Roy Orbison was born on April 23, 1936, in Vernon, Texas. At the age of only 13 years old, he formed his first band, The Wink Westerners in 1946. He became very successful and signed for multiple Records and Labels such as Sun Records, Acuff Rose, and Monument Records. His two biggest hits were “Only the Lonely” and “Oh, Pretty Woman”. Roy Orbison is also very well known for his powerful and adaptable voice, which included beautiful uses of vibrato.
Roy Kelton Orbison was born on April 23, 1936 in Vernon, Texas. His parents were very hard workers and for Roy’s 6th birthday, his father, not knowing what good would come out of it, bought him a guitar. At the age of 8, Roy wrote his first song “A Vow Of Love”. In 1949, at the age of 13, Roy and …show more content…
Feeling like 4 or 5 songs might not be enough, they learned a couple of more tunes in a rush at a local community center. They liked the idea of getting paid for performing because that’s what they love to do. Roy graduated from Wink High School in 1954 and applied for the fall semester at North Texas State College in Denton, Texas. While in college, two of his friends Wade Lee Moore and Dick Penner wrote the song “The Ooby Dooby”. The band would play at clubs, events, and even ended up appearing on a television show on Saturday afternoons. They were doing so well that the television network, KMID, gave them their own thirty-minute show on Friday nights. The band moved in together and renamed themselves “The Teen Kings” after playing a wide variety of Rock and Roll tunes. A local entrepreneur, Weldon Rodgers, soon approached Orbison. He was impressed with the band and wanted to schedule a recording session. The band agreed and the session was scheduled for March, 4, 1956. At the Norman Petty Studio in Clovis, New Mexico, the band recorded The Clovers” “Trying To Get To You” and “Ooby Dooby”. These singles were then released two weeks later. Roy was so excite that he took a copy to friend Cecil “Poppa” Hollifield. He called up one of his
Roy Kelton Orbison was born on April 23, 1936 in Vernon, Texas. His parents were very hard workers and for Roy’s 6th birthday, his father, not knowing what good would come out of it, bought him a guitar. At the age of 8, Roy wrote his first song “A Vow Of Love”. In 1949, at the age of 13, Roy and …show more content…
Feeling like 4 or 5 songs might not be enough, they learned a couple of more tunes in a rush at a local community center. They liked the idea of getting paid for performing because that’s what they love to do. Roy graduated from Wink High School in 1954 and applied for the fall semester at North Texas State College in Denton, Texas. While in college, two of his friends Wade Lee Moore and Dick Penner wrote the song “The Ooby Dooby”. The band would play at clubs, events, and even ended up appearing on a television show on Saturday afternoons. They were doing so well that the television network, KMID, gave them their own thirty-minute show on Friday nights. The band moved in together and renamed themselves “The Teen Kings” after playing a wide variety of Rock and Roll tunes. A local entrepreneur, Weldon Rodgers, soon approached Orbison. He was impressed with the band and wanted to schedule a recording session. The band agreed and the session was scheduled for March, 4, 1956. At the Norman Petty Studio in Clovis, New Mexico, the band recorded The Clovers” “Trying To Get To You” and “Ooby Dooby”. These singles were then released two weeks later. Roy was so excite that he took a copy to friend Cecil “Poppa” Hollifield. He called up one of his