Biography
Hit Oh, Pretty Woman heard seems to be all. Kinokartin with Julia Roberts and Richard Girome, often broadcast on Russian TV before the International Women's Day, contributed their contribution to acquaintance with him. But the name of the artist who Elvis Presley dubbed the "greatest singer in the world" and to which the American Academy of Reserved deservedly awarded as many than six "Grammy", not everyone could call, and this question is sometimes found in intellectual games. This is a swarm orbison.Childhood and youth
In the 23rd of the 1936th day of the 1936th of the Nadine Medical Sisters and a specialist in the drilling of oil wells and autoslemer Orbi, who lived in the Texas city of Vernon, there was an average son named Roy Kelton. And although there were no professional relationships to music to music, she was a frequent guest in the family.
When friends and acquaintances gathered at one table, his father got a guitar, and those present fell under the charm of sad compositions. By the way, the singer associated his famous unimointness on stage with expensive memories of that time.
The global economic crisis was driven by the Orbisson family in the neighboring Fort Worth in search of earnings. But soon, from there, children had to be sent to their native fenats due to the concern to catch the infectious disease of the nervous system. The following was followed by another joint move to Wink, which subsequently called noticeable life changes.
As a child, he dreamed of a lip-harmonica, but his father gave him the already mentioned string instrument, which was not bad for himself. Already at 8 years old, a talented boy wrote the first one's own work and conquered the show of young talents in a year and got the opportunity to play on the local radio.
During his studies in high school, the teenager organized the group of The Westerners, the guys took for a sample of the Country artist Roy Rogers, and as a distinguishing element of clothing, colored neck scarves were used. Speeches began to bring first profits, and the team itself settled in the television program.
In 1955, Orbison moved to Odessa to continue their education at a local college. The guy was waiting for the difficulties of choice - between geological and historical faculties. As a result, the choice fell on the last. In parallel with the study, The Wrek Westerners conducted his own gear, the star guests of which Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash were.
It is known that in his youth swarm repainted blonde hair into black and struggled with poor eyesight with rigid lenses.
Music
Following the dream - to introduce a multi-million public with your records, Roy left the college and moved to Memphis to the Je-Wel Studio, where the light saw two songs - the author and cover. After that, on the recommendation of the businessman with the influential relations between Cecile Hollyfield, only the second time of the guys accepted in Sun Records.
And this time the meeting ended with success: Sam Phillips was conquered and delighted with a fresh and accustomed to the unfamiliar sound of the melodies and immediately concluded a contract with the guys. Then the name of the name, performances in bars, touring with famous then performers took place. Single Ooby Dooby hit the noticeable places of the charts and allowed Orbison to buy a fashionable car.
The team existed without a small five years. Several versions of the subsequent collapse were made: one, the wines of the whole no longer hit subsequent singles, on the other, the owner of the studio insisted on the solo career. However, soon the crisis came in the creative biography, and the guy had to write compositions for other musicians.
During the creation of his debut collection, a conflict with Phillips had happened, had to change two labels before hitting Monument Records Studio, helped by the full disclosure of singing dating. Acquaintance and cooperation with Joe Moglson resulted in a true Hang by The Lonely, who conquered the prestigious charts and the hearts of Elvis and John Lennon. The song has become so popular that the magazine Rolling Stone called it "one of the 500 greatest songs of all time."
In 1964, the listeners around the world were fascinated and loved by Oh, Pretty Woman is so much so that, in addition to universal love and prestigious titles, her creator, who joined the concerts of Bitlov, did not give the Liverpool four to the stage to go on the stage - a long-giving public could not Calm and demanded solely Roy. And the record in Dreams and competed at all with their with the beatles. However, after a year, his career went to the decline.
The crisis in creativity and personal life led Orbison to the cinema: began to shoot and filmed in films, unfortunately, who did not find the proper response from the viewer. For a while he was completely disappeared from the field of view, however, the cavities released on his works sounded from everywhere and had a mad success. To secure him, the singer goes into a big tour.
In the 80s, a triumphal return came: "Grammy" fell, participation in the new project Electric Light Orchestra, discography was replenished with a platinum album, a well-deserved place appeared in the "Hall of Glory" and songs that became the soundtracks of popular film.
The last record - Mystery Girl with the main track of You Got It - was released after the death of the Great Musician.
Personal life
Women in the life of the shy and modest "Pioneer of Rock and Roll" played an important, if not the main role. Klodett Fredy became the wife of Roy in 1957 and accompanied him all his short life. The girl moved to him in Memphis and, as the lady relies, first spent the night in a separate room in the house of the studio owner; Going for shopping, accidentally inspired to the most famous song; Born three sons - Devayna, Anthony and Wesley.
It was her who devoted Orbison to the same name, where generously endowed his spouse with tender comparisons and did not hesitate in the expression of feelings. Their love was so strong that, despite the Mesallians from his wife and the subsequent divorce in 1964, soon the pair reunited again: she came to visit him, broken his leg, to the hospital, and he forgave her.
However, saved happiness turned out to be shortly: on June 6, 1966, on returning from Brestly, Klodett got into a car accident. Favorite woman died on her husband's hands, heavily worried losses and expressed her in a sad-lyrical ballad.
On this losses were not over: the fire carried the life of two senior children of a man, grandmother and grandfather managed to save only the younger. The experienced tragedies led Roy to Germany and to the awareness that it was difficult to create hits without his wife, to whom his fans were accustomed.
Fate cleared over the widow: in 1968 he met new love. The scene of the fateful meeting is the Varley Variety Nightclub, where at the acquaintance with the young beauty-correspondent Barbara Velhoner Jacobs from Germany insulted his singer himself. The novel developed rapidly, and already in March 1969, Chet also related to the Uzami marriage. Two boys appeared in the family - Roy Kelton and Alexander Orbi.
"I spent my whole life to understand love. Love ranges from simple hobbies to something almost spiritual. In the case of my wife Barbara, she is constantly growing, all the time, "wrote a musician.
Subsequently, the woman helped his spouse in the work, worked by the executive producer, and after his death completely devoted himself to preserving the memory of the Great Husband for the following generations: from the photo to the posthumous outlets of his albums. Also actively engaged in charity and released the song "Beauty". And precisely thanks to her, the world found out you Belong to Me Taylor Swift. The second chief of the Roy died in 2011 and was buried next to his "Great O" in Westwood.
Death
Unfortunately, it was the last month of the year to take away the world at least two talented artists. In the 1980s, the life of John Lennon was tragically cut, in 1988, Roy Orbison.
On December 4, "Caruso Rock" won the concert in Cleveland, and then came to visit the mother in Nashville. The 6th number did not foretell any trouble: at first he spent time, playing with sons, and after dinner felt bad and died in the parent house. Cause of death: Myocardial infarction.
Over 10 years before the death, Orbison suffered a triple surgery for the shuntness of the heart and, despite contraindications and periodic chest pain, did not change the harmful addiction - smoking. It is also known that over time, the swarm could not work in the evenings, and for shooting clips had to reset the scheduling weight.
He left behind a huge music heritage and became an example for imitating many performers, at least for Bob Dilan, The Bee Gees and The Ramones.
Discography
- 1989 - Mystery Girl
- 1987 - In Dreams: The Greatest Hits
- 1976 - Regeneration.
- 1975 - I'm Still In Love With You
- 1972 - Roy Orbison Sings
- 1970 - The Big O
- 1967 - The Fastest Guitar Alive
- 1966 - The Classic Roy ORBISON
- 1966 - The ORBISON WAY
- 1965 - There Is Only One Roy ORBISON
- 1964 - Oh, Pretty Woman
- 1963 - In Dreams
- 1961 - ROY ORBISON AT THE ROCK HOUSE