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. What a voice, what a career!
This week on Treasure Island Oldies, Voice Your Choice spotlights the late Roy Orbison with two of his well-loved songs for your votes: Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) and Only The Lonely.
Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice page for either Blue Angel or Candy Man. I'll play the winner on next week's how.
