Roy Orbison – Life Fades Away
Best Oldies Songs A Lament for the Quiet End of Time “Life Fades Away”, recorded by Roy Orbison, is a haunting farewell ballad that captures the fragile beauty of mortality with crystalline vulnerability. In…
Roy Orbison – Claudette
A LOVER’S SWEET CONFESSION WRAPPED IN EARLY ROCK & ROLL Claudette is a raw, exuberant declaration of young love written by Roy Orbison, first brought to the world by The…
Roy Orbison – Crawling Back
A quiet reckoning of heartbreak unfolds in a voice that refuses to let despair silence its truth. When Roy Orbison released Crawling Back in 1965 as part of the album…
Roy Orbison – Uptown
A quiet plea rises from the city streets and turns into one of Roy Orbison’s most understated early testaments to longing and class divides. When Roy Orbison released Uptown in…
Roy Orbison – Evergreen
A LOVE THAT STAYS FRESH THROUGH EVERY SEASON “Evergreen” is one of Roy Orbison’s most tender and enduring ballads, first released in 1962 by the enigmatic voice often called “the…
Roy Orbison – Candy Man
A Sweet, Soulful Seduction Wrapped in Harmonies and Harmonica When Roy Orbison released “Candy Man” in 1961 as the B-side to his soaring hit “Crying,” he introduced a lighter, more…
Roy Orbison – Falling
A Quiet Confession That Becomes Too Real to Hide “Falling” by Roy Orbison is a heartbreaking admission of love that hit #22 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and climbed to…
Roy Orbison – I Can’t Stop Loving You
A Heart That Refuses to Let Go When Roy Orbison sang “I Can’t Stop Loving You” on his 1961 album Lonely and Blue, he gave voice to a love so…
Roy Orbison – (They Call You) Gigolette
A Haunting Ballad of Longing and Social Judgment On In Dreams, the 1963 album by Roy Orbison, the tender undercurrent of desire meets the sharp edges of reputation in “(They…
Roy Orbison – Penny Arcade
A JOYFUL SWING BETWEEN LONGING AND LUMINANCE When PENNY ARCADE bursts into its opening bars, there is a palpable sense of escapism—an urging out of the shadows into the neon-glow…