Induction Year: 1987
Birth Name: Roy Kelton Orbison
Birth Date: 04-23-1936
Place of Birth: Vernon, Texas
Death Date: 12-06-1988
Place of Death: Hendersonville, Tennessee
"Blue Angel"
(written with Joe Melson)
Roy Orbison | 1960 | #9 pop |
"Blue Bayou"
(written with Joe Melson)
Roy Orbison | 1963 | #29 pop, #26 R&B |
Linda Ronstadt | 1977 | #2 country, #3 pop, #3 adult contemporary |
David Hasselhoff | 2004 |
Norah Jones | 2010 |
"Claudette"
Everly Brothers | 1958 | #15 country, #30 pop |
Dwight Yoakam | 1997 |
"Crying"
(written with Joe Melson)
Roy Orbison | 1961 | #2 pop |
Del Shannon | 1964 |
Jay & the Americans | 1966 | #25 pop |
Lynn Anderson | 1968 |
Dottie West | 1968 |
Arlene Harden | 1970 | #28 country |
Ronnie Milsap | 1976 | #79 country |
Don McLean | 1980 | #2 adult contemporary, #5 pop, #6 country |
Stephanie Winslow | 1980 | #14 country |
k. d. lang & Roy Orbison | 1987 | #42 country, #28 adult contemporary |
Liza Minnelli | 2002 |
Billy Gilman | 2007 |
Clay Aiken & Linda Eder | 2010 |
Il Divo | 2011 |
"End of the Line"
(written with Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, George Harrison, Tom Petty)
Traveling Wilburys | 1988 | #63 pop |
"Falling"
Roy Orbison | 1963 | #22 pop |
"Handle with Care"
(written with Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, George Harrison, Tom Petty)
Traveling Wilburys | 1988 | #45 pop |
"I'm Hurtin"
(written with Joe Melson)
Roy Orbison | 1960 | #27 pop |
"In Dreams"
Roy Orbison | 1963 | #7 pop |
Tom Jones | 1971 |
"It's Over"
(written with Bill Dees)
Roy Orbison | 1964 | #1 adult contemporary, #9 pop |
Bonnie Tyler | 2003 |
"Leah"
Roy Orbison | 1962 | #25 pop |
"Oh, Pretty Woman"
(written with Bill Dees)
Roy Orbison | 1964 | #1 pop |
Johnny Rivers | 1964 |
Al Green | 1972 |
John Mellencamp | 1976 |
Van Halen | 1982 | #12 pop |
Ricky Van Shelton | 1990 |
"Only the Lonely"
(written with Joe Melson)
Roy Orbison | 1960 | #2 pop, #14 R&B |
Sonny James | 1969 | #1 country, #92 pop |
Kitty Wells | 1969 |
Jack Greene | 1969 |
Ronnie McDowell | 1977 |
Chris Isaak | 1996 |
"Ride Away"
(written with Bill Dees)
Roy Orbison | 1965 | #25 pop |
"Running Scared"
(written with Joe Melson)
Roy Orbison | 1961 | #1 pop |
Del Shannon | 1965 |
The Lettermen | 1965 |
Glen Campbell | 1972 |
Fools | 1981 | #50 pop |
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | 1986 |
Jeff Lynne | 2012 |
"That Lovin' You Feelin' Again"
(written with Chris Price)
Roy Orbison & Emmylou Harris | 1980 | #6 country, #10 adult contemporary, #55 pop |
"The Crowd"
(written with Joe Melson)
Roy Orbison | 1962 | #26 pop |
"What Kind of Love"
(written with Rodney Crowell, Will Jennings)
Rodney Crowell | 1992 | #9 adult contemporary, #11 country |
"Workin' for the Man"
Roy Orbison | 1962 | #33 pop |
"You Got It"
(written with Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty)
Roy Orbison | 1989 | #9 pop, #1 adult contemporary, #7 country |
Bonnie Raitt | 1995 | #33 pop |