Roy Orbison's Sun Recordings Roy Orbison. Orbison, still in Texas began writing with Joe Melson, who led a group in Midland called the Cavaliers. Together they wrote the hit "Uptown," which sold better than any single since "Ooby Dooby". Looking for a follow-up, Melson showed Orbison a piece of a song he had been working on called "Only the Lonely". This song was the "first song that truly probed the frightening potential of Orbison's voice." In the early sixties Orbison reached his first peak period from 1961-1964. Despite the lack of commercial success Orbison looked back at his time at Sun Records as an
Roy Orbison Jr. age 17 he co-wrote a song for U2 with Bono, before becoming a professional musician himself. In 2008 Orbison co-produced the 4-disc career retrospective of his father entitled "The Soul Of Rock And Roll", as well as the 2016 collection "Roy Orbison: The Ultimate Collection". He has also written the liner notes for further retrospective collections. The album reached number 10 on the UK album charts. Orbison has also mastered previously unreleased recordings of his father and has begun to distribute them, including the song “The Way is Love”, a track on which he also played the guitar and contributed