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Happy Birthday, Roy Orbison!

April 23, 2015 by admin

Happy Birthday, Roy Orbison!

The Big O would be 79 today!  Here he is enjoying some birthday cake with a few friends that you might recognize… The Beatles! –

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Congratulations Ringo Starr!

December 22, 2014 by admin

Congratulations Ringo Starr!

The former Beatle and lifelong friend of Roy Orbison and his family is to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in 2015!  He was inducted as a Beatle in 1988.

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On this day in 1963- Roy Orbison & The Beatles

June 4, 2014 by admin

On this day in 1963 Roy Orbison and The Beatles played a show together in Birmingham, England.

This tour would spark lifelong friendships between Orbison and The Beatles- Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison.  Orbison and Harrison would even go on to form The Traveling Wilburys together and work on each other’s solo albums such as Harrison’s Cloud Nine and Orbison’s Mystery Girl.

From the Orbison Archives, here’s a ticket stub from the show in Birmingham, UK 51 years ago today-

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Happy Birthday Ringo Starr!

July 7, 2013 by admin

Happy Birthday Ringo Starr!

The Beatle and Orbison family friend is 73 today!

Here’s a video from Ringo’s birthday party at Hard Rock Cafe in Nashville, Tennessee where he celebrated with Roy Jr, Wesley, & Alex Orbison as well as Joe Walsh, Billy Burnette and others!

 

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Ringo Starr Quote About Roy Orbison

May 16, 2013 by admin

“Roy Orbison was the only act that The Beatles didn’t want to follow.”

-Ringo Starr

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