Roy Orbison was born April 23, 1936 in Vernon, Texas and died suddenly of a heart attack at age 52 on December 6, 1988. He first hit the charts back in 1956 with
Ooby Dooby, billed on the famous Sun Records label as
Roy Orbison and Teen Kings. Overall, he appeared on the Billboard charts thirty-two times and had ten Top Ten hits and a Gold Record for
Oh, Pretty Woman.
This week on
Treasure Island Oldies,
Voice Your Choice spotlights the late
Roy Orbison with two of his well-loved songs for your votes:
Running Scared and
Working For the Man.
Cast you vote at the
Voice Your Choice page and make your selection. We'll play the winner in Hour 3 of next week's show.