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. He was also the co-writer and co-executive producer of the documentary "Mystery Girl: Unraveled". In 2017 Orbison co-authored the book "The Authorized Roy Orbison" with music journalist Jeff Slate, his two brothers and with research by Marcel Riesco. Orbison became a father in 2016 with the birth of his first son Roy Orbison III, with his wife Asa, whom he married in September 2017. His son was featured playing on a toy guitar and tambourine with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra during a rendition of his grandfather's song "Pretty Woman" in May 2017, at the age of 10 months. Roy Orbison