Roy Orbison – Bye Bye Love
Best Oldies Songs A Haunting Valediction to Lost Love When Roy Orbison delivers “Bye Bye Love”, the words feel less like a farewell and more like a heartbreak rendered in slow motion. Though…
Roy Orbison – The Only One
A Quiet Lament That Speaks of a Father’s Undying Love “The Only One” is a tender, posthumous B-side gem by Roy Orbison, featured on his final studio album, Mystery Girl…
Roy Orbison – The Comedians
A portrait of illusion, heartbreak, and the quiet ache behind a painted smile When Roy Orbison recorded The Comedians for his 1987 collection In Dreams: The Greatest Hits, he revived…
Roy Orbison – Life Fades Away
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…