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

This week in 1960: X-15 rocket plane set a manned record of 2,150 mph at Edwards Air Force in California; U.S. Senate ratified 12 Nation Antarctic Treaty; American-owned property in Cuba was seized by ...

The rock scene of the 1950s and early 1960s was full of artists who exuded traditional masculinity, but among them all, Roy Orbison rose through the ranks. In attitude, Orbison was shy and ...

In the early days, he even helped to write these songs, creating those melodies that soared ever skyward. Later in his career, he teamed up with younger collaborators who might have put the words in ...

John Lennon‘s “(Just Like) Starting Over” was supposed to sound like one Elvis Presley song and one Roy Orbison song. During an interview, John said drawing inspiration from Elvis and Orbison was ...