Paul McCartney said Roy Orbison’s “Oh, Pretty Woman” came together while The Beatles watched. However, one of the song’s co-writers had a story that completely contradicts Paul’s. Notably, the song ...

Roy Orbison’s “Oh, Pretty Woman” became one of the most famous classic rock songs of the 1960s. Subsequently, it inspired Devo’s “Whip It,” one of the most famous new wave songs from the 1980s. In ...

Sixty-one years ago today, Roy Orbison was atop the UK Singles Chart with a song that would change US law forever.

Playing through some songs at home one day working with songwriter and collaborator Bill Dees, Roy Orbison noticed his wife Claudette Frady getting ready to go out to buy something in town. When ...

One day, Roy Orbison's first wife walked down the street to the store. By the time she returned, the rock 'n' roll pioneer had already written his... Mercy: Behind Roy Orbison's 'Pretty Woman' Mercy: ...

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It can be incredibly refreshing when artists sing songs they did not originally produce. While opinions on music can vary by extremes based on the singer or the song, some may find themselves liking ...