Good morning. Ron VW here. It was a sad day on this date in 1988 - TopicsExpress



          

Good morning. Ron VW here. It was a sad day on this date in 1988 when the world lost Lefty Wilbury. Also known as The Big O! I don’t know about you but his voice would bring tears to my eyes. When he sang Crying, I was. Roy Orbison died of a heart attack when he was only 52. Between 1960 and 1964 22 of his songs placed on the Billboard Top 40, In 1988, he joined the Traveling Wilburys with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Jeff Lynne and also released a new solo album. He died in December that year. Orbisons vocal instrument bridged the gap between baritone and tenor, and music scholars have suggested that he had a three- or four-octave range. Here he is singing Crying just a short time before he died.
Posted on: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 15:00:15 +0000

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