AP - Oct 3, 2008
Twenty years after he died, Roy Orbison still can touch people with his piercing tenor. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, responsible for evergreen hits like Oh, Pretty Woman, Only the Lonely and Crying...
More »Reuters - Aug 6, 2008
Twelve previously unreleased tracks, including an early version of Ooby Dooby and a demo of Claudette, highlight a four-disc Roy Orbison boxed set due in stores on September 23. The Soul of Rock...
More »AP - May 9, 2006
Even if you don t know T Bone Burnett, you ve probably heard his work. In a varied career spanning decades, Burnett has helmed the hit soundtrack for O Brother, Where Art Thou, trained the voices of...
More »AP - Nov 11, 2005
In the summer of 1975, Bruce Springsteen was nobody s Boss. His nascent career was crumbling, just another over-hyped new Dylan about to get dumped by his label. Two of his band members had recently...
More »Reuters - Jun 30, 2005
I m on a small label right now making some noise, said the brash, dark-haired kid. But if I get a recording contract with a major company, I want you to back me up. The year was 1955. The little-known...
More »Reuters - Sep 14, 2004
Nashville impresario Cowboy Jack Clement has been responsible for some of the greatest moments in popular music. As a producer at Sun Records in the 1950s, Clement worked with Roy Orbison , Jerry Lee...
More »Reuters - Sep 7, 2004
Johnny Cash s guitars, his black leather boots and a tin cup from Folsom Prison are among the memorabilia from the late country music star displayed on Tuesday ahead of an auction at Sotheby s. The...
More »AP - Jul 1, 2004
As far as Elvis Presley songs go, That s All Right, his very first record, wasn t among his biggest hits. In fact, the 1954 song wasn t even a hit at all. Yet on July 5, 50 years to the day after it...
More »AP - Jun 9, 2004
Country Music Television s list of the 100 greatest love songs: 1. I Will Always Love You (Dolly Parton ) 2. You Were Always On My Mind (Willie Nelson ) 3. Sweet Dreams (Of You) (Patsy Cline )...
More »AP - Apr 27, 2004
The members of Blondie admit it s a bit weird to be on the music scene again when bands like the Rapture are named for one of their songs, and 80s fashion is so hip that girls shamelessly wander the streets...
More »Reuters - Mar 16, 2004
Prince was crowned as musical royalty on Monday as he joined the late George Harrison among eight inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Also honored at the 19th annual induction were Texas...
More »E! Online - Nov 20, 2003
The quiet Beatle s voice hasn t been forgotten. Two years after his death, George Harrison will become the third Beatle enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist, when the 19th...
More »USRN - Jul 17, 2002
(7/17/02, 3 p.m. ET) -- Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins highlight a two-disc set chronicling the history of Sun Records. Sun Records 50th Anniversary, due August 6 from BMG...
More »USRN - Jan 2, 2002
(1/2/02, 3 p.m. ET) -- Roy Orbison s widow Barbara Orbison has filed a $10 million lawsuit against three documentary companies, alleging that they owe her money and that they misrepresented their relationship...
More »USRN - Dec 18, 1997
(12/18/97) - Bo Diddley, Paul Robeson, the Mills Brothers and Roy Orbison will receive Lifetime Achievement Awards from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences during Grammy week in New York...
More »USRN - Dec 3, 1997
(12/3/97) - Barbara Orbison, Roy Orbison s widow, has announced a January 13th release date for Combo Concert, a previously-unreleased Roy Orbison live concert recorded on March 25th, 1965 in Laren,...
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