After Orbison finished writing the song, he went into a room in his house, sat on the bed, said a prayer, and cried tears of joy.

Singer-songwriter Jonathan Roy spent the better part of his twenties traveling and three of those years were in his van along California’s Pacific Coast Highway, where he wrote many songs. Roy has ...

Roy Orbison‘s Mystery Girl was first released in February of 1989, two months after the artists’s death, but will soon be reissued with unreleased demos and new song “The Way Is Love.” Produced by ...

One of Elvis Presley’s songs became a top 5 hit for Roy Orbison. Tom Petty said a lyric from Elvis’ song “was pretty heavy stuff for a little kid like [him] to hear.” Petty recalled seeing the King of ...

Many of Elvis Presley‘s songs feature backing vocals from one group. During the 1970s, Don McLean worked with the group to create a Roy Orbison cover which became one of his biggest hits. McLean ...

Roy Orbison would have turned 75 on April 23. For the occasion, Sony Legacy has collected all the singles he recorded for Monument Records, the label he called home during his most productive period — ...

Roy Ayers, the towering jazz figure, passed away on Tuesday, March 4, at 84. Hip-Hop Wired has put together eight essential songs from Ayers. Roy Ayers, the towering jazz legend whose songs ...

Being invited into the home of someone you hardly know can be a bit uncomfortable. With Lullabies & Family Songs (an album that couldn’t be titled anything else), Rob Watson and Mike Roy offer that ...

Trumpeter Roy Campbell is presented here in two starkly different contexts yet his playing greatly enhances both. His work on Spring Heel Jack's Songs & Themes is meditatively translucent, subtle ...