Roy Orbison died of a heart attack at 52 years old on December 6, 1988.
Here is the Rolling Stone Magazine from the time.
Here is the Rolling Stone Magazine from the time.
Roy’s classic Christmas song reached #6 on the UK Charts and #15 on the USA Pop charts in 1963. Written by a then unknown, up-and-coming songwriter named Willie Nelson!
In the movie from 1994, best friends Lloyd (Jim Carrey ~) and Harry (Jeff Daniels) stumble across a suitcase full of money left behind in Harry’s car by Mary Swanson (Lauren Holly), who was on her way to the airport….
(Here’s a funny scene from the 1996 movie, “Star Trek: First Contact”, in which the character (who invents the warp drive engine) Zefram Cochrane plays “Ooby Dooby” on a jukebox. It’s a symbolic reference to “the good ol’ days”.)