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
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