Today is a very special day. I am going to remember the career of Roy Orbison, a man I have always maintained had the sweetest voice this side of heaven.

Orbison died after suffering a heart attack at the age of 52 on December 6, 1988. After being out of the limelight for almost two decades, he had rebounded, first as a 1987 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, then as a member of The Traveling Wilburys, and was also planning a release for Mystery Girl, his comeback solo album.

I’m going to do start with one of his earliest recordings with his Texas-based band, The Teen Kings, then run through a dozen of his solo hits in chronological order from 1956 to 1989 before ending with his only Christmas recording – complete with a backstory – from 1963.

Memories … That’s What We’re All About

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The Roy Orbison Medley