When I was a teenager Roy Orbison had some hit songs. During my high school days, when I started singing at a showground in Salisbury, I was very shy, and wore dark glasses to hide my eyes. When I see photos of him without his dark glasses, it is a bit of a shock. It just doesn’t feel right! He must wear those dark glasses all the time! So here are some of my favourite love songs sung by him.
1. Pretty woman – on Dukes of Hazzard TV show
Nice video.
2. You got it – my favourite love song by Roy Orbison
This was a hit song just before he died.
I heard this song on my neighbour’s record by Cliff Richard when I was a teenager. It felt so exciting!
This song was written by Cindy Walker, who wrote many hit songs for Jim Reeves.
5. Claudette
He wrote this song about his first wife, and sold it to the Everly Brothers.
6. Pretty woman
The movie gave this song a new life with a new generation.
7. Blue Bayou
9. In dreams
10. Blue Bayou – beautiful pictures
I love to be by the sea. Years ago this favourite love song burned within my heart. “Saving nickels, saving dimes, working till the sun don’t shine, looking forward to happier times on Blue Bayou.”
11. Only the lonely
This was a big hit when I was a kid.
12. Running scared
A very interesting love song. Don’t give up!
13. Crying
14. Unchained melody
15. It’s over
I first heard this song by Elvis on Clambake.
This is still one of my favourite love songs.
I have this on a record by Al Martino.
20. Where have all the flowers gone
21. Pretty paper
I think this song was written by Willie Nelson.
22. Sweet Caroline
23. Mean woman blues
I love the way Roy Orbison does the growl in this song. I remembering hearing this when I was young. It was different from Elvis’ version.
24. What’d I say
25. Bridge over troubled water
26. Blue angel
Cliff Richard had a song with the same title, but a completely different song.
28. Windsurfer
“I long to go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky.”
29. Distant drums
Jim Reeves had a big hit with this song. I didn’t even Know Roy Orbison recorded this song until yesterday.
I wonder if Roy Orbison copied Elvis, or if Elvis copied him!
Before, when I had favourite love songs on this page, they took all of the links off to the YouTube! So I am re-doing this page, and see what happens.