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 ...

With images of lower Memphis struggling with a swollen Mississippi River, I spent yesterday listening to Roy Orbison: The Monument Singles Collection (1960-1964), a newly remastered, three-disc set ...

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 ...

ROY ORBISON had none of Presley’s charisma­—he was an odd-looking guy with almost paralyzing stage fright. Yet, armed with newfound artistic freedom, he let his imagination soar.

The rock scene of the 1950s and early 1960s was full of artists who exuded traditional masculinity, but among them all, Roy ...

Roy Orbison’s songs defined a generation. Standards such as Only the Lonely, Running Scared, Sweet Dream Baby, Candy Man, Blue Bayou, You Got It, Crying, ...

Big stars like Elvis Presley, Brenda Lee, and Roy Orbison gave us songs that are still loved today. Their voices, stories, and sounds shaped the music world.

Some of the biggest classic rock stars of the 1960s had hits in the 1980s after they died. Roy Orbison had a posthumous top 10 hit.

Roy Orbison resurrected: The Lonely pays tribute to the 1960s rock legend. Despite being one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 1960s, Roy Orbison still, somehow, seems underrated.