Roy Orbison - London Palladium performance, 1966 

Brilliant roy orbison one of the best all time. David wall.

Class singer

Bless you.

Tanks

That's lovely. Treasure those memories.

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Roy’s vibrato was unique, no doubt. If you listen, the vibrato starts instantly with the note. Normally singers start the note then work into vibrato. Also, his singing is so precise both in pitch and the vibrato being identical every time.

Even as a young boy, Roy wanted to sing because he and his parents liked hearing his singing voice. He sang with bands on tours and in studios. "Oh Pretty Woman" became Roy's biggest hit and is one of the most recognizable and beloved rock songs of all time in music history. At 28, he was the most famous entertainer in the world. Currently studying his incomparable melodic and powerful tenor voice "In Dreams".

Kathy Barker Roy was asked about how he coped he responded "God give us big enough shoulders to cope"

great quote fantastic performer

Eu adoro também, mas são muito depressivas. Só penso em suicídio ouvindo Roy Orbison.

Roy Orbison (1932-1988) siempre vivirà en la memoria de todos, Greg Norman. Saludos.

I always estimated it to be 3.5 octaves. That said, I heard an interview once where he said he never really paid any attention to it but imagine it was around 3 octaves.

Don’t forget his flawless falsetto. But yeah! Range unheard of for someone who smoked cigs no less. Wow. Had it all the way to his last song here. ✊🏽

D accord, il donne des frissons car il descend du ciel, il est transcendant ! MERCIIii ❤

yes siree!

Great to know Roy's music is touching the young of today :-). You have great taste young lady xxx

Harriet B it takes others time to discover greatness....its all in where you are at in time. Roy Orbison i discovered early....Thank God!

Jedibuds87 very wise words my friend

Harriet B Looks like you have a keen appreciation for good music, no matter the time period. Yes, Roy was a great music legend of which my parents liked during the 60's. He was most influential.. Roy Being part of the Travelling Wilburys.. what a great combination of talent. Again, a testament to Roy's talent and contribution. He is certainly missed. Too bad about your friends. Hopefully, they will value you for your musical taste and intellect. Cheers!

@Riki Peters that would be impressive given they are both no longer with us…

Sandra Bervoets although I am now sixty six years of age I have always rated Roy my favourite singer since I was fourteen. As Bruce Springsteen once said no one sounds like Roy but everyone would wish they could.

Roy had a very descriptive voice back in those days, I am 74 and I enjoyed his music very much.

Hello. I lived in Jal, NM in 1954, I think it was, where they had Saturday night music at the auditorium where Roy and the Wink Westerners would play. I was in the 9th grade then and it was very clear Roy was something special while still a high school boy from Wink Texas. It was quite a deal for a pass the hat show. We later lived in Wink after he had made it, and wold be in town some of the time. You could see Roy and some friends hanging out at the local pool hall on occasion. This was around 1958 or 59. Last I saw him he played a show in Alma Arkansas at "Tony Alamo's' place in 1976 I believe.

Well said. Indeed.

I envy you for seeing him towards his end, One if the greatest ever.

I've loved this man for over 70 years and I miss him so much. He made my school years so much better.

Great

On another documentary it said he smoked a lot & ate what he wanted which was not a good combination!! Over the yrs u can tell he had gained a little weight but not a lot, certainly not like other performers!!❤️😊❤️

How was he?

98ford Y 7uü

Love this man and his one of a kind singing there will never be another singer as good as he is.

Very true . Aint border terriers great my one's called millie and she's a darling.

@@keithrose6931 absolutely ! Her name is Roxy she is 10 now ! Such characters

Oui les gens avaient des respects. Ils avaient des contacts entre eux Maintenant ils ont tous les moyens COMMUNICATION. Ils ont seuls de plus en PLUS SEUL.

Beaucoup de qualité, sur sa tenue on voit qu il est respectueux et rigoureux et bienveillant...en conclusion un Homme délicieux ! Prières d AMOUR ❤️

Ain't that the truth.

I agree with you

He was world famous - crazy famous, but back in his day... He did have an amazing come back with the band The Traveling Wilburys, with other famous Singers + musicians...then he suffered the fatal heart attack... Such a shame...I think a lot of youngsters would have learnt of him if he'd have lived... 💔💔

@@cheremichael367 no n in

Give it a rest Larry, one time there wouldn't have been anyone on earth who didn't love Roy. I don't get why people are always calling someone "underrated" etc.

Anyone else catch him playing the opening riff for Pretty Woman? I would have thought Roy would have just played rhythm and left that for the behind the scenes player. Nope, he is out here playing licks and singing pitch perfect, playing along with a band that likely is not his and making it sound just as good or better than the album. One of the greats, once you factor in his song writing there will never be another talent like Roy.

Spot on

Elvis hatte mal gesagt Roy wäre der beste Sänger überhaupt,,,ich fand beide schön,,,schade das sie so früh gehen mußten,,,,,❤❤❤.

Simply the best

Can’t have been 1967vas the Beatles stopped touring in 66 - though I know they toured together in 1963

The Beatles last tour of Britain was in 1965, so this cannot be the case.

soooooo agrea

i think you need to research more musicians before you label someone as "the greatest of all time".

not really Brandon. It's a personal preference. Elvis, Dylan, Harrison, Petty & Springsteen said the exact same thing. He had a voice which was so unique, that there is not another singer on this planet, who can sing like him. As i said, it's my opinion and nobody has the right stand in the way of my views. Thank you for the comment though. JDG

Jonathan David Green If you had prefaced your original comment with *In my opinion* fine. However, the comment as posted posits your opinion as a fact. You are indeed perfectly entitled to your opinion. Others are perfectly entitled to differ. Having said that you did not state he was the greatest musician of all time. As for vocalist .. for purity of voice I love Nana, for visceral power Tom Waits/Leonard Cohen top my list. Roy is fantastic. Is he the best vocalist of all time? That depends entirely on personal tastes.

glowros well, by speaking it out of his mouth it is his opinion really

George Eyebrowson my apologies for not being clear. When you make a declarative statement with no caveat the assumption is that you are positing a fact, not an opinion. Obviously not everything that one speaks is an opinion, although most judgements (such as greatest of all time) are indeed opinions. In my opinion Brandon's response was to the presentation of an opinion as a fact by dint of this linguistic convention.

Youtubax wrong ... look it up, the Beatles opened for Roy..

Youtubax It was a custom guitar with actually a Gretsch body, a Gibson neck, and 8-pole sho-bud steel guitar pick-ups. It was sent to Japan in the 60's to be copied for some reason and disappeared. Perhaps it still lives on secretly in some Japanese collection.

True. He was a beautiful guy. The Beatles actually opened the show for him originally. They were just exploding in the Uk but had been booked previously. Roy graciously recognised their greater pull at the time.

DG Brock you are correct. They never shared the same stage. Johnny Cash first introduced them after an Elvis concert in 1956 in Texas. They met again backstage after an Elvis concert in Vegas in 1976 where Roy was introduced to the audience “as one of the finest singers of all time”.

@@cyrusbudatfletchergateart3569 Actually, the Beatles opened for Roy, who was a big star in the early 60s before the Beatles got big in 1964.

G And Orbison agreed. He said he was glad people liked his voice but said he had nothing to do with it