“IT TAKES ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE” by Roy Orbison On March 18, 1970 Roy Orbison went into the studio and cut two songs co-written with a then 24-year-old musician who happened to be the president of MGM Records, where Roy…
ROY ORBISON SINGS was released by MGM Records in May of 1972 Side one “God Love You” (Roy Orbison, Joe Melson) “Beaujolais” (John Carter, Tim Gilbert) “If Only for a While” (Bill Dees, Larry Henley) “Rings of Gold” (Gene Thomas)…
Happy Birthday Don Gibson! The singer-songwriter would be 87 today. Roy Orbison had such respect for Don Gibson that he recorded an entire album of Don Gibson songs while he was at MGM Records. Here’s “TOO SOON TO KNOW” from…
“MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE” by Roy Orbison On March 16, 1972 the recording sessions for Roy Orbison’s MGM album MEMPHIS began. Here’s the title track, “MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.” You may recognize it as Roy’s take on a Chuck Berry hit-
Happy Australia Day! Roy Orbison toured Australia many times over the years and there is still a huge fan following there! Here’s Roy performing “LAND OF 1000 DANCES” in Australia in 1972-
