Roy Kelton Orbison nació el 23 de abril de 1936 en Vernon, Texas, en el seno de una humilde familia. Desde pequeño, Roy mostró un interés innato por la música y, a la edad de seis años, su padre le regaló una guitarra que desencadenaría una carrera legendaria. Criado en el ambiente rural de Texas, su sensibilidad musical se nutrió de influencias del country y del bluegrass.
Durante su adolescencia, Orbison formó su primera banda, los Wink Westerners, mientras asistía a la escuela secundaria en Wink, Texas. La banda se destacó en el entorno local y comenzó a tener pequeñas actuaciones en programas de radio y televisión regionales. En 1956, la banda cambió su nombre a The Teen Kings y grabó el tema "Ooby Dooby", que captó la atención de Sun Records.
En Sun Records, Roy grabó varios temas que aunque tuvieron éxito moderado no lograron catapultarlo al estrellato. Sin embargo, Orbison no se desanimó. Su paso por Sun Records le permitió aprender y desarrollarse junto a figuras icónicas como Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis y Johnny Cash.
En 1960, Orbison firmó con Monument Records, un momento crucial en su carrera. Con la nueva discográfica, Orbison alcanzó un éxito fenomenal con el sencillo "Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel)". La canción no solo mostró su poderosa voz, sino que también introdujo su estilo distintivo de baladas melancólicas. Este
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Roy produced and sang backing vocals Bill Dees sang lead vocal
Blackie Dalton was a gun fighter
They say that he was the fastest gun alive
Before you could draw your gun from the holster
You would surely die
Blackie Dalton was a gun fighter
He killed three men in abilone and four in Wichita
He wounded one in Kansas City
Let him live out of pity
He was tired of killing them all
Then one night in a brawl
His brother John got killed in Wichita
Defending his brother's name
The Blackie Dalton fame had brought his brother shame
He got word in Tucson about his brother John
They heard him say as he left that day
"I've got to hunt him down
Then I'll throw my gun away"
Lonely night on the trail
He'd listen to the coyotes wail
And sympathise with the cry
For one more man must die
Blackie Dalton was a gun fighter
The fastest gun alive is what they say
He caught that man shot him down
Turned and walked away
Yes, he threw his gun away
Blackie Dalton was a gun fighter
But he turned his back on the life that he had led
A man remembered from Kansas city
Didn't have any pity
He shot Blackie dead
Yes he shot Blackie dead
Lonely nights on the trail
The cowboys tell a different tale
Blackie didn't really die
No, Blackie didn't really die
Blackie Dalton was a gun fighter
The fastest gun alive is what they said
He changed his name and in his grave
The Kansas man instead
With this marker at his head
"Blackie Dalton was a gun fighter"