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roy orbison was born at 3:30 in vernon, texas.
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Roy wins talent contest on Radio KVWC in Vernon, TX and gets own Saturday Show this year.
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Late 1946 the Orbison family moves west to Wink, TX.
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Roy forms his first band, which included James Morrow on guitar.
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In 1954, Orbison graduated from Wink High School and went on to attend North Texas State College in Denton, Texas, for a year before enrolling at Odessa Junior College in 1955.
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Roy’s song-writing collaboration with Texan Joe Melson included the breakthrough record, Only The Lonely (Know How I Feel); a pure gold fusion of R&B and country which narrowly missed out on hitting number one in America. In Britain, however, it didn’t just top the charts but remained in the Top 40 for nearly 6 months. Only The Lonely is, of course, the song regarded by many as the starting point of Roy’s classic ballad sound.
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Roy’s first public performance in the UK at the Mayfair’s Wesbury Hotel. Fan club members and journalists attend
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wesley orbison
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“Oh, Pretty Woman” tops the US Charts for 3 weeks, as well as charts all over the world.
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roy kelton orbison
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As Roy and Claudette are riding their motorcycles through Hendersonville, TN, Claudette is fatally struck in an intersection by a passing truck.
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While on tour in Great Britain, Roy meets a beautiful 18 year old Barbara Anne Marie Wellhoner Jakobs
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Fire at Roy’s house in Hendersonville takes place while Roy is on tour in England. 2 of Roy’s sons, Roy DeWayne and Anthony King Orbison die in the fire
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roy got married to barbra
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alexander orbison
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anothony king orbison
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Roy undergoes open heart surgery at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN.
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Roy wins a Grammy for “Best Country Performance by Duo of Group with Vocal” for the duet “That Lovin’ You Feelin’ Again” with Emmylou Harris
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for “That Lovin’ You Feelin’ Again” and “Crying.”
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roy moves to malibu, california
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roy died at age 52 roy orbison died of a heart attack.
