1. Tara White Suzanne Shelton Delinda LaRue
Roy Orbison
Tara White
Suzanne Shelton
Delinda LaRue

2. Roy Kelton Orbison
Born April 23,1936 in Vernon, Texas.
Second Child of Orbie Lee and Nadine Orbison.
At age 6 Roy got his first guitar.

3. First song he ever learned to play was “You are My Sunshine”.
First song he wrote was “A Vow of Love”.
1945 Roy won a contest on KVWC in Vernon which led to his own radio show.
Formed his first band at age 13 called The Wink Westerners.

4. Roy went to college at North Texas State.
April 16, 1955 at Big D Jamboree he saw Elvis Presley for the first time.
College friend, Pat Boone urged him to experiment with pop-oriented songwriting.

5. Major Influences:
Johnny Cash
Feb 26,1932 – Sept. 12,2003
Sent Roy to Sun Records.
Pat Boone
June 1, 1934 –
Urged Roy to experiment with more pop-oriented song writing.

6. 1980--Grammy\Best County Performance by a Duo or Group (with Emmylou Harris)\That Lovin' You Feeling Again (in feature film "Roadie" soundtrack)
1987--Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame induction
1988--Grammy\Best Country Vocal Collaboration (with k.d. lang)\Crying
1989--Grammy\Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group w/Vocal\Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
1989--National Academy of Popular Music\Songwriters' Hall of Fame induction
1990--Grammy\Best Performance, Male\Oh, Pretty Woman

7. Musicians Roy Orbison made an impact on:
Elvis Presley
Bee Gees
Will Jennings
K.D. Lang

8. Elvis Presley called Roy Orbison "the greatest singer in the world".
Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees referred to Orbison as the "Voice of God".
Multiple Academy Award winning songwriter Will Jennings ("My Heart Will Go On", from the Titanic soundtrack), called him a "poet, a songwriter, a vision" after working and together writing Roy's song "Wild Hearts" for the 1985 motion picture, Insignificance.

9. Roy Kelton Orbison Died December 6,1988 of a heart attack at his mother’s house in Tennessee.
Birth Name: Roy Kelton Orbison Induction Year: 1987 Date of Birth: 4/23/1936 Place of Birth: Vernon, TX Date of Death: 12/06/1988 Place of Death: Hendersonville, TN

10. Questions: Where was Roy Orbison Born? Who influenced Roy Orbison?
Who did Roy Orbison influence to dye his hair black?
Name one Roy Orbison Song.

11. References: http://www.orbison.com/