Roy Orbison sing, making the voice ring, and I just kept doing it. And I think that somewhere between the time of "Ooby Dooby" and "Only the Lonely", it kind of turned into a good voice." Its success transformed Orbison into an overnight star and he appeared on Dick Clark's "Saturday Night Beechnut Show" out of New York City. When Presley heard "Only the Lonely" for the first time, he bought a box of copies to pass to his friends. Melson and Orbison followed it with the more complex "Blue Angel", which peaked at number nine in the US and number 11
It's Over (Roy Orbison song) Jonathan Meiburg, lead singer and songwriter for the American indie rock band Shearwater, performed a version of the song in March 2013 for "The A.V. Club" State Songs series. In August 2014, Miley Cyrus was confirmed to be performing on the live series finale of the television program "Chelsea Lately", for which she was to sing this song. It's Over (Roy Orbison song) "It's Over" is an American song composed by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees and sung by Orbison. Produced by Fred Foster and engineered by Bill Porter, the song was released as a 45rpm single by Monument Records