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Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23 1936 – December 6 1988), nicknamed "The Big O," was an influential Grammy Award-winning United States|American singer-songwriter, guitarist and a pioneer of rock and roll whose recording career spanned more than four decades. Orbison is best known for the songs, "Ooby Dooby," "Only the Lonely," "In Dreams (song)|In Dreams," "Oh, Pretty Woman," "Crying (song)|Crying," "Running Scared (song)|Running Scared," and "You Got It". He is known for his smooth tenor voice, which could jump an unprecedented three octaves with little trouble. He was also never seen on stage without his trademark black sunglasses. In 1987 in music|1987, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and in 1989 in music|1989, he was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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Early life and career
Orbison was born in Vernon, Texas|Vernon, the seat of Wilbarger County, Texas|Wilbarger County in north Texas. He was the second son of Nadine Shults and Orbie Lee Orbison. His family moved to Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth about 1943 to find work in the munitions and aircraft factories which had expanded during the World War II|Second World War. They relocated to the West Texas Petroleum|oil town of Wink, Texas|Wink in Winkler County, Texas|Winkler County near... read all