Roy Orbison – Nite Life
Best Oldies Songs In the Velvet Darkness of the Honky-Tonk, a Soul Confronts Its Own Solitude Released as a single in 1961, Roy Orbison – Nite Life marked an early and telling chapter…
Roy Orbison – Just Another Name For Rock And Roll
Battle cry against conformity, a romantic’s defiant pledge to the gospel of noise. When Roy Orbison released “Just Another Name For Rock And Roll” in 1979 on the album Laminar…
Roy Orbison – Chicken Hearted
Man stands at the edge of heartbreak, admitting that fear has always been his most faithful companion. Released in 1961, Roy Orbison’s “Chicken Hearted” appeared during a remarkably prolific stretch…
Roy Orbison – Southbound Jericho Parkway
Man Drives South, Chasing a Memory He Can Never Outrun When Roy Orbison released “Southbound Jericho Parkway” in 1969, it arrived not as a chart-topping spectacle but as a quiet,…
Roy Orbison – Beautiful Dreamer
A Voice from the Shadows, Reaching Toward an Unattainable Light When Roy Orbison released “Beautiful Dreamer” in 1963 as a single on Monument Records, it did not storm the upper…
Roy Orbison – Losing You
Man Watches Love Slip Through His Hands and Learns the Sound of Irreversible Goodbye When Roy Orbison released “Losing You” in 1963, it ascended to No. 2 on the Billboard…
Roy Orbison – Big As I Can Dream
A Ballad of Longing That Dares to Dream Beyond the Dark Released in 1989 as part of Roy Orbison’s final studio album, Mystery Girl, “Big As I Can Dream” arrived…
Roy Orbison – Only With You
A quiet vow of devotion, where love is not shouted but patiently endured in the shadows. Upon its release in 1960, Only With You by Roy Orbison entered the American…
Roy Orbison – A New Star
A quiet meditation on rebirth where hope flickers into view after the long night of loss Released in the late nineteen sixties, Roy Orbison’s A New Star arrived during a…
Roy Orbison – Time to Cry
When love stops asking for mercy and finally allows itself to break. Released in 1961, “Time to Cry” arrived as a standalone single from Roy Orbison, later folded into the…