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Roy Orbison - Sweets For Sweden The Very Best Of


Although he shared the same rockabilly roots as Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison went on to pioneer an entirely different brand of country/pop-based rock & roll in the early '60s. What he lacked in charisma and photogenic looks, Orbison made up for in spades with his quavering operatic voice and melodramatic narratives of unrequited love and yearning. In the process, he established rock & roll archetypes of the underdog and the hopelessly romantic loser. These were not only amplified by peers such as Del Shannon and Gene Pitney, but also influenced future generations of roots rockers such as Bruce Springsteen and Chris Isaak, as well as modern country stars the Mavericks. 

Orbison made his first widely distributed recordings for Sun Records in 1956. Roy was a capable rockabilly singer, and had a small national hit with his first Sun single, "Ooby Dooby." But even then, he was far more comfortable as a ballad singer than as a hepped-up rockabilly jive cat. Other Sun singles met with no success, and by the late '50s he was concentrating primarily on building a career as a songwriter, his biggest early success being "Claudette" (recorded by the Everly Brothers). 

After a brief, unsuccessful stint with RCA, Orbison finally found his voice with Monument Records, scoring a number-two hit in 1960 with "Only the Lonely." This established the Roy Orbison persona for good: a brooding rockaballad of failed love with a sweet, haunting melody, enhanced by his Caruso-like vocal trills at the song's emotional climax. These and his subsequent Monument hits also boasted innovative, quasi-symphonic production, with Roy's voice and guitar backed by surging strings, ominous drum rolls, and heavenly choirs of backup vocalists.



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   1. (00:03:32) Roy Orbison - You got it
   2. (00:03:03) Roy Orbison - Oh, pretty woman
   3. (00:03:58) Roy Orbison - Califonia blue
   4. (00:03:47) Roy Orbison feat. K.D. Lang - Crying
   5. (00:02:28) Roy Orbison - Only the lonley
   6. (00:02:34) Roy Orbison - Claudette
   7. (00:04:17) Roy Orbison - She's a mystery to me
   8. (00:04:56) Roy Orbison - We'll take the night
   9. (00:03:13) Roy Orbison - It's over (live)
  10. (00:03:50) Roy Orbison - The only one
  11. (00:02:48) Roy Orbison - Blue bayou
  12. (00:02:50) Roy Orbison - In dreams
  13. (00:03:53) Roy Orbison - Dream baby (live)
  14. (00:02:47) Roy Orbison - Blue angel
  15. (00:03:47) Roy Orbison - I drove all night
  16. (00:02:23) Roy Orbison - Ooby dooby
  17. (00:02:26) Roy Orbison - Falling
  18. (00:05:32) Roy Orbison - Love in time
  19. (00:02:54) Roy Orbison - God love you
  20. (00:03:34) Roy Orbison - A love so beautiful
  21. (00:03:43) Roy Orbison - In the real world
  22. (00:02:46) Roy Orbison - Too soon to know


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