ROY ORBISON
Name: Roy Kelton Orbison
Born: 23 April 1936 Vernon, Texas, USA
Died: 6 December 1988 Hendersonville, Tennessee, USA
Genre(s): Rock, Pop
Occupation(s): Musician, Songwriter
Instrument(s): Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica
Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 - December 6, 1988), nicknamed "The Big O,"
was an influential Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, guitarist
and a pioneer of rock and roll whose recording career spanned more than four
decades. Orbison is best known for the songs, "Ooby Dooby," "Only the Lonely," "In
Dreams," "Oh, Pretty Woman," "Crying," "Running Scared," and "You Got It." In
1987, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and in 1989, he was
posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Name: Roy Kelton Orbison
Born: 23 April 1936 Vernon, Texas, USA
Died: 6 December 1988 Hendersonville, Tennessee, USA
Genre(s): Rock, Pop
Occupation(s): Musician, Songwriter
Instrument(s): Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica
Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 - December 6, 1988), nicknamed "The Big O,"
was an influential Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, guitarist
and a pioneer of rock and roll whose recording career spanned more than four
decades. Orbison is best known for the songs, "Ooby Dooby," "Only the Lonely," "In
Dreams," "Oh, Pretty Woman," "Crying," "Running Scared," and "You Got It." In
1987, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and in 1989, he was
posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.