Roy Orbison in the UK. "I'm Hurtin'", with "I Can't Stop Loving You" as the B-side, rose to number 27 in the US, but failed to chart in the UK. Orbison was now able to move to Nashville permanently with his wife Claudette and two sons Roy DeWayne and Anthony King. Back in the studio, seeking a change from the pop sound of "Only the Lonely" and "I'm Hurtin'", Orbison worked on a new song, "Running Scared", based loosely on the rhythm of Ravel's "Boléro"; the song was about a man on the lookout for his girlfriend's previous boyfriend, whom he feared
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