Music Times: 50 Years of Roy Orbison’s “Oh, Pretty Woman”: Covers from Al Green, Van Halen, John Mellencamp, More “Fifty years ago Monument Records would release the track that would become the most celebrated single in the career of Roy…
KERA NEWS: A Look Back at Roy Orbison, an Unassuming West Texas Boy Turned Rockstar “Fifty years ago this month, Roy Orbison had his break-out hit “Pretty Woman.” The catchy tune about an attractive lady walking by his song became…
Author Barbara Barnes Sims started working at Sun Records in 1957. This was a monumental time in music, and this was a monumental opportunity for a young, female writer. In her new book, The Next Elvis, Sims gives a detailed…
