The Very Best of Roy Orbison
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It must rank as the most fortuitous bit of cloth-eared A&R decision-making in rock & roll history. In the early 1960s, The Everly Brothers and Elvis Presley both turned down a song called "Only The Lonely", leaving the frustrated writer of the song--a little-known Texan called Roy Orbison--to record it himself. The ensuing career is neatly summed up by this greatest hits package. Simply put, Orbison was one of the finest singers ever to have graced a rock & roll song--his astonishing vocal range was almost capable of shifting furniture around at its bottom end and his top notes make one fear for the hearing
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Manufacturer: Virgin
Release date: 4 November 1996
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0724384248321 UPC: 724384248321
Release date: 4 November 1996
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0724384248321 UPC: 724384248321
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