Professor to teach students about rock 'n' roll - FayObserver.com
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Professor to teach students about rock 'n' roll FayObserver.com "Only the Lonely" by Roy Orbison. "Nonsense syllables combine with his near-operatic range to make this a classic song. Maybe he wore those shades so you ... |
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Grammy-nominated singer Deborah Allen returns home musically - Memphis Commercial Appeal
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Grammy-nominated singer Deborah Allen returns home musically Memphis Commercial Appeal While working as a Music City waitress, she got her big break when Roy Orbison hired her as a backup singer for $90 a night. In 1979 she was hired to record ... |
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Free Reign appearance will be tribute to Neil Long - Evansville Courier & Press
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Free Reign appearance will be tribute to Neil Long Evansville Courier & Press Rhodes said Free Reign continued to play at Lamey's until the early '80s, when the building was razed. The band later was a mainstay at Elliott's (the ... |
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Soulful Preacher Al Green Sings Roy Orbison, Four Tops in Return Concert - Bloomberg
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Soulful Preacher Al Green Sings Roy Orbison, Four Tops in Return Concert Bloomberg “We made something that sounded contemporary in a certain way and would capture the magic of the early seminal recordings.” Green said that working with ... |
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'Nashville Sound' creator recalled in Cornersville - Marshall County Tribune
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'Nashville Sound' creator recalled in Cornersville Marshall County Tribune Porter engineered recordings by such stars as Elvis Presley, Chet Atkins, and Roy Orbison. In one week in 1960, his recordings accounted for 15 of Billboard ... |
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Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster Honored by Leadership Music - CMT.com
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 Contactmusic.com | Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster Honored by Leadership Music CMT.com For the first song of the night, Crowell chose Orbison's catchy "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)." The tune received a boost from famed harmonica player ... Kristofferson, Nelson and Foster honored at gala |
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Album review: Jenny and Johnny, "I'm Having Fun Now" - Washington Post (blog)
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Album review: Jenny and Johnny, "I'm Having Fun Now" Washington Post (blog) ... most every track, in either melody or tone, brings to mind Roy Orbison, whom Rice portrayed in the Johnny Cash biopic "Walk the Line. ... |
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Closing 'Mad Men' tune is a vintage Orbison recording - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Closing 'Mad Men' tune is a vintage Orbison recording Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Hardly, since Orbison released "Shahdaroba" in early 1963, as the B-side of the million-selling "In Dreams" (Monument 806). IZ ZAT SO? ... |
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Jason Mraz May Turn 'Tons of Material' Into Two New Albums - Billboard
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Jason Mraz May Turn 'Tons of Material' Into Two New Albums Billboard Last November he and Willie Nelson got together to record "The Way is Love," an unreleased Roy Orbison song that was demoed about six months before his ... |
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Marconi's sound travels well - Boston Globe
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 Boston Globe | Marconi's sound travels well Boston Globe Despite how fractured the process was, a definitive style took shape, at times reflecting dreamy echoes of Roy Orbison's balladry and the shrugging majesty ... |
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