Roy Orbison

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human pop musician rock musician singer-songwriter

Roy Orbison was an American singer-songwriter known for his powerful, operatic voice and dramatic rock and pop ballads such as "Oh, Pretty Woman" and "Crying."

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Orbison 1
Roy Dewayne Orbison 1
Roy Kelton Orbison 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
pop musician ⓘ
rock musician ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
associatedAct Bob Dylan ⓘ
George Harrison ⓘ
Jeff Lynne ⓘ
Tom Petty ⓘ
Traveling Wilburys ⓘ
birthDate 1936-04-23 ⓘ
birthPlace Vernon, Texas, United States ⓘ
child Alex Orbison ⓘ
Barbara Orbison ⓘ
surface form: Anthony King Orbison

Roy Orbison self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Roy Dewayne Orbison

Alex Orbison ⓘ
surface form: Roy Orbison Jr.

Wesley Orbison ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1988-12-06 ⓘ
deathPlace Nashville ⓘ
surface form: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
familyName Roy Orbison self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Orbison
fullName Roy Orbison self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Roy Kelton Orbison
genre country ⓘ
pop ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
rockabilly ⓘ
givenName Roy ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame ⓘ
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
Songwriters Hall of Fame ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
memberOf Traveling Wilburys ⓘ
notableWork Blue Bayou ⓘ
Crying ⓘ
Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) ⓘ
In Dreams ⓘ
Oh, Pretty Woman ⓘ
Only the Lonely ⓘ
Running Scared ⓘ
You Got It ⓘ
occupation musician ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
recordLabel MGM Records ⓘ
Monument Records ⓘ
Sun Records ⓘ
spouse Barbara Orbison ⓘ
Claudette Frady ⓘ
styleCharacteristic dramatic rock and pop ballads ⓘ
operatic vocal delivery ⓘ
voiceType tenor ⓘ

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Buddy Buie → associatedAct → Roy Orbison ⓘ
Tom Petty → associatedAct → Roy Orbison ⓘ
Roy Orbison → child → Roy Orbison self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roy Dewayne Orbison
Carl Perkins → collaboratedWith → Roy Orbison ⓘ
Jeff Lynne → collaboratedWith → Roy Orbison ⓘ
Roy Orbison → familyName → Roy Orbison self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orbison
Roy Orbison → fullName → Roy Orbison self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roy Kelton Orbison
Bruce Springsteen → influencedBy → Roy Orbison ⓘ
Traveling Wilburys → member → Roy Orbison ⓘ
Sun Records → notableArtist → Roy Orbison ⓘ
Sam Phillips → recorded → Roy Orbison ⓘ
Sun Studio → recordedArtist → Roy Orbison ⓘ