Roy Orbison is one of the more eccentric figures in American pop music. A native of Vernon, Texas, Orbison came into the ...

Roy Orbison sings some of his greatest hits, including Only the Lonely, Crying, Penny Arcade, Blue Bayou, Running Scared, Candy Man, In Dreams, Mean Woman Blues, It's Over and Oh, Pretty Woman.

Seeking his musical fortune in America after spending his childhood in the Philippines, Sofronio Vasquez had never even heard “Crying” by Roy Orbison before making the song his own as a ...

While Roy Orbison passed from this life into the next on Dec. 6, 1988, his music lives on in the great American songbook of rock ‘n’ roll hits. What sets Orbison apart from many of his ...