118) Roy Orbison – “Oh, Pretty Woman”

After “Only the Lonely” netted Roy Orbison his first hit in 1960, nearly all of his subsequent singles followed the same template: rock and roll arias of rejection and loneliness showing off his epic range and vibrato.  But unlike contemporaries who continued to churn out rehashed versions of their Big Hit to diminishing returns, Orbison’s [...]

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