Season 31, Day 19 - "Shady Business"
This season is inspired by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and today's quiz is inspired by Roy Orbison.
Roy Orbison
“Early rock singer whose near-operatic voice and dark, broken-hearted songs influenced a generation of artists.”
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums: none
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs: “Crying” [later a duet w/ k.d. lang], “Oh, Pretty Woman”, “Only the Lonely”, “In Dreams”
Billboard #1 hits: “Running Scared” (1961), “Oh, Pretty Woman” (1964)
Spotify top 5:
“Oh, Pretty Woman”
“You Got It” [posthumous release]
“Only the Lonely” (“…know the way I feel tonight”)
“In Dreams”
“Crying”
Other notable titles: “Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)”, “Blue Bayou” [famously covered by Linda Ronstadt]
Miscellaneous trivia:
member of the Traveling Wilburys with Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, and Jeff Lynne
trademark dark sunglasses