Roy Orbison ... Orbison projected an image of vulnerability that was kind of rare in his era. He had a string of hits in the ...

"He sang it while I was banging my hand down on the table and by the time she returned, we had the song," remembered co-writer Bill Dees.

Despite having one of music's most iconic voices, Roy Orbison tried to pitch one of his songs to these artists, only for them to decline.

While Roy Orbison passed from this life into the next on Dec. 6, 1988, his music lives on in the great American songbook of rock ‘n’ roll hits. What sets Orbison apart from many of his ...