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: A Tribute to Roy Orbison Roy: A Tribute to Roy Orbison Roy: A Tribute to Roy Orbison is the fourth studio album by Damien Leith. It was released by Sony BMG in Australia on 15 April 2011 to coincide with Roy Orbison's 75th birthday. In 2006, while in the top 10 of "Australian Idol", Damien performed Orbison's 1961 hit "Crying" to a standing ovation. Barbara Orbison, Roy's widow managed to see this performance and contacted the show's producers for a copy of the performance. She asked to hear more, eventually leading to an entire tribute album for what would have been Roy's 75th birthday. One