From his initial success in the 1960’s to the resurgence of his career in the 80’s, Roy Orbison’s voice remained remarkable, communicating an emotional intensity not experienced in popular music ...

‘Tis the season for spooky… and more than a few country artists have shared their own run-ins with potential ghosts or spirits. With Halloween coming up this month, it’s always fun to get in the ...

There was no doubt that any of the Traveling Wilburys could write their fair share of classic tunes. Even if not all of them were necessarily making the next answer to their own masterpieces, it was ...

The rock scene of the 1950s and early 1960s was full of artists who exuded traditional masculinity, but among them all, Roy Orbison rose through the ranks. In attitude, Orbison was shy and ...

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 ...

This week in 1961: President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Premier Krushchev were planning a summit meeting in Vienna; The Supreme Court upheld anti-communist laws in the U.S. and a young man from Vernon ...

WINK, Texas — West Texas has plenty of great marching bands to go along with Friday night lights, but when it comes to music, one man stands above the rest. Out in Wink, Texas, a museum honors the ...

Roy Orbison’s great voice was powered by loneliness. It projected both beauty and darkness from the soft-spoken singer. K.D. Lang once described it as a “powerful, high, flowing, liquid voice.” She ...

The ‘Only the Lonely’ singer’s biopic is being produced by one of the minds behind 2018’s Bohemian Rhapsody. Roy Orbison is the latest music legend set to get the big-screen biopic treatment. The ‘Oh, ...

Roy Orbison stands as a singular figure in the history of rock and roll, a visionary artist whose influence spans generations. From his early days at the legendary Sun Records, where he honed his ...