Roy Orbison's 1987 Concert Photos

Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988), nicknamed "The Big O", was an influential American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll, whose recording career spanned more than four decades. By the mid-1960s Orbison was internationally recognized for his ballads of lost love, rhythmically advanced melodies, three-octave vocal range, characteristic dark sunglasses, and sometimes distinctive usage of falsetto, typified in songs such as "Only the Lonely, "Oh, Pretty Woman", and "Crying".

ticket photo by Ron Zoni, Roy Orbison / Carl Perkins on Oct 20, 1987 [421-small]

ticket photo by Ron Zoni


Roy Orbison / Carl Perkins
Oct 20, 1987
 Westbury, New York, United States
  Uploaded by Skeeter Mc Cheese

Roy Orbison / Johnny Rivers on Jun 29, 1987 [628-small]

Roy Orbison / Johnny Rivers
Jun 29, 1987
 Vienna, Virginia, United States
  Uploaded by Jeffrey Lee

ticket photo by Smilin' Jay McDowell, Roy Orbison / Carl Perkins on May 16, 1987 [416-small]

ticket photo by Smilin' Jay McDowell


Roy Orbison / Carl Perkins
May 16, 1987
 Merrillville, Indiana, United States
  Uploaded by Skeeter Mc Cheese

1988 12 photos
1987 3 photos
1985 87 photos
1980 2 photos
1967 14 photos
1965 10 photos
1964 8 photos
1963 1 photo

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