“Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)” was an international hit. It topped the UK Singles Chart and peaked at No. 2 on the Hot 100. It also reached the top 10 in multiple countries around the globe.

Roy Orbison possessed one of the great rock and roll voices: a forceful, operatic bel canto tenor capable of dynamic crescendos. He sang heartbroken ballads and bluesy rockers alike, running up a ...

Roy Orbison, "The Monument Singles Collection (1960-1964)," (Legacy/Monument) 5 stars. Roy Orbison scored his first hit in 1956 with the simple splendor of "Ooby Dooby" and carried on to a career ...

Rockabilly’s operatic soul, the sensitive, bespectacled Orbison forged a new genre of American music during his 1960–64 Monument Records hit streak (these two CDs compile A- and B-sides). Drawing from ...

Roy Orbison will return to concert stages across the country this fall -- despite having died 30 years ago. The iconic early rock 'n' roll crooner, best known for hits such as 1960's "Only the Lonely ...

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Despite being one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 1960s, Roy Orbison still, somehow, seems underrated. He isn't spoken about with quite the same reverence as contemporaries like ...

The Beatles formed in 1960, and by 1963, their popularity was soaring in the United Kingdom. They went on a tour of the UK with a number of artists, including Orbison. At this point, Orbison was ...

In the early days, he even helped to write these songs, creating those melodies that soared ever skyward. Later in his career, he teamed up with younger collaborators who might have put the words in ...

In the darkened Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, hundreds of people couldn’t wait to see legendary rocker Roy Orbison. A live orchestra pumped up the crowd with a medley of his hits. Old photos of him ...