Roy Orbison – Ooby Dooby (Black & White Night 30)
Oldies Songs A Joyful Rockabilly Spark That Proved “Ooby Dooby” Still Had Fire Left to Burn On September 30, 1987, at the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles, Roy Orbison stepped onto the…
Roy Orbison – Uptown (Black & White Night 30)
A Young Dreamer’s Anthem Reborn Under the Hollywood Lights On April 15, 2017, at the historic Roy Orbison & Friends: A Black and White Night 30 celebration filmed at the…
Roy Orbison – Working for the Man(Live at Austin City Limits 1982)
A Working Man’s Dream, Sung with Quiet Fire and Hard-Earned Hope On October 4, 1982, Roy Orbison stepped onto the stage of Austin City Limits and delivered a performance of…
Roy Orbison – Go! Go! Go!
A restless burst of youth and motion, capturing Roy Orbison before the sorrow, before the shadows, when rock and roll still ran on pure momentum and hunger. When Roy Orbison…
Roy Orbison – Running Scared (Monument Concert 1965)
Fear, Desire, and the Quiet Bravery of Loving Without Armor Few songs in early 1960s popular music capture emotional tension with the precision and restraint of Running Scared. Recorded by…
Roy Orbison performs “Oh, Pretty Woman” live at the Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985.
A Moment of Grace and Strength: “Oh, Pretty Woman” as a Song That Outlived Its Own Era When Roy Orbison stepped onto the stage at the inaugural Farm Aid concert…
Roy Orbison – Running Scared(Live on Austin City Limits 1982)
A quiet terror of love reaching its breaking point, where devotion and doubt collide in a single, breathless moment Few songs capture emotional tension with the precision and restraint of…
When the Music Couldn’t Stop the Pain: Inside Roy Orbison’s Most Painful Years
Oldies Songs When Love and Loss Shaped a Voice That Still Breaks Hearts On June 6, 1966, Roy Orbison’s life changed forever. He and his wife Claudette were setting off on what…
Roy Orbison – Crying
Oldies Songs Crying — a lonely midnight confession where heartbreak finally finds its voice Few songs in popular music history have captured emotional devastation as purely and truthfully as “Crying” by Roy…
Roy Orbison – Walk On
Walk On — a quiet whisper urging us to keep moving forward In the album Roy Orbison’s Many Moods, released in May 1969, Roy Orbison’s “Walk On,” written with his…