“SILENT NIGHT” performed by the Class of ’55
Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, & Carl Perkins are joined by June Carter Cash on The Johnny Cash Christmas Special in 1977 –
Happy Birthday Roy Orbison Jr!
On This Day in 1970, Roy Orbison, Barbara Orbison, Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash were at the St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee to celebrate the birth of Roy’s 4th son, Roy Kelton Orbison Jr ! Here is a rarity, the only known recording of Roy singing “Happy Birthday” to his then 5 year old namesake in 1975
IN MEMORY OF JOHNNY CASH
“It was a particularly close friendship too. We became like brothers right from the start… and we stayed that way until the end.”
-Johnny Cash talking about Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison’s dear friend Johnny Cash passed away ten years ago today. Here is one of our favorite photographs of Roy, Johnny, and his wife June Carter Cash taken by Barbara Orbison.
