FIRST TIME HEARING Roy Orbison - Crying (Monument Concert 1965) 

If you would like an example of how big an impact on music he truly had, there is a concert video he did just a few days before his death called Black and White Night. The sheer amount of rock royalty that was there that night in support of him is astounding. Amazing performer and King of Cool.

Roy Orbison always said he couldn't take credit for his voice - it was a gift from God.

I am 78 years old and this man still gives me goosebumps when I listen to him sing I saw Roy on at least 4 separate occasions on his many trips to Australia going back to when l was a teenager and have several vynl albums of his including the 6 ties Golden Decade every song he recorded from the 6 ties to 69 my favorite Orbison song is Evergreen. R. I. P. Roy

Welcome to the world of Roy Orbinson. He was one of the four of Sun Records - he, Johnny Cash, Elvis and Carl Perkins. No re-mastering done. Roy had a vocal range that few could come close to. Take an evening and watch "Black and White Night" as it has many of his hits and look at his band members who are great artists in their own rights. Compare this version to his and kd lang's duet as well as kd's solo video of Crying. He had a huge impact in the UK. Many have said he was a musician's musician. Mr Orbison's last album, King of Hearts, was released after his death by Jeff Lynne who worked with Roy in The Traveling Wilburys which also included Tom Petty, George Harrison, Bob Dylan.

This song done by k d Lang is definitely worth a listen. Her emotion while singing it makes you feel it.

Fun Fact: Roy didn't need those glasses. When he first started, he was super shy/nervous. He wore the glasses to basically hide behind them and they became signature.

Roy Orbison had one of the most smooth powerful voices. He could sing real high falsetto & also low. Elvis Presley loved Roy's voice. Roy had lots of hits in the 60's such as "Only the Lonely", "Running Scared", "Pretty Woman", "In Dreams", "Love Hurts", "Blue Bayou" etc. In 1988, he co-founded the Traveling Wilburys (a rock supergroup) with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, & Jeff Lynne. They had a lot of great songs such as "Handle With Care" & "End Of The Line".

Every one in that audience is now in their late 70's. damn, i feel old. Great Video

The look on your face was priceless. Roy was unique. If you want to be blown away check out his song Walk On. Or his unbelievably beautiful version of Danny Boy.

One of the best voices in music!! Mr Cool! Loved his comeback with The Traveling Wilbury’s RIP Roy ❤

Roy was an immense talent, one of a kind. No one sang about heartache like Lonesome Roy. He wasn't blind. He started wearing sunglasses because of the bright lights onstage and it became his trademark look. True story: When Elvis was just starting out, you could book him to play a concert for $100 a night. A concert promoter in Texas - I wish I knew his name - booked Elvis to play five shows in five different Texas cities in one week. At two different shows that week, two young Texas boys saw Elvis and decided to start making music themselves. Their names were Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly. We owe that promoter so much.

Yodeling is just switching rapidly between chest voice and head voice or falsetto. He makes a couple of yodeling flips in this song. It sounds awesome. Do check out some of his other songs. He definitely has a unique and beautiful voice.

I have read that Roy Orbison was Elvis Presley favorite singer. His reason was Roy’s passion and emotion in all of his songs.

I had the honor of a lifetime to see Roy Orbison in concert in 1986 he was outstanding, simply wonderful! And yes he really is this good!

If you haven't already, you must do k.d. lang singing this song with Roy Orbison. As well, k.d. lang singing Hallelujah at the Vancouver Olympics opening. This is not the original being lip-synced.

the people watching are in silence. That's respect.

If you really want to be blown away by this guy, get the full Black and White Night DVD. All the beautiful songs, backed by literally an All-Star band. He is an American icon!

I'm from England and had seen Roy Orbison numerous times and he sounded just like that live!!

So special. in 1965 I was 15 YO and trying so hard to be a man but still so vulnerable that I cried at busted love. This is my anthem.

If you’ve ever watched the movie Pretty Woman, you have heard this voice before, singing the song of the same name. Btw, if you haven’t seen that movie, you definitely should. As always, I love your reactions.

Roy was the very first singer that I fell in love with. That voice is so iconic. You really don't know what you've been missing. He was the only singer my older brother ever cared for and still does to this day. I have introduced his music to many younger generations and they all still love his catalog of songs 🎶. You can pick anyone of his songs and they are gold. You might try his collaboration with Canadian K.D. Lang on this same song. It is beautiful and when she finishes it people have said "Elvis has left the building and shes beautiful." 😆 As Dagmar stated he later towards the end of his life joined an iconic band of legendary musicians called The Traveling Wilburys and they put out some great music that was cut short by Roy's passing. A sad day it was indeed. But his beautiful music lives on. Pretty Woman I think is the most recognized. Thanks for your great reactions. 🥰💜🎶💜

First time hearing? Amazing

Bono had done some recording with Roy and he said he could not understand how such a huge voice came out of a man who's voice barely moved. Elvis Presley called him the greatest voice ever. That pretty much sums it up.

I simply love watching jaws fall open when Roy starts to stretch even a little bit. Dive deep, my friend. Roy's catalogue of fuckin' fantastic is wide and deep, and includes collaborations with many other Hall of Fame performers who loved and admired him.

He did that full voice. Live. Astounding.

Was 4 when this came out. My parents loved this song!

1965 was a long time ago. I was only 10 years old at the time. Roy Orbison was an exceptionally gifted musical artist. Roy had one of the most beautiful most capable voices I have ever heard.

Hello, if you didn't know roy orbison was at sun records with Elvis presley and johnny cash in the late 50's Amazing singer! Another great reaction and studio sounds. Thanks

My absolute favorite singer by far.

Great reaction! So true. It's music that brings us together; timeless. It's somehow familiar; like we've done this all before in some distant memory.

Elvis said Roy hat the best voice on radio, high praise indeed!

Him and Bono were singing in the studio and they kept stopping. The producer says whats up and Bono says Roy isn’t singing. They played the tape back and Roy’s voice was perfect. He just sings really quiet.

My own personal favourite song of Roy's is 'In Dreams' - whenever I am called on to perform (which thankfully is very rarely) then this is my 'Go to' song.

He was called The BIG O for good reason. the song Leah is one of my favourites from Roy

roy o in dreams will blow you away a must play

Can't believe 9 mos ago (2023??) you had never heard Roy Orbison. Your life has not been complete...as you now know. He was a gift from God.

People in the UK loved Roy Orbison. In one documentary he was laughing and said he was singing in England had gotten seven or eight encores and the Beatles drug him off the stage and laughingly said "Yankee go home." I think the Beatles were waiting to go on stage and the crowd didn't want Roy to stop singing.

He had a whole lot of lovelorn songs. The music my hubby used to sing to me.

When you ask about remastering, do you mean something like autotune? His voice was amazing. He certainly didn't need autotune. Most of them back then didn't.

SalvoG: A MUST WATCH: Roy Orbison, "Black and White Night"... Orbison with backup by: Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello, K.D. Lang, Bonnie Raitt, T. Bone Burnett, Tom Waits, Jennifer Warnes, +. It's amazing, it's fantastic, it's just incredible. Make the time to view/hear this once-in-a-lifetime masterpiece. Time very, very well spent!!!

I grew up listening to Roy in the 60's. I have several vinyl record albums in my collection. Loved his voice and how sang the ballards. RIP Roy! 💖

Look up Roy's Black and White performance. The songs will blow your mind.

Love Roy Orbison! My favorite song is Pretty Woman.

"Only the Lonely" was my favorite!

His most iconic song is Oh Pretty Woman. He was also late in life among the super group The Travelling Wilburys.

The best voice in music bar none

Yep Elvis once said he wished he sang like Roy

Some duos MUST be heard. One is K D Lang and Roy Orbison singing In Crying. 🎉 Another is Pavoratti (not sure of spelling) and James Brown doing This Is A Man's World. Both of them must be heard.

Master Vocalist!!

Unbelievable voice!! And a shy, truly kind and sweet guy in his personal, and professional life!! ... Researching information about Roy, and reading all four of his biographies, I've yet to find anyone that had a bad word to say about Roy Orbison!! But like all of us, I'm sure Roy had his faults! But very few, if any people complained about how he conducted himself. ... Why do you think all those super stars in the entertainment industry came out to support Roy for his Black & White Night concert? It was because he as a truly nice guy, and they all wanted to be there for him in thanks for his contribution to the world of music.

i have the orginal Monument mono and stereos records and he is in the room. Great records

I read once that Elvis was asked why he never covered any Orbison songs? He replied "if Roy has done it, it can't be done better"

Machismo is a Spanish word for being very macho or masculine! Roy has a hauntingly beautiful voice! Nobody before or since sounds quite like him!

He was a composer. As well wrote most of his music. Left a lot of on publish written music that his two sons were going to publish..

The dark glasses - his son explained that he couldn't see without glasses, and left his regular ones on a plane traveling to England, so wore his sunglasses on stage. At any rate, he was only 52 when he died and we all felt the loss of his gifts.

His voice Is just that good. Crisp and clean in every video.

Roy was one of the best ever singers. His voice gets me every time.

Growing up, my mom played all kinds of music. Orbison was one of my favorites. This has to be the original live recording because imo, the non-live original recording was superior. Find and listen to it

thanks, love it💕🙌

You nay well have heard him “Pretty Woman” is one, just one classic.

I watched Roy a lot back then, and this is him really singing. Singers were better back then. His last work was black and white night. Watch it.

I met a man who worked with him at that time. The girls would hear Roy on the radio and thought that he had to be a handsome dreamboat. They would get to the concert and were shocked at his appearance. You can see some girls in the front row laughing at him. His songs will change your life. Watch Blue Velvet. In Dreams is featured in the movie.

At the source, sound recording equipment has been excellent for much longer than we realize. We listened too much to reproduced and degraded sound downstream onto radio, TV and videotape recordings. Nowadays, when we still have access to the masters, the quality can reach the final listener. I bought my first reel-to-reel tape recorder in 1968 and it was good enough to serve as my main music source for years.

Great reaction! Roy's voice is so unique and hauntingly beautiful. You should check out Roy's biggest hit called "Oh, Pretty Woman." You will probably recognize it right off the bat.

roy later performed with a supergroup call The Traveling Wilburys. Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynn and Roy Orbison.

He sings beautifully. He played with the Traveling Wilburys later in life with Tom Petty,Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan and Ringo Starr.

Play more of his stuff to fully appreciate his unique ability

Saw him several times in the 60’s in the UK.

Dude Mr.Orbison was THE man…best male vocalist all time arguably…solid man too…The Traveling Wilbury’s was the last stuff he was involved with when he passed…but he’s on the first album and it’s awesome

Darlin that's not yodeling. Roy sang with a lot of vibrato in his voice! If you haven't checked out the Traveling Wilburys you should! The members are Roy, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne (ELO) and Tom Petty. I would start with "End of the Line" or "Handle with Care". Great reaction!!! Love from Texas!!!

If you have not heard The Righteous Brothers, I'm sure you would love them. Unchained Melody You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling 2 of the most famous songs they've done.

Another beautiful song is (These Dreams)

Springsteen... an Orbison fan...said the way to listen to Roy was "...in the dark, and alone...". Listen to K D Lang's tribute cover of this tune. Thanks for listening!

Roy ALWAYS sounded that good. Usually even better! He had the best vibrato EVER. You need to check out the studio version, and then go down the Orbison rabbit hole.

I grew up with Roy Orbison, Elvis, all the greats from a bygone era.

Now you know why K D Lang thought it was such a privilege to do their duet of this track........which was perfect.

Sounds classic because it is

The Beatles were his opening act in 1963 when touring United Kingdom: It was Roy Orbison and the Beatles, the other acts on the tour included Gerry and the Pacemakers, David MacBeth, Louise Cordet, Tony Marsh, Terry Young Six, Erkey Grant, and Ian Crawford

Pure Musical Americana..

Goosebumps

Check out the Traveling Wilbury's. You'll find some familiar faces including Roy Orbison. Try Handle With Care first, then End of the Line

Roy just stood there and sang. That's all he needed to do.

Roy was a member of The infamous Travelling Wilburys when he passed .................... :(

It's a shame you never got to see this guy live even at the time of his death he still had it in spades RIP. His song pretty woman started my search into music really in about 1963 or 4 .

Best singer.

The lyrics you were reading are from the song "I Drove All Night" by Roy.

Watch and listen to his duet of “crying” with KD Lang. It’s amazing!

He started at the same label as Johnny Cash and Elvis, Sun Records in Memphis.

I think you would enjoy "I drove all night." Another classic of Roy's.

You might want to check out "Black and White Night-- Roy Orbinson and Friends" You'll see some classic Orbinson done in the 80s that icludes Sprindsten, Jackson Browne Katie Lang and others... real enjoyment

Song written by Don McLean “American Pie”. Look for him singing it on stage, Austin,1999.

Elvis said of Roy Orbison that he had a voice of an Angel and he was a gift from god.

You asked, "1965...that's not so long ago, isn't it?" Well, Salvo, some days it feels like it just happened and other days it feels like another side of the galaxy. Songs like this bring it closer, though.

George Harrison said that when Roy was standing singing behind him in the Travelling Wilberries the hair would stand up on his neck.

The theme song from the movie "PRETTY WOMAN">>>you have heard him, just didn't know it!

It does have remarkably good sound for a 60's live recording. So the video itself may have been 'cleaned up' but that is certainly how Roy sounded.

It was great that he got a sudden following when THE TRAVELING WILBURYS exploded on music fans, The combined Talent was unpresidented...I love, [ END OF THE LINE.

How much of an influence was Roy? On his first British tour in 1963, The Beatles were his opening act. In 1965, he made his first Australian tour and took along The Rolling Stones to open for him.

Elvis Presley loved Roy Orbison

Don Maclean did a very beautiful cover of crying in the early 70’s.