Roy Orbison

Roy Kelton Orbison (23 April 1936-6 Desember 1988) merupakan seorang penyanyi dan pencipta lagu berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat. Dia menjadi yang terkenal saat menyanyikan lagu-lagu utamanya seperti "Ooby Dooby," "Only The Lonely," "In Dreams," "Oh, Pretty Woman," "Crying," "Running Scared," dan "You Got It." Dia dilahirkan di Vernon, Texas, Amerika Serikat. Berkarier di dunia musik sejak tahun 1956 dan sampai kematiannya pada tahun 1988 akibat serangan jantung yang dideritanya.

 Diskografi 
 Lagu 
TahunA-SideB-SideLabelPosisi Chart US Hot 100 US A/C US Country Australia Kanada Britania RayaCatatan1956 Trying To Get To YouOoby Dooby Je-Wel1956 Ooby DoobyGo Go Go Sun#561956 Rock HouseYou're My BabySun1957Sweet And Easy To LoveDevil Doll Sun1957 Chicken HeartedI Like LoveSun1958 Seems To MeSweet And InnocentRCA1958 Almost 18JolieRCA1959 Paper BoyWith The BugMonumentRe-released in 1962 with "Here Comes That Song Again" as the B-side. This re-release also failed to chart. 1959 UptownPretty OneMonument#721960 Only the LonelyHere Comes That Song AgainMonument#2#2#11960 Blue Angel
|Today's Teardrops 
|Monument
!#9
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!#14
!#11
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|1960 
|I'm Hurtin'I Can't Stop Loving You Monument#27#271961 Running Scared
|Love Hurts
|Monument
!#1
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!#1
!#9
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|1961 
|Crying<small> Candy Man <i>(see below) Monument#2#1#3#251961 <small><i>{see above}Candy Man 
|Monument
!#25
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!#1
!#3
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|1962 
|Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)The ActressMonument#4#8#21962 The Crowd
|Mama 
|Monument
!#26
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!#25
!#40
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|1962 
|Working for the Man<small>Leah <i>(see below)Monument#33#1#19#501962 <small><i>{see above}Leah 
|Monument
!#25
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!#1
!#19
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|1963 
|In DreamsShahadarobaMonument#7#3#1#7#61963Falling
|Distant Drums
|Monument
!#22
!#7
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!#29
!#9
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|1963 
|Blue Bayou<small>Mean Woman Blues <i>(see below)Monument#29#1#14#31963 <small><i>{see above}Mean Woman Blues
|Monument
!#5
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!#1
!#14
!#3
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|1963
|Pretty PaperBeautiful DreamerMonument#15 #10#9#6UK release charted in 1964, with different B-side.1964 Borne on the Wind
|What'd I say
|Monument/ London
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|UK release only.
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|1964 
|It's OverIndian WeddingMonument#9#1#29#11964 Oh, Pretty Woman
|Yo Te Amo Maria
|Monument
!#1 
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!#1
!#1
!#1
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|1965 
|GoodnightOnly With YouMonument#21#5#141965 (Say) You're My Girl
|Sleepy Hollow
|Monument
!#39
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!#17
!#23
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|1965 
|Ride AwayWonderingMGM#25#1#341965Crawling Back
|If You Can't Say Something Nice 
|MGM
!#46
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!#2
!#19
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|1966 
|Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My HeartWaitMGM#31#2#221966Distant DrumsLet The Good Times Roll
|Monument
!#81
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|1966 
|Twinkle ToesWhere Is TomorrowMGM#39#25#291966 Lana
|Our Summersong
|Monument
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!#15
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|1966 
|Too Soon To KnowYou'll Never Be Sixteen AgainMGM#68#31966 There Won't Be Many Coming Home
|Going back to Gloria 
|MGM/ London
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!#18
|UK release only.
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|1966 
|Communication BreakdownTwinkle ToesMGM#601967 So Good
|Memories
|MGM
!#132
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!#32
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|1967 
|Cry Softly Lonely OnePistoleroMGM#52#29B-side featured in The Fastest Guitar Alive.1967She
|Here Comes The Rain Baby
|MGM
!#119
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|1968 
|Born To Be Loved By You
|Shy Away
|MGM
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|1968 
|Walk OnFlowersMGM#121#391968 Heartache
|Sugar Man 
|MGM
!#104
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!#44
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|1969 
|My FriendSouthbound Jericho ParkwayMGM#351969 Break My MindHow Do You Start Over MGM/ LondonUK release only.1969 Penny Arcade
|Tennessee Owns My Soul
|MGM
!#133
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!#1
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!#27
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|1970
|She Cheats On Me
|How Do You Start Over Again
|MGM
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|1970 
|So YoungIf I Had A Woman Like YouMGM#1221971 (Love Me Like You Did) Last NightClose AgainMGM1972 God Love YouChangesMGM1972 Remember The GoodHarlem WomanMGMAlso issued with "If Only For A While" as B-side.1972Memphis, TennesseeI Can Read Between The LinesMGM1973 Blue Rain (Coming Down)Sooner Or LaterMGM1973 I Wanna LiveYou Lay So Easy On My MindMGM1974 Sweet Mama BlueHeartache Mercury1975 Hung Up On YouSpanish NightsMercury1975 It's LonelyStillMercury1976 BelindaNo Chain At AllMonument1976 I'm A Southern ManBorn To Love Me Monument1977 Drifting AwayUnder SuspicionMonument1979Easy Way Out
|Tears
|Asylum
!#109
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|1979 
|Poor Baby
|Lay It Down
|Asylum
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|1980
|That Lovin' You Feelin' Again (with Emmylou Harris)(non-Orbison B-side)Warner#55#10#61985 Wild Hearts(various b sides)ZTT/ Island 1985 Birth Of Rock and RollRock and Roll (Fais do do)America/ Smash1987 In Dreams
|Leah
|Virgin
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!#75
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|Both tracks are re-recorded versions of earlier hits.
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|1987 
|Crying (with k.d. lang)Falling Virgin#28#42#2#13Both tracks are re-recorded versions of earlier hits.  UK chart peak is from 1992 re-release.  The 1992 re-release also made #40 on the US Adult Contemporary chart. 1988 Handle With Care
|Margarita
|Wilbury/ WB
!#45
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!#21
|As a member of Traveling Wilburys.
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|1989 
|You Got ItThe Only OneVirgin#9#1#7#3#1#3Initial B-side was "Crying" (with k.d. lang)1989 End of the Line
|Congratulations
|Wilbury/ WB
!#63
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|As a member of Traveling Wilburys.
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|1989 
|California BlueIn DreamsVirgin#44#511989 She's A Mystery To Me
|Dream Baby (live)
|Virgin
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!#27
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|1990 
|Oh Pretty Woman (live)Claudette Virgin#48#891992 I Drove All Night
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|MCA 
!#74
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!#7
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|1992 
|Heartbreak Radio(various)MCA#36

 Album 

 1961 Lonely and Blue (Monument) Re-issued, 2006 (Legacy Recordings)
 1962 Crying (Monument) Re-issued, 2006 (Legacy Recordings)
 1962 Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits (Monument)
 1963 In Dreams (Monument) Re-issued, 2006 (Legacy Recordings)
 1964 More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits (Monument)
 1965 There Is Only One Roy Orbison (MGM)
 1965 Orbisongs (Monument)
 1966 The Orbison Way (MGM)
 1966 The Classic Roy Orbison (MGM)
 1967 Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson (MGM)
 1967 The Fastest Guitar Alive (Movie Soundtrack) (MGM)
 1967 Cry Softly Lonely One (MGM)
 1969 Roy Orbison's Many Moods (MGM)
 1970 The Great Songs of Roy Orbison (MGM)
 1970 Hank Williams the Roy Orbison Way (MGM)
 1970 The Big O (UK, London)
 1970 Zig Zag (Movie Soundtrack) (MGM)
 1972 Roy Orbison Sings (MGM)
 1972 Memphis (MGM)
 1973 Milestones (MGM)
 1974 I'm Still in Love with You (Mercury)
 1976 Regeneration (Monument)
 1978 Living Legend (Movie Soundtrack, only 1,000 copies were made)
 1979 Laminar Flow (Asylum)
 1980 Roadie (Movie Soundtrack) (Warner Bros)
 1985 Class of '55 (Lewis, Cash and Perkins) (Polygram)
 1985 Insignificance (Movie Sountrack) (Zenith)
 1986 Blue Velvet (Movie Soundtrack) (Varese Sarabande)
 1987 In Dreams: The Greatest Hits (New recordings, Virgin)
 1987 Less Than Zero (Movie Soundtrack)(Def Jam/Columbia)
 1987 Hiding Out (Movie Soundtrack) (Virgin)
 1988 Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 (Wilbury/WB)
 1989 Mystery Girl (Virgin)
 1989 A Black & White Night Live (Virgin)
 1992 King of Hearts (Virgin)

 Kolaborasi dan Kedatangan Tamu 

 Find My Baby For Me - Sonny Burgess
 I Was A Fool - Ken Cook
 Jenny - Ken Cook
 I Fell in Love - Ken Cook
 Rockabilly Gal - Hayden Thompson
 Greenback Dollar, Watch and Chain - Ray Harris
 Cast Iron Arm - Johnny Wilson
 You've Got Love - Johnny Wilson
 Don't Do Me This Way - Ricky Tucker (laporan dengan Buddy Holly)
 Patty Baby - Ricky Tucker (laporan dengan Buddy Holly)
 Fools Like Me - Jerry Lee Lewis
 Shook Up - Joe Melson
 Dance - Joe Melson
 I'm In A Blue Mood - Conway Twitty
 I Belong To Him - Jessi Colter with Waylon Jennings
 Indian Summer - Gatlin Brothers & Barry Gibb
 Leah - Bertie Higgins
 Beyond The End - Jimmy Buffett
 Zombie Zoo - Tom Petty

 Pranala luar 

 Situs resmi
 CMT's tribute to Roy Contains a music video section that contains the entire "Diamond Career Awards" from 11-18-88, and also several rare videos "Heartbreak Radio" and "Walk On"
 Daily Telegraph article  by Julian Lloyd Webber
 Official Traveling Wilburys Website

 Referensi 

 Colin Escott, Roadkill on the Three-Chord Highway. Routledge, 2002. ISBN 0-415-93783-3 — has a chapter devoted to Orbison.
 Escott, Colin. (1998). "Roy Orbison". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 395.
 Biography from the official website
 Biography from the hotshotdigital.com

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