02:48 Tools
Falling 02:59 Tools
Working For the Man 00:00 Tools
Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) 03:58 Tools
Leah 03:28 Tools
Uptown 02:11 Tools
Lana 02:17 Tools
Claudette 02:34 Tools
I'm Hurtin' 02:45 Tools
Shahdaroba 02:42 Tools
The Crowd 02:22 Tools
A Love So Beautiful 03:33 Tools
All I Have to Do Is Dream 02:23 Tools
Unchained Melody 03:37 Tools
Domino 02:15 Tools
Go! Go! Go! 03:06 Tools
You're My Baby 02:06 Tools
The Only One 03:56 Tools
Too Soon to Know 02:48 Tools
I Can't Stop Loving You 02:43 Tools
Rock House 02:06 Tools
The great pretender 03:04 Tools
Rockhouse 02:08 Tools
Dream 02:23 Tools
The Comedians 03:31 Tools
Mean Little Mama 01:59 Tools
Crawling Back 03:15 Tools
Devil Doll 02:11 Tools
Sweet and Easy to Love 02:13 Tools
Walk On 02:54 Tools
Ride Away 03:33 Tools
Goodnight 02:29 Tools
Beautiful Dreamer 02:20 Tools
Lonely Wine 00:00 Tools
Careless Heart 04:13 Tools
In Dreams - 1987 Version 02:51 Tools
Let's Make a Memory 02:23 Tools
Life Fades Away 03:44 Tools
You're Gonna Cry 02:06 Tools
Windsurfer 04:02 Tools
It's Too Late 01:59 Tools
Borne On The Wind 02:52 Tools
Penny Arcade 03:07 Tools
Trying to Get to You 02:41 Tools
Wedding Day 02:10 Tools
Let The Good Times Roll 02:31 Tools
Ride Away - Remastered 2015 03:28 Tools
Blue Avenue 02:22 Tools
A True Love Goodbye 02:19 Tools
Communication Breakdown 03:02 Tools
Bye Bye Love 02:17 Tools
I Like Love 02:35 Tools
Cry 02:44 Tools
Problem Child 02:06 Tools
Pretty One 02:17 Tools
This Kind of Love 02:09 Tools
My Prayer 02:47 Tools
Heartbreak Radio 03:00 Tools
She Wears My Ring 02:32 Tools
No One Will Ever Know 02:31 Tools
Chicken Hearted 02:18 Tools
Dance 02:56 Tools
(Say) You're My Girl 02:46 Tools
Raindrops 01:56 Tools
Sunset 02:30 Tools
House Without Windows 02:21 Tools
(I'd Be) a Legend in My Time 02:19 Tools
Heartache 03:15 Tools
Wild Hearts Run out of Time 03:34 Tools
(They Call You) Gigolette 02:35 Tools
Mama 03:00 Tools
Go Go Go 03:06 Tools
Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart 02:28 Tools
Summer Song 00:00 Tools
I Never Knew 02:21 Tools
The Actress 02:38 Tools
Loneliness 02:32 Tools
After The Love Has Gone 04:38 Tools
Coming Home 02:46 Tools
Distant Drums 03:11 Tools
I'll Say It's My Fault 02:19 Tools
Here Comes That Song Again 02:45 Tools
In Dreams (1987 Version) 00:00 Tools
Paper Boy 02:10 Tools
Come Back to Me (My Love) 02:31 Tools
The Comedians - Live 00:00 Tools
Today's Teardrops 02:13 Tools
The Cause of It All 02:26 Tools
Anything You Want, You Got It 00:00 Tools
Night Life 02:16 Tools
You're The One 03:00 Tools
You May Feel Me Crying 04:18 Tools
The Comedians - Live Version 00:00 Tools
Indian Wedding 03:04 Tools
Only You 02:18 Tools
Workin' For The Man 02:29 Tools
With the Bug 02:24 Tools
Yo Te Amo Maria 03:21 Tools
Evergreen 02:47 Tools
Best Friend 02:38 Tools
Fools Hall of Fame 02:31 Tools
I Give Up 01:57 Tools
Twenty-Two Days 02:52 Tools
Crying (With K.D. Lang) 03:49 Tools
Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel) 02:24 Tools
What'd I Say 02:56 Tools
Oh, Pretty Woman (Album Version) 02:56 Tools
Move on Down the Line 05:12 Tools
That Lovin' You Feelin' Again 04:03 Tools
We'll Take The Night 00:00 Tools
Leah - Live 00:00 Tools
Tryin' to Get to You 02:41 Tools
Almost Eighteen 02:05 Tools
There Won't Be Many Coming Home 00:00 Tools
Go, Go, Go (Down The Line) 02:25 Tools
Pretty Paper - Single Version 02:58 Tools
(All I Can Do Is) Dream You - Live Version 03:37 Tools
CRY SOFTLY LONELY ONE 00:00 Tools
Sleepy Hollow 02:38 Tools
Only the Lonely (Live) 02:26 Tools
Only The Lonely - Live 02:25 Tools
Time to Cry 00:00 Tools
Shahadaroba 02:42 Tools
Blue Rain (Coming Down) 03:21 Tools
One More Time 00:00 Tools
She 04:15 Tools
Oooby Dooby 00:00 Tools
The Clown 00:00 Tools
Only With You 02:17 Tools
Pretty Women 03:03 Tools
Scarlet Ribbons 03:00 Tools
Sweet Dreams Baby 02:35 Tools
This Magic Moment 03:03 Tools
There Won't Be Many Coming Home - Remastered 2015 02:46 Tools
Love In Time 05:30 Tools
In Dreams - Live 03:26 Tools
Land of 1000 Dances 03:12 Tools
Cat Called Domino 00:00 Tools
Born To Love Me 00:00 Tools
Summersong 00:00 Tools
Lovestruck 00:00 Tools
Crying - Live 02:46 Tools
Crying (Live) 00:00 Tools
Wild Hearts Run Out Time 03:31 Tools
Losing You 00:00 Tools
Claudette - 1985 Version 00:00 Tools
You Tell Me 00:00 Tools
God Love You 00:00 Tools
Go Go Go (Down the Line) 00:00 Tools
Candyman 00:00 Tools
In Dreams (re-record) 00:00 Tools
(I Get So) Sentimental 00:00 Tools
Oh, Pretty Woman (Live) 06:01 Tools
Claudette (1985 Version) 00:00 Tools
Hound Dog Man 00:00 Tools
Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) (Live) 00:00 Tools
That Lovin' You Feelin' Again (with Emmylou Harris) 00:00 Tools
Nite Life 02:33 Tools
The Comedians (live) 00:00 Tools
Blues In My Mind 00:00 Tools
Up Town 02:00 Tools
Oh Pretty Woman (Live From Bately Variety Club) 02:57 Tools
Belinda 02:34 Tools
Anything You Want 00:00 Tools
I Was a Fool 00:00 Tools
Running Scared (1985 Version) 02:14 Tools
Mean Woman Blues - Live 00:00 Tools
Go, Go, Go 00:00 Tools
Blue Bayou - Live 03:04 Tools
Sweet and Innocent 00:00 Tools
Seems to Me 00:00 Tools
Twinkle Toes 00:00 Tools
Oh, Pretty Woman - Live 02:57 Tools
(I'm A) Southern Man 02:45 Tools
No Chain At All 00:00 Tools
I'm Hurting 00:00 Tools
Its Over 00:00 Tools
I'm Hurtin 00:00 Tools
Bye-Bye Love 02:17 Tools
Pretty Paper (acoustic version) 02:46 Tools
Running Scared (re-record) 01:52 Tools
Go! Go! Go! (Down the Line) - Live 00:00 Tools
Drifting Away 00:00 Tools
Love Star 00:00 Tools
Crying (Duet With k.d. lang) 00:00 Tools
It's Over - Live 00:00 Tools
I'd Be a Legend in My Time 00:00 Tools
She`s A Mystery To Me 04:15 Tools
You Fool You 02:11 Tools
Big As I Can Dream 00:00 Tools
You Fool You - Remastered 2015 02:10 Tools
Running Scared - 1985 Version 00:00 Tools
Shahadararoba 00:00 Tools
Sweet Dreams 03:06 Tools
Run Baby Run 03:20 Tools
Danny Boy 06:00 Tools
Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) - Live 02:34 Tools
Oh, Such A Stranger 00:00 Tools
Walk On - Remastered 2015 02:53 Tools
Under Suspicion 00:00 Tools
Jolie 01:55 Tools
Oh, Pretty Women 00:00 Tools
Cryin' 02:48 Tools
Two Of A Kind - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Updown 00:00 Tools
Come Back to Me 00:00 Tools
Ooby Dooby - Live 00:00 Tools
So Young 00:00 Tools
Roy Orbison - Oh Pretty Woman 03:02 Tools
Lady in Red 04:08 Tools
Only The Loney 00:00 Tools
Blue Bayou (Live) 03:04 Tools
It's Over (Live) 00:00 Tools
Pretty Woman (Live) 06:01 Tools
Claudette - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Friday Night 00:00 Tools
In Dreams (Live) 00:00 Tools
Careless Heart (original demo) 00:00 Tools
This Is Your Song - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Pretty Paper (Single Version) 00:00 Tools
Twenty Two Days 00:00 Tools
Running Scared - Live Version 00:00 Tools
Oh Pretty Women 03:03 Tools
Run, Baby, Run 00:00 Tools
There Won't Be Many Coming Home - From "The Hateful Eight" Soundtrack 02:45 Tools
Girl LIke Mine 00:00 Tools
Memories 00:00 Tools
I'm In A Blue, Blue Mood - Remastered 2015 01:51 Tools
(No) I'll Never Get Over You 02:09 Tools
In Dreams [1987 Version] 00:00 Tools
I'm In A Blue, Blue Mood 00:00 Tools
Crawling Back - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Running Scared - Live 00:00 Tools
Oh! Pretty Woman 02:58 Tools
How Do You Start Over 00:00 Tools
Pistolero 00:00 Tools
Break My Mind 00:00 Tools
Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely 00:00 Tools
Afraid To Sleep - Remastered 2015 02:15 Tools
Oh My Love My Darling 03:38 Tools
Sittin' in the Balcony 00:00 Tools
How Do You Start Over? 02:38 Tools
Dream You 00:00 Tools
Candyman - Live 00:00 Tools
I'll Never Tell 00:00 Tools
I Care 00:00 Tools
If You Can't Say Something Nice - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Lana - Live 00:00 Tools
Maybe 00:00 Tools
Oh Pretty Woman (Live From Bartley Variety Club) 00:00 Tools
Mean Woman Blues (Live) 00:00 Tools
Sweet Caroline 03:07 Tools
Here Comes The Rain, Baby 00:00 Tools
Dream Baby - Live 02:37 Tools
Our Love Song 03:14 Tools
Crying (with K.D.Lang) 00:00 Tools
A Legend in My Time 00:00 Tools
Just Let Me Make Believe 00:00 Tools
Beaujolais 02:16 Tools
I Wanna Live 00:00 Tools
The Fastest Guitar Alive 00:00 Tools
Old Love Song 00:00 Tools
Oh my Love, my Darling 00:00 Tools
Only The Lonely, Pretty Women (TV Show) 00:00 Tools
Remember The Good 00:00 Tools
Bye-Bye, Love 02:17 Tools
Oh Pretty Woman (Pretty Woman) 00:00 Tools
Mystery Girl 03:33 Tools
22 Days 00:00 Tools
Summer Love 00:00 Tools
You'll Never Be Sixteen Again 00:00 Tools
I can´t stop loving you 00:00 Tools
Blue Angel - Live 00:00 Tools
Afraid To Sleep 00:00 Tools
You Fool Me 00:00 Tools
Fool's Hall Of Fame 00:00 Tools
Running Scared (Live) 00:00 Tools
I Fought The Law 00:00 Tools
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry 00:00 Tools
This Is My Land 00:00 Tools
You Got It (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Only Alive 00:00 Tools
The Loner 00:00 Tools
Time Changed Everything 00:00 Tools
Oh,Pretty Woman 03:02 Tools
My Friend 02:42 Tools
Sugar And Honey - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Never 00:00 Tools
Blue, Blue Day 00:00 Tools
Candy Man (Live) 00:00 Tools
Summer Love - Remastered 2015 02:27 Tools
In Dreams (1985 Version) 02:50 Tools
It Wasn't Very Long Ago 00:00 Tools
It Ain't No Big Thing 00:00 Tools
A New Star 00:00 Tools
Why Hurt The One Who Loves You 00:00 Tools
Claudette - Live 02:12 Tools
More 02:16 Tools
Down The Line 00:00 Tools
Easy Way Out 00:00 Tools
Go Away 00:00 Tools
Big As I Can Dream - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Wondering 00:00 Tools
Lonesome Number One 00:00 Tools
This Is Your Song 02:18 Tools
(All I Can Do Is) Dream You (Live Version) 00:00 Tools
Two Of A Kind 00:00 Tools
Big Hearted Me 00:00 Tools
Born On The Wind 02:51 Tools
Ooby Dooby (Live) 02:11 Tools
Sugar And Honey 00:00 Tools
Stand By Me 04:25 Tools
That's a No-No 02:09 Tools
Oh Pretty Woman (with lyrics) 02:56 Tools
Try To Remember 00:00 Tools
The Same Street 00:00 Tools
Working For The Man - Live 02:25 Tools
It Takes One (To Know One) 00:00 Tools
Wondering - Remastered 2015 02:18 Tools
Dream Baby (Live) 02:37 Tools
Blue Angel (Live) 00:00 Tools
What Now My Love 00:00 Tools
You Win Again 00:00 Tools
Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dr 02:34 Tools
Leah (Live) 00:00 Tools
It Wasn't Very Long Ago - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Pantomime 00:00 Tools
So Good 02:30 Tools
Say No More 00:00 Tools
It Ain't No Big Thing (Just Say So Long) - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Oh, Pretty Woman (from Black & White Night) 02:56 Tools
Crying (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Kaw-Liga 03:00 Tools
Advertisement: Overton Park Shell Concert 00:00 Tools
(Last Night) I Heard You Crying In Your Sleep 00:00 Tools
Anything You Want (You Got It) 00:00 Tools
Harlem Woman 03:58 Tools
Changes 00:00 Tools
Uptown - Live 00:00 Tools
Amy 00:00 Tools
Southbound Jericho Parkway 00:00 Tools
Far Far Away 00:00 Tools
Time Changed Everything - Remastered 2015 02:09 Tools
Pledging My Love 00:00 Tools
She´s A Mystery To Me 04:15 Tools
Good Morning Dear 00:00 Tools
It´s Over 00:00 Tools
Lay It Down 00:00 Tools
Memphis, Tennessee 00:00 Tools
Too Soon To Know - Remastered 2015 02:47 Tools
Cold, Cold Heart 00:00 Tools
It Takes All Kinds Of People 00:00 Tools
Losing You - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Wild Hearts 03:31 Tools
This Is My Land - Remastered 2015 03:04 Tools
Rings of Gold 00:00 Tools
What'd I Say (Live) 00:00 Tools
The Loner - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
If You Can't Say Something Nice 00:00 Tools
Give Myself A Party 00:00 Tools
Pantomime - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Wings Of Glory 00:00 Tools
Breaking Up Is Breaking My Heart - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman 02:56 Tools
Lana (Live) 02:17 Tools
I Recommend Her 00:00 Tools
What About Me 00:00 Tools
Love Storm (Demo Recording) 00:00 Tools
Maybe - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
If Only For Awhile 00:00 Tools
Communication Breakdown - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
City Life 00:00 Tools
Going Back to Gloria 00:00 Tools
In dreams (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Growing Up 00:00 Tools
You'll Never Be Sixteen Again - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Waymore's Blues 00:00 Tools
Cheyenne 00:00 Tools
Falling (Live) 02:21 Tools
Love Struck 00:00 Tools
Truly, Truly, True 00:00 Tools
We're Into Something Good 00:00 Tools
In Dreams (From The Motion Picture Blue Velvet) 02:51 Tools
Fools' Hall of Fame 00:00 Tools
Wait 00:00 Tools
Can't Wait 00:00 Tools
Money 00:00 Tools
A Mansion on the Hill 02:53 Tools
Where Is Tomorrow 00:00 Tools
Blue Bayou (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Born To Be Loved By You 00:00 Tools
She Cheats On Me 00:00 Tools
Crying (Live From Bately Variety Club) 00:00 Tools
Go Away - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Today's Teardrops (Are Tomorrow's Rainbows) 00:00 Tools
Love Is a Cold Wind 00:00 Tools
Oh. Pretty Woman 02:56 Tools
Drift Away 00:00 Tools
Lady In Red (Orginal) (128K) 00:00 Tools
Twinkle Toes - Remastered 2015 02:36 Tools
Nightlife 00:00 Tools
One of the lonely ones 00:00 Tools
Never Love Again 00:00 Tools
Help Me 00:00 Tools
Pretty Woman (Pretty Woman) 02:56 Tools
(Love Me Like You Did) Last Night 00:00 Tools
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight 00:00 Tools
Sweet and Easy Love 00:00 Tools
Just Another Name For Rock And Roll 02:09 Tools
Movin' 00:00 Tools
Dream Baby, How Long Must I Dream 00:00 Tools
A New Star - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Yesterday's Child 00:00 Tools
Trying' To Get To You 00:00 Tools
Double Date 00:00 Tools
Help Me Rhonda 00:00 Tools
Plain Jane Country (Come To Town) 02:22 Tools
Not Alone Any More 00:00 Tools
Why Hurt The One Who Loves You - Remastered 2015 02:38 Tools
Never - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Poor Baby 00:00 Tools
I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) 00:00 Tools
(Yes) I'm Hurting 00:00 Tools
Jambalaya (On the Bayou) 02:12 Tools
Leaving Makes the Rain Come Down 02:52 Tools
You’ll Never Walk Alone 00:00 Tools
Working for the Man (Live) 02:25 Tools
Land Of 1000 Dances (Live) 00:00 Tools
Precious 00:00 Tools
Sweet memories 00:00 Tools
Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel) (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
When I Stop Dreaming 00:00 Tools
Words 03:16 Tools
Jambalaya 02:12 Tools
Mama (German version) 00:00 Tools
Why A Woman Cries 04:22 Tools
Just One Thing 00:00 Tools
Darkness 00:00 Tools
Unchained Melody - Remastered 2015 03:37 Tools
Up town (live) 00:00 Tools
You Got It (Jeff Lynne/Roy Orb 00:00 Tools
Breaking Up Is Breaking My Heart 00:00 Tools
Mama (German) 02:46 Tools
Still 03:17 Tools
Wait - Remastered 2015 02:39 Tools
City Life - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Oh, Pretty Woman (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Growing Up - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Oh, Pretty Women 02:56 Tools
(All I can do is) Dream you (live) 00:00 Tools
I Don't Really Want You 00:00 Tools
Tears 00:00 Tools
Candy Man - Live 00:00 Tools
Chicken-Hearted 00:00 Tools
The Three Bells 03:44 Tools
Loving Touch 00:00 Tools
Pretty Paper (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
I Drove All Night (with Ward Thomas) 04:03 Tools
San Fernando (German) 00:00 Tools
Cladette (Live) 00:00 Tools
Prety woman 00:00 Tools
I'M Hurting (Live) 00:00 Tools
They Call You Gigolette 00:00 Tools
Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel) - Know The Way I Feel 00:00 Tools
I'm The Man On Susie's Mind 00:00 Tools
(No) I’ll Never Get Over You - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Here Comes The Rain, Baby - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Laurie 00:00 Tools
Come A Little Bit Closer 02:49 Tools
Oh, My Love 00:00 Tools
That Lovin' You Feelin' Again (Duet with Emmylou Harris) 00:00 Tools
Hey! Miss Fannie 00:00 Tools
Your Cheatin' Heart 00:00 Tools
Where Is Tomorrow - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
In Dreams (ALAN WAKE OST) 02:51 Tools
Take Care Of Your Woman 00:00 Tools
Party Heart 00:00 Tools
Go! Go! Go! (Down The Line) 00:00 Tools
Candy Colored Clown 00:00 Tools
Go, Go, Go (Down The Line) - Live 00:00 Tools
Going Back To Gloria - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
I Will Always 00:00 Tools
Say You're My Girl 00:00 Tools
Oh, Pretty Woman - (Live) [ALT Version] 00:00 Tools
(I´d Be) A Legend In My Time 00:00 Tools
You Don't Know Me 00:00 Tools
Run The Engines Up High 00:00 Tools
222 Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman 00:00 Tools
Just Another Name For Rock And Roll - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
The Defector 00:00 Tools
She - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Oh, Pretty Woman (remastered) 00:00 Tools
Warm Hot Spot 00:00 Tools
You Lay So Easy On My Mind 00:00 Tools
You were always on my mind 00:00 Tools
Little Girl (In The Big City) 00:00 Tools
California Sunshine Girl 03:39 Tools
Work For The Man 00:00 Tools
Pretty woman - Pretty Woman 00:00 Tools
Claudette (Demo) 00:00 Tools
1956 Guitar Pull Medley: I Want You, I Need You, I Love You / I Was the One / That's All Right / Mary Lou / You're My Baby 00:00 Tools
Crying (Llorando) 00:00 Tools
How Are Things in Paradise 00:00 Tools
Give Up 00:00 Tools
Hey, Good Looking? 00:00 Tools
Never Love Again - Remastered 2015 02:11 Tools
San Fernando (German version) 00:00 Tools
Something You Can't Take Away 00:00 Tools
All I Need is Time 00:00 Tools
The Morning After 00:00 Tools
Crying (with kd lang) 00:00 Tools
(All I Can Do Is) Dream You - Live 00:00 Tools
Blue Angel - US 00:00 Tools
Candy Man (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Crying (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Domino (Cat Called Domino) 00:00 Tools
I´m hurtin´ 00:00 Tools
Indian Summer 02:45 Tools
Love Hurts (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
It's Over (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Spanish Nights 00:00 Tools
Rainbow Love 00:00 Tools
Sweet & Easy Lovin' 00:00 Tools
After Tonight 00:00 Tools
Cry Softly, Lonely One - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Angel 00:00 Tools
Circle 00:00 Tools
Advertisement: Overton Park SHell Concert (June 1, 1956; Memphis) 00:00 Tools
Run, Baby, Run (Back Into My Arms) 03:17 Tools
The World You Live In 00:00 Tools
(I'd Be) A Legend In My Time - Remastered 2015 02:18 Tools
Baby Don't Stop 02:06 Tools
Child-Woman, Woman-Child 00:00 Tools
We´ll Take The Night 00:00 Tools
Mean Women Blues 00:00 Tools
Oh, Pretty Woman (Live Version) 00:00 Tools
Roy Orbison - In Dreams 00:00 Tools
Yes 00:00 Tools
Almost 00:00 Tools
Casting My Spell 00:00 Tools
All By Myself 02:00 Tools
Oh, Pretty Woman (Original Single) (Mono) 00:00 Tools
Go Go Go - US 00:00 Tools
Penny Arcade - Live 00:00 Tools
Lawdy Miss Clawdy 00:00 Tools
I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) 00:00 Tools
Roy Orbison - Crying 00:00 Tools
It's Lonely 00:00 Tools
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Sweet Mamma Blue 00:00 Tools
(Yes) I’m Hurting - Remastered 2015 02:14 Tools
I Can't Stop Loving You - US 00:00 Tools
(Last Night) I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
ooby dooby (alt) 00:00 Tools
05.Crying(With K.D. Lang) 00:00 Tools
Girl Like Mine - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Hung Up on You 00:00 Tools
One More Time (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Just Let Me Make Believe - Remastered 2015 02:26 Tools
Tutti Frutti 00:00 Tools
The Way Is Love 00:00 Tools
Bad Cat 00:00 Tools
Today's Teardrops - US 00:00 Tools
Land Of 1000 Dances - Live 00:00 Tools
Hey, Good Lookin’ - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
The Same Street - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Whirlwind 00:00 Tools
San Fernando 00:00 Tools
Far, Far Away - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Roy Orbison - You Got It 00:00 Tools
It Takes One (To Know One) - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Memories - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Let The Good Times Roll (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Sweet Dreams - Remastered 2015 03:06 Tools
Blue Velvet 02:30 Tools
Night Owl 00:00 Tools
Too Soon To Know - Live 00:00 Tools
Kaw Liga - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Your Cheatin’ Heart - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Domino (Undubbed) 00:00 Tools
Uptown (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Candy Man (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
i´ll say it´s my fault 00:00 Tools
Roy Orbison - Its Over 00:00 Tools
California Blue (Album Version) 03:55 Tools
Medicine Man 00:00 Tools
Love Storm 00:00 Tools
She Won't Hang Her Love Out (On The Line) 00:00 Tools
Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Crying (Duet With K D Lang) 00:00 Tools
Cold, Cold, Heart - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Only Alive - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Help Me, Rhonda - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
The Actress (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Ooby Dooby (Medley Of '55 And '87 Version) 00:00 Tools
That’s A No No - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Big Hearted Me - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Wild Thing 00:00 Tools
Blue Suede Shoes 00:00 Tools
Love Time 00:00 Tools
Time To Cry - Remastered 2015 02:40 Tools
You Tell Me (Previously Unreleased Demo) 00:00 Tools
She's a Mystery to Me (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Ooby Dooby - US 00:00 Tools
1956 Guitar Pull Medley (Previously Unreleased) 00:00 Tools
03. In Dreams 00:00 Tools
22.Crying 00:00 Tools
Life Fades Away (from the motion picture Less Than Zero) 03:43 Tools
Only You - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Wild Hearts Run Out Of Time (from the motion picture Insignificance) 00:00 Tools
02. Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel) 00:00 Tools
Oh, Pretty Woman (Pretty Woman) 00:00 Tools
Defeated 00:00 Tools
Pretty Paper (Acoustic Version 00:00 Tools
Hey, Good Lookin' 00:00 Tools
I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still In Love With You) - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
A Mansion On The Hill - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Oh, my love, my darling 00:00 Tools
09.She's A Mystery To Me 04:15 Tools
Love Star - US 00:00 Tools
Night Owl (Previously Unreleased Demo) 00:00 Tools
God Love You - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
River 03:04 Tools
Blue, Blue Day - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Your Cheatin Heart 00:00 Tools
Only The Lonely (Live From Bartley Variety Club) 00:00 Tools
It´s You I Need 00:00 Tools
What About Me - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Bad Cat (Previously Unreleased Demo) 00:00 Tools
All I have to do is dream of you 00:00 Tools
Penny Arcade - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
I Give Up (Previously Unreleased Demo) 00:00 Tools
Hound Dog Man - Live 00:00 Tools
Defeated (Previously Unreleased Demo) 00:00 Tools
My Friend - Live 00:00 Tools
In Dream 00:00 Tools
Paper Boy (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Only The Lonely (Live From Bately Variety Club) 00:00 Tools
You Win Again - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
roy orbison - anything you want, you got it 00:00 Tools
You May Feel Me Crying (from the motion picture The End Of Violence) 00:00 Tools
Crying (Live From Bartley Variety Club) 00:00 Tools
Oh, Such A Stranger - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Oh, Pretty Woman (Re-Record) 02:57 Tools
Baby Don't Stop (Previously Unreleased Demo) 00:00 Tools
Running Scared - US 00:00 Tools
Love Storm (Previously Unreleased Demo) 00:00 Tools
There’ll Be No Teardrops Tonight - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Pretty Paper (1963) 00:00 Tools
Truly Truly True - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Mean Little Mama (Undubbed Version) 00:00 Tools
Love Struck (Previously Unreleased Demo) 00:00 Tools
Mean Woman Blues (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Give Myself A Party - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Heartache - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
I Fought The Law - Remastered 2015 00:00 Tools
Ooby Ooby 02:13 Tools
You Te Amo Maria 00:00 Tools
(Say) You're My Girl (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
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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. Two common misconceptions about his appearance stubbornly continue to surface about Orbison: one, that he was an albino, and two, that he wore his trademark dark glasses because he was blind or nearly so. Neither is correct, although his poor vision required him to wear thick corrective lenses (He suffered from childhood from a combination of hyperopia, severe astigmatism, presbyopia, anisometropia, and strabismus). Orbison's trademark sunglasses were a fashion statement arising from an accident early in his career. Due to go onstage in a few minutes, Orbison left his regular glasses in an airplane. Unable to see without corrective lenses, the only other pair of glasses he had available were darkly tinted prescription sunglasses. "I had to see to get onstage," so he wore the glasses throughout his tour with the Beatles, and he carried on with it for the rest of his professional career. "I'll just do this and look cool." Early life and career Orbison was born in Vernon, Texas, the second son of Nadine and Orbie Lee. After moving to Fort Worth around 1943 to find work in the munitions and aircraft factories expanded as a result of the Second World War, the family moved to the tiny oil town of Wink in late 1946. Music was an important part of his family life. In 1949, at age 13, he organized his first band, "The Wink Westerners", and when not singing with the band he spent his time playing guitar and writing songs. The band appeared weekly on KERB radio in Kermit, Texas. Orbison graduated from Wink High School in 1954. He attended North Texas State College in Denton, Texas for a year, and enrolled at Odessa Junior College in 1955 to study history and English. The Wink Westerners had some success on local television, being given 30 minute weekly shows on KMID and then KOSA. One of the guests on their show was Johnny Cash, who advised them to seek a contract with his record producer, Sam Phillips, of Sun Records. Having renamed The Wink Westerners as "The Teen Kings", Orbison left college in March 1956, determined to give music a serious try, and headed for Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. Many of the earliest songs he recorded were produced by Sam Phillips, who also produced Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley. Orbison achieved his first commercial success in June 1956 with "Ooby Dooby", a song written by friends of Orbison from college. His song "Claudette", named after his first wife, was recorded by The Everly Brothers as the B-side to their Number 1 hit "All I Have To Do Is Dream". However, the rockabilly and blues sounds of Sun's artists did not bring Orbison much success and his career seemed over, although fans of rockabilly music count his records among the best that this kind of music has to offer. For a time, he worked at Acuff-Rose Music in Nashville, Tennessee as a songwriter, and then was given a contract by RCA, but eventually Chet Atkins referred him to Fred Foster, the owner of Monument Records, where he moved after his contract with RCA ended in 1959. Breakthrough and sudden decline At Monument, Foster encouraged him to break from his established style. Under Foster's guidance, he began writing his own songs alone or in collaboration with Joe Melson and later Bill Dees, developing his signature operatic voice, and creating a sound unheard of in rock and roll at the time. His first record, "Uptown" was moderately successful. With the release of "Only the Lonely" and its immediate rise to the top of the charts (#2 in the US, #1 in the UK), he went on to become an international rock and roll star. His follow-up single, "Running Scared" became a US #1. Throughout his stay at Monument Records, his backup band was a group of outstanding studio musicians led by Bob Moore. The play of Orbison's voice against the dynamic yet uncluttered sound of the band gave Orbison's records a unique, identifiable sound. A powerful influence on his contemporaries such as The Rolling Stones, in 1963, Roy Orbison headlined a European tour with The Beatles, becoming lifelong friends with the band, in particular with John Lennon and George Harrison. Orbison would later record with Harrison as part of The Traveling Wilburys. During their tour of Europe, an impressed Roy Orbison encouraged The Beatles to come to the United States. When they finally decided to try America, they asked Orbison to manage their first tour but his own schedule forced him to turn down what was to become an astounding success. Unlike many artists, Orbison maintained his success as the British Invasion swept America in 1964. His single "Oh, Pretty Woman" broke the Beatles' stranglehold on the Top 10, soaring to No. 1 on the Billboard charts. The record sold more copies in its first ten days of release than any 45rpm up to that time and would go on to sell more than seven million copies. The song later became the signature tune for the film Pretty Woman, named for his song, which brought fame to actress Julia Roberts. He toured with The Beach Boys in 1964, and with The Rolling Stones in Australia in 1965. He was very successful in England, logging three No.1 hit singles and was several times voted top male vocalist of the year. Orbison signed a contract with MGM Records in 1966, and starred in MGM Studios' western-musical motion picture The Fastest Guitar Alive in which he would perform several songs from an album of the same name. However, due to changes in musical taste, he suddenly ceased to have hits in the United States after 1967, and although he would remain popular elsewhere, his American popularity did not recover until the 1980s. He also suffered problems in his personal life, with the death of his first wife, Claudette (Frady), in a motorcycle accident in 1966 after 11 years of marriage. Two years later, the family home at Old Hickory Lake in Hendersonville, Tennessee burned to the ground while Orbison was touring in England, and two of his three young sons, Anthony and Roy Jr., died in the fire. The youngest boy, Wesley, at the time only three, was saved by Orbison's parents. He met his second wife, Barbara, in August 1968, in Leeds, England, and they were married in Nashville on May 25, 1969. His contract with MGM ended in 1973, and he signed for Mercury Records. Songs that had only reasonable success in North America, such as "Penny Arcade" and "Working for the Man", would go to Number 1 on the Australian charts, and "Too Soon to Know" was Number 3 in England. His popularity extended to Germany, and he recorded his hit song "Mama" in German. His records were in great demand on the "black market" behind the Iron Curtain. In France, he was viewed as the master of the ballad of lost love in the vein of that country's most popular singer Édith Piaf, and a cover version of Orbison's "Blue Bayou" sung in French by Mireille Mathieu went to the top of France's record charts. Fans in the Netherlands founded his largest world-wide fan club. He continued to perform in Ireland, despite the constant terrorist activities in Northern Ireland. A rendition of the popular ballad "Danny Boy" on the 1972 Memphis album is considered one of the best recordings ever made of this much-recorded song. He re-signed with Monument in 1976, but his career remained in the doldrums until the late 1980s. Resurgence in the 1980s In 1980, Orbison teamed up with Emmylou Harris to win the 1981 Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for their song, "That Lovin' You Feelin' Again". In 1985, Orbison recorded "Wild Hearts" for the Nic Roeg film Insignificance, released on the ZTT Records label, produced by David Briggs and Will Jennings. The inclusion of "In Dreams" in the 1986 David Lynch film Blue Velvet also aided Orbison's popular resurrection. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, the induction speech made by Bruce Springsteen (who had famously referenced Orbison and "Only the Lonely" in his 1975 song "Thunder Road"). His pioneering contribution was also recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Having signed a recording contract for the first time in 10 years, with Virgin Records, he re-recorded his 1961 hit song, "Crying," as a duet with k.d. lang in 1987 for the soundtrack of the motion picture, Hiding Out. The song would earn the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night, a black and white Cinemax television special recorded at the Coconut Grove in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles in 1988, brought Orbison to the attention of a younger generation. Orbison was accompanied by a who's-who supporting cast, organized by musical director T-Bone Burnett, all fans and all volunteers who lobbied to participate: on piano was Glen Hardin, who had played for Buddy Holly as well as working with Elvis Presley for a number of years; lead guitarist James Burton had also played with Presley; male background vocals, with some also playing the guitar, came from Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, and Steven Soles; and k.d. lang, Jennifer Warnes, and Bonnie Raitt provided female background vocals. Shortly after this critically acclaimed performance, whilst working with Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra on tracks for a new album, Orbison joined Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty to form The Traveling Wilburys, achieving substantial commercial and critical success. He subsequently recorded a new solo album, Mystery Girl, produced by Orbison, Mike Campbell (of Tom Petty's Heartbreakers), and Jeff Lynne. It included one track by U2's Bono (who also wears trademark dark glasses and co-wrote the track "She's a Mystery to Me" with The Edge specifically for Orbison). At an awards ceremony in Antwerp, a few days before his death, Roy Orbison gave his only public rendition of the hit "You Got It" to the applause of a huge crowd. Death Orbison had triple heart bypass surgery on January 18, 1978 and enjoyed smoking most of his life. On December 6, 1988, at the age of 52, he suffered a fatal heart attack while visiting his mother in the Nashville, Tennessee suburb of Hendersonville. At the direction of his second wife, Barbara, Roy Orbison was interred on December 15, 1988, in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, California. His two sons and their mother, Claudette, who predeceased him, had been laid to rest at his request in the Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee. His new album, Mystery Girl, and the single from it, "You Got It", were posthumous hits, and are generally regarded as Orbison's best work since his success of the 1960s. He was the posthumous winner of the 1991 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and in 1992, the popular "I Drove All Night" and "Heartbreak Radio" appeared on the posthumous album, King of Hearts, produced by Jeff Lynne. Legacy Orbison is most remembered for his ballads of lost love, and within the music community he is revered for his song-writing abilities. Record producer and Orbison fan Don Was, commenting on Orbison's writing skills, said: "He defied the rules of modern composition." Songwriter Bernie Taupin, composer of many lyrics for Elton John, and others referred to Orbison as far ahead of the times, creating lyrics and music in a manner that broke with all traditions. Roy Orbison's vocal range was impressive (three octaves) and his songs were melodically and rhythmically advanced and lyrically sophisticated. Three songs written and recorded by Orbison, "Only the Lonely," "Oh, Pretty Woman," and "Crying," are in the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2004, Rolling Stone named those three songs plus "In Dreams" on its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time." In 1989, he was inducted posthumously into the National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of Fame. From the stage in Las Vegas in 1976, Elvis Presley called Orbison "the greatest singer in the world", and Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees referred to him as the "Voice of God." Multiple Academy Award–winning songwriter Will Jennings ("My Heart Will Go On," from the Titanic soundtrack) called him a "poet, a songwriter, a vision," after working with him and co-writing "Wild Hearts." Bob Dylan, later a bandmate of Orbison's in the Traveling Wilburys, wrote "Orbison … transcended all the genres. … With Roy, you didn't know if you were listening to mariachi or opera. He kept you on your toes. … [He sang] his compositions in three or four octaves that made you want to drive your car over a cliff. He sang like a professional criminal. … His voice could jar a corpse, always leave you muttering to yourself something like, 'Man, I don't believe it.' His songs had songs within songs. Orbison was deadly serious–no pollywog and no fledgling juvenile. There wasn't anything else on the radio like him." www.royorbison.com Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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