Barbara Orbison & Roy Orbison and Christie Brinkley & Billy Joel

“Sweet Caroline” the Neil Diamond song sung by Roy Orbison (video from “Roy Orbison Live In Australia”)

This concert was held at The Festival Hall in Melbourne, Australia on October 3rd, 1972. Originally aired on Australian television in 1973.

Neil Diamond introduces Roy Orbison who performs “Running Scared” for fans at one of Neil’s concerts. (February 19, 1976)

Roy Orbison & Neil Diamond (in 1976)

“I first met Roy Orbison on stage in Melbourne, Australia in 1978. He picked up a guitar and kicked into “Pretty Woman, one of the great records of my teen years. It took less than eight bars to realize that I was only excess baggage. So I backed off quietly and stopped singing altogether, letting The Master do one of his masterpieces alone.” – Neil Diamond speaking about Roy Orbison

(live from “The Monument Concert 1965”)

“Mean Woman Blues” by Roy Orbison