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.

Roy Orbison

Nama dalam bahasa asli	(en) Roy Orbison (en) Roy K. Orbison
Biografi
Kelahiran	23 April 1936 Vernon (en)
Kematian	6 Desember 1988 (52 tahun) Nashville
Penyebab kematian	Serangan jantung
Tempat pemakaman	Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Data pribadi
Pendidikan	University of North Texas (mul) Paxon School for Advanced Studies (en)
Kegiatan
Pekerjaan	penyanyi, penyanyi-penulis lagu, vokalis, penulis lagu, gitaris, penggubah lagu, pemeran
Periode aktif	1954  –  1988
Genre	Musik rok, Musik country dan rockabilly
Tipe suara	Baritenor (en)
Instrumen	Gitar dan vokal
Label rekaman	Sun Records Mercury Records PolyGram Virgin Records London Records (mul) Asylum Records MGM Records (mul) Monument Records (en)
Karya kreatif
Karya terkenal (1960) Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel) (en) (1961) Crying (en) (1964) Oh, Pretty Woman (en)
Keluarga
Pasangan nikah	Barbara Orbison (en) (1969–1988), kematian subjek
Anak	Roy Kelton Orbison Jr. (en) , Alex Orbison (en)
Penghargaan (1998)  Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1987)  Rock and Roll Hall of Fame  star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (en)
Situs web	royorbison.com

Diskografi

Lagu

Tahun	A-Side	B-Side	Label	Posisi Chart
		US Hot 100		US A/C	US Country	Australia	Kanada	Britania Raya	Catatan
1956	Trying To Get To You	Ooby Dooby	Je-Wel
1956	Ooby Dooby	Go Go Go	Sun	#56
1956	Rock House	You're My Baby	Sun
1957	Sweet And Easy To Love	Devil Doll	Sun
1957	Chicken Hearted	I Like Love	Sun
1958	Seems To Me	Sweet And Innocent	RCA
1958	Almost 18	Jolie	RCA
1959	Paper Boy	With The Bug	Monument							Re-released in 1962 with "Here Comes That Song Again" as the B-side. This re-release also failed to chart.
1959	Uptown	Pretty One	Monument	#72
1960	Only the Lonely	Here Comes That Song Again	Monument	#2				#2	#1
1960	Blue Angel	Today's Teardrops	Monument	#9				#14	#11
1960	I'm Hurtin'	I Can't Stop Loving You	Monument	#27				#27
1961	Running Scared	Love Hurts	Monument	#1				#1	#9
1961	Crying	Candy Man (see below)	Monument	#2			#1	#3	#25
1961	{see above}	Candy Man	Monument	#25			#1	#3
1962	Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)	The Actress	Monument	#4				#8	#2
1962	The Crowd	Mama	Monument	#26				#25	#40
1962	Working for the Man	Leah (see below)	Monument	#33			#1	#19	#50
1962	{see above}	Leah	Monument	#25			#1	#19
1963	In Dreams	Shahadaroba	Monument	#7	#3		#1	#7	#6
1963	Falling	Distant Drums	Monument	#22	#7			#29	#9
1963	Blue Bayou	Mean Woman Blues (see below)	Monument	#29			#1	#14	#3
1963	{see above}	Mean Woman Blues	Monument	#5			#1	#14	#3
1963	Pretty Paper	Beautiful Dreamer	Monument	#15	#10			#9	#6	UK release charted in 1964, with different B-side.
1964	Borne on the Wind	What'd I say	Monument/ London						#15	UK release only.
1964	It's Over	Indian Wedding	Monument	#9	#1			#29	#1
1964	Oh, Pretty Woman	Yo Te Amo Maria	Monument	#1			#1	#1	#1
1965	Goodnight	Only With You	Monument	#21				#5	#14
1965	(Say) You're My Girl	Sleepy Hollow	Monument	#39				#17	#23
1965	Ride Away	Wondering	MGM	#25				#1	#34
1965	Crawling Back	If You Can't Say Something Nice	MGM	#46				#2	#19
1966	Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart	Wait	MGM	#31				#2	#22
1966	Distant Drums	Let The Good Times Roll	Monument	#81
1966	Twinkle Toes	Where Is Tomorrow	MGM	#39				#25	#29
1966	Lana	Our Summersong	Monument						#15
1966	Too Soon To Know	You'll Never Be Sixteen Again	MGM	#68					#3
1966	There Won't Be Many Coming Home	Going back to Gloria	MGM/ London						#18	UK release only.
1966	Communication Breakdown	Twinkle Toes	MGM	#60
1967	So Good	Memories	MGM	#132					#32
1967	Cry Softly Lonely One	Pistolero	MGM	#52				#29		B-side featured in The Fastest Guitar Alive.
1967	She	Here Comes The Rain Baby	MGM	#119
1968	Born To Be Loved By You	Shy Away	MGM
1968	Walk On	Flowers	MGM	#121					#39
1968	Heartache	Sugar Man	MGM	#104					#44
1969	My Friend	Southbound Jericho Parkway	MGM						#35
1969	Break My Mind	How Do You Start Over	MGM/ London							UK release only.
1969	Penny Arcade	Tennessee Owns My Soul	MGM	#133			#1		#27
1970	She Cheats On Me	How Do You Start Over Again	MGM
1970	So Young	If I Had A Woman Like You	MGM	#122
1971	(Love Me Like You Did) Last Night	Close Again	MGM
1972	God Love You	Changes	MGM
1972	Remember The Good	Harlem Woman	MGM							Also issued with "If Only For A While" as B-side.
1972	Memphis, Tennessee	I Can Read Between The Lines	MGM
1973	Blue Rain (Coming Down)	Sooner Or Later	MGM
1973	I Wanna Live	You Lay So Easy On My Mind	MGM
1974	Sweet Mama Blue	Heartache	Mercury
1975	Hung Up On You	Spanish Nights	Mercury
1975	It's Lonely	Still	Mercury
1976	Belinda	No Chain At All	Monument
1976	I'm A Southern Man	Born To Love Me	Monument
1977	Drifting Away	Under Suspicion	Monument
1979	Easy Way Out	Tears	Asylum	#109
1979	Poor Baby	Lay It Down	Asylum
1980	That Lovin' You Feelin' Again (with Emmylou Harris)	(non-Orbison B-side)	Warner	#55	#10	#6
1985	Wild Hearts	(various b sides)	ZTT/ Island
1985	Birth Of Rock and Roll	Rock and Roll (Fais do do)	America/ Smash
1987	In Dreams	Leah	Virgin			#75				Both tracks are re-recorded versions of earlier hits.
1987	Crying (with k.d. lang)	Falling	Virgin		#28	#42		#2	#13	Both 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					#21	As a member of Traveling Wilburys.
1989	You Got It	The Only One	Virgin	#9	#1	#7	#3	#1	#3	Initial B-side was "Crying" (with k.d. lang)
1989	End of the Line	Congratulations	Wilbury/ WB	#63						As a member of Traveling Wilburys.
1989	California Blue	In Dreams	Virgin		#44	#51
1989	She's A Mystery To Me	Dream Baby (live)	Virgin		#23				#27
1990	Oh Pretty Woman (live)	Claudette	Virgin		#48	#89
1992	I Drove All Night		MCA	#74				#22	#7
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 Diarsipkan 2008-06-01 di Wayback Machine. 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