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Transatlantic Sessions – review

Royal Festival Hall, LondonIt's rare for a backing band to be more celebrated than the singers they are supporting, but that's what makes Transatlantic Sessions so specia...
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David Lynch's musical magic

David Lynch deploys music in his movies to devastating effect. Ahead of a retrospective, we pick his best statements in soundDavid Lynch once said: "Sound is almost like ...
Posted 31 January 4.21pm — Comment on this

R.I.P.

Barbara Orbison, the widow of Roy Orbison, died at the age of 60 yesterday in Los Angeles after losing her battle with pancreatic cancer - 23 years to the day her husband...
Posted 8 December 2011 12.10am — Comment on this

Barbara Orbison Dies 23 Years After Husband Roy

Barbara Orbison the widow of Rock and Roll great Roy Orbison died on Tuesday December 6 2011 - the 23rd anniversary of her husbands death Since the 1980s Barbara has mana...
Posted 7 December 2011 2.26pm — Comment on this

Roy Orbison's Widow Barbara Dies at 60

Barbara Orbison succumbs to pancreatic cancer exactly 23 years after her husband's death
Posted 7 December 2011 1.45pm — Comment on this

Barbara Orbison, widow of Roy Orbison, dies in LA

In this April 1, 1969 file photo, American pop singer Roy Orbison poses with his then 18-year-old wife Barbara to the media in London.
Posted 7 December 2011 7.55am — Comment on this

Roy Orbison - Roy Orbison's Widow Dies

Roy Orbisons widow has passed away on the 23rd anniversary of the rockers death Barbara Orbison 60 died on Tuesday 06Dec11 at Los Angeles County-Usc Medical Center exactl...
Posted 7 December 2011 7.17am — Comment on this

Barbara Orbison, widow of Roy Orbison, dies

Barbara Orbison, the widow of rock 'n' roll pioneer Roy Orbison, has died. She was 60.
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Anna Calvi performs Baby It's You

Introducing the first of two exclusive session tracks, Anna Calvi explains why she covered the Shirelles' 1962 hitMy father used to play me classic 50s songs all the time...
Posted 30 November 2011 3.20pm — Comment on this

Mariachi El Bronx cover Roy Orbison! Tour starts tomorrow

Mariachi El Bronx, the alter ego of acclaimed Los Angeles-based punk outfit The Bronx, kick off their Vans Off the Wall European tour headlining in Dublin tomorrow. To ce...
Posted 17 November 2011 5.48pm — Comment on this

David Lynch's strange new influence on underground music

Tim Jonze talks to the pop musicians who cite the director's unsettling films as a key influence, and asks: will this be the autumn of David Lynch?A glance across the new...
Posted 4 September 2011 9.15pm — Comment on this

JD Souther: Natural History – review

(EOne)Composer of hits for the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt and others, Souther is the archetypal LA songwriter: catchy, wistful but erring towards the insipid. This freshly re...
Posted 7 August 2011 12.05am — Comment on this

Readers recommend: songs about a change of mind – results

It was make-up or break-up time and you refused to walk away like Pretty Woman. Here are your favourite reversals of directionA change of mind, when it comes to pop lyric...
Posted 4 August 2011 3.27pm — Comment on this

In rotation: Roy Orbison's 'The Monument Singles Collection: 1960-1964'

Life is hard. Terrible things happen. Hearts get broken. Women turn mean. Tears flow. Loneliness. Oh!
Posted 24 July 2011 2.41am — Comment on this

In rotation: Roy Orbison's 'The Monument Singles Collection: 1960-1964'

A series in Sunday Calendar about what Times writers & contributors are listening to right now... Life is hard. Terrible things happen. Hearts get broken. Women turn mean...
Posted 22 July 2011 9.17pm — Comment on this

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Top songs

The 5 most played Roy Orbison songs in the past year.

  • You got it  228 plays
  • Oh Pretty Woman  109 plays

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Absolute Radio stations playing songs by Roy Orbison over the past year.

  1. Absolute 80s 228 plays
  2. Absolute Radio 60s 109 plays
  3. Absolute Radio 6 plays

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