Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 â€“ December 6, 1988), nicknamed "The Big O", was an influential American singer-songwriterand a pioneer of rock and roll, whose recording career spanned more than four decades. By the mid-1960s Orbison was internationally recognized for his ballads of lost love, rhythmically advanced melodies, three-octave vocal range, characteristic dark sunglasses, and sometimes distinctive usage of falsetto, typified in songs such as "Only The Lonely", "Oh, Pretty Woman", and "Crying". In 1989, he was inducted posthumously into the National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of Fame. Two common misconceptions about his appearance stubbornly continue to surface about Orbison: one, that he was an albino, and two, that he wore his trademark dark glasses because he was blind or nearly so. Neither is correct, although his poor vision required him to wear thick corrective lenses (He suffered from childhood from a combination of hyperopia, severe astigmatism, presbyopia, anisometropia, and strabismus).
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Roy Orbison

Chips moman/bobby emmons
Sittin around minding my business when in walked an old friend
Such a sight for sore eyes I hadnt seen him since I dont know when
We talked about the crazy things we used to do
And talk loud around about old lovers talk out around to you
And Id like to hold a reunion for the clas of 55
Id like to see my old friends and how many have survived
Get a rock and roll band and do some dancin
Talk about the good times and all of the chances we blew
What would you do if you knew you never left my heart
What would you do if you knew that youre still tearing me apart
How would you feel if you knew my love for you is still alive
Livin in my heart since the class of 55
Well get a rock and roll band and do some dancin
Talk about the good times and all of the chances we blew
What would you do if you knew you never left my heart
What would you do if you knew that youre still tearing me apart
How would you feel if you knew my love for you is still alive
Livin in my heart since the class of 55
Lets get a rock and roll band and do us some dancin
Talk about the good times and all of the chances we blew
And my losing you