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Roy Orbison, “Only the Lonely”

Orbison raised the lonely-heart pop song to the level of the sublime on this 1960 classic. No wonder it’s the song Bruce Springsteen cited by name when he wanted to set the mood in the opening lines of “Thunder Road” 15 years later. Read more here

Written by a teenage Roy Orbison.

“Go! Go! Go! (Down The Line)” by Ricky Nelson – Singer (1958)

Here’s Roy Orbison’s version of the big The Everly Brothers hit.

The Everly Brothers, Adam Faith, Roy Orbison