ROCK AND ROLL LEGEND ROY ORBISON TO RECEIVE STAR ON HOLLYWOOD'S WALK OF FAME January 29, 2010
On January 29, 2010 Rock and Roll legend Roy Orbison will receive his Star on the Walk Of Fame.
Roy Orbison was one of the very first rock and roll stars, and was an international household name by the time he was 21. Loved the world over for a soaring 5 octave voice, and his incredible and innovative way of writing songs, Orbison was an artist without limits. Orbison is one of the very few artists to have been accepted by the world in all forms of popular music, and Roy is one of the exceptional artists to have won Grammys in pop, rock and roll and country categories.
Roy's career tells the story of rock and roll, having pioneered rock-a-billy, rock and roll, pop and country. Roy's music not only crossed all barriers, it broke them down. He brought rock and roll to Nashville, and these sounds were captured on vinyl and taken to England where they in turn inspired the British Invasion. Then, as the British bands took hold of the US charts, Roy was the only single artist to withstand it, ranking alongside the Beatles and the Stones, all artists who had opened for him as he toured internationally and all artists who remained friends.
Throughout Roy's career he would again and again top the charts, and continue to inspire the new artists alongside the charts with him. The last decade of his life was no exception: The 80's saw Roy inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Bruce Springsteen, who subsequently joined an all star ensemble for Roy and friends 's Black & White Night (featuring Jackson Browne, T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, K.D. Lang, Bonnie Raitt, JD Souther, Tom Waits, Jennifer Warnes). On December 6, 1988 the world lost Roy Orbison, but the celebration of his music lives on. That year alone he topped the charts both as a Traveling Wilbury (including bandmates Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty) and as a solo artist, with his mega hit “You Got It,” off his posthumously released Mystery Girl, (that also included a collaboration with Bono). Both of these releases won him two Grammys that year, and then he won another the following year – for Best Male Vocalist. He attained the rare acclaim of being the only artist (other than Elvis) to have two simultaneous posthumously-charting Top 5 albums with Mystery Girl andThe Traveling Wilburys.
This totally unique artist enjoyed an unrivaled career, that 22 years since his passing, is still flourishing. “And now the journey continues,” said Barbara Orbison "with Roy Orbison’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.”
For more Information on Roy please visit: www.royorbison.com.
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