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
Barbara Orbison Barbara Orbison Barbara Orbison (January 10, 1950 – December 6, 2011) was a German-born United States-based entrepreneur, music producer/publisher, and the second wife of American musician Roy Orbison. Barbara Anne Marie Wellhöner Jakobs was born in Bielefeld, West Germany on January 10, 1950. Aged 18, Barbara met the 32-year-old Orbison when he asked friends to introduce him to her at Batley Variety Club, West Yorkshire, England, during Orbison's UK tour. A few weeks later, Orbison suffered a devastating tragedy when two of his three sons died in a house fire. They married on March 25, 1969, in Hendersonville, Tennessee. They