The happiest song Roy Orbison ever wrote about loneliness

Sad emotions can only exist because you understand happiness. Roy Orbison attest that his song about loneliness, at its heart, is a happy one.
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1964, Roy Orbison Went No. 1 With a Song That Resulted in a Supreme Court Ruling That Changed Music Forever

On this day (September 26) in 1964, Roy Orbison topped the Billboard Hot 100 with “Oh, Pretty Woman.” The song knocked “The House of the Rising Sun” by the Animals out of the top spot and held it for ...
American Songwriter

2 Songs You Didn’t Know Glenn Danzig Wrote for Music Legends Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash

As a founding member of the horror-punk band The Misfits in the late ’70s through his transition to Samhain and namesake, the murkier metal of Danzig in the 1980s, singer Glenn Danzig has written a ...
The Cheat Sheet

What Don McLean Felt When He Covered a Roy Orbison Song With Elvis Presley’s Backing Band

Many of Elvis Presley‘s songs feature backing vocals from one group. During the 1970s, Don McLean worked with the group to create a Roy Orbison cover which became one of his biggest hits. McLean ...