Timeline Roy Orbison: Oh, Pretty Woman

Dark glasses and an operatic voice — Roy Orbison from Only the Lonely to the Traveling Wilburys.

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1936 Roy Orbison born in Vernon, Texas Raised in Wink Grows up in the West Texas oil town of Wink.
1956 Roy Orbison records Ooby Dooby for Sun Records Rockabilly A minor rockabilly hit for Sam Phillips.
1958 Roy Orbison writes Claudette for the Everly Brothers Songwriter A B-side hit named after his wife.
1960 Roy Orbison releases Only the Lonely Monument Records His breakthrough, with his operatic falsetto.
1961 Roy Orbison releases Crying Ballad One of his most famous ballads.
1963 Roy Orbison tours Britain with the Beatles Headliner Headlines a tour with the Beatles as support.
1964 Roy Orbison releases Oh, Pretty Woman Number one Number one in the US and UK.
1966 Roy Orbison's wife Claudette killed Motorcycle accident She dies in a motorcycle crash.
1968 Roy Orbison's sons killed in a house fire Hendersonville Two of his sons die in a fire at his home.
1986 Roy Orbison's In Dreams in Blue Velvet David Lynch His song gives a dark scene its menace and revives his career.
1987 Roy Orbison inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Inducted by Bruce Springsteen.
1987 Roy Orbison's A Black and White Night TV concert Springsteen, Elvis Costello and Tom Waits in his band.
1988 Roy Orbison joins the Traveling Wilburys Supergroup With Harrison, Dylan, Petty and Lynne.
1988 Roy Orbison dies Hendersonville, Tennessee Dies of a heart attack, aged 52.
1989 Roy Orbison's Mystery Girl released You Got It His posthumous comeback album.