"He sang it while I was banging my hand down on the table and by the time she returned, we had the song," remembered co-writer Bill Dees.

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 ...

Seeking his musical fortune in America after spending his childhood in the Philippines, Sofronio Vasquez had never even heard “Crying” by Roy Orbison ... first, because I’ve never heard this ...

Irlene Mandrell first rose to prominence ... Hee Haw as one of the Hee Haw Honeys. Roy Orbison was an American singer, ...