American Songwriter

On This Day in 1960, Roy Orbison Recorded His First Hit—a Song Originally Intended for Elvis Presley

Sixty-six years ago today, Roy Orbison stepped into a Nashville studio to record what would later become one of his biggest ...
American Songwriter

2 Roy Orbison Songs Recorded by Buddy Holly and a Third by the Crickets During the Early 1960s

During the mid-1950s, Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly first met as teenagers. Both were from the West Texas area—Orbison in the Fort Worth/Vernon area and Holly in Lubbock, and shared a friendly rivalry ...