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".
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I saw Roy Orbison at the Queen Elizabeth Theater in Vancouver, Canada in about 1968.
I saw Roy perform in summer of 1983 at The Big Valley Jambouree in Craven, Saskatchewan, Canada. Brenda Lee was his back-up he was the headliner. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/s...
Roy Orbison has had 54 concerts.
Roy Orbison is most often considered to be Rock, Pop, Pop Rock, Singer-Songwriter, Classic Rock, Folk Rock, Country, Soft Rock, Rock And Roll, Mellow Gold, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Adult Standards, Country Pop, Bubblegum Pop, Baroque Pop, Brill Building Pop, Blue-Eyed Soul, Traditional Pop, and Oldies.
The last Roy Orbison concert was on June 17, 2024 at Laurentian University Track in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. The bands that performed were: Roy Orbison / The Beach Boys.
The songs that Roy Orbison performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the August 10, 1988 concert at Auditorium Shores in Austin, Texas, United States:
