I remember reading that The Beatles were waiting in the wings for Roy's set to finish, and one of them said "How the fuck are we supposed to follow THAT...?" Answers on a postcard please.

Only the Lonely, and In Dreams are my absolute favourite!

​@@Una...He wrote only the lonely song for Elvis.

Elvis can hit High and low notes. He had 3 octave range too. They both were great friends and the respect was mutual. Roy went to Elvis concerts from 1954 to 1976. He recorded a tribute song to Elvis 'Hound Dog Man '.

Sal, When you do check out 'I drove all night', please also do Cyndi Lauper's version which technically was recorded after but released before Roy's version (due to his death and posthumous song release). As much as I love Roy and everything he sings; Cyndi's version is my favourite.

It is actually the studio version. (They played along to the studio version)

He sure did say that. You beat me to this post, thanks.

A reporter said to Elvis how it feels to have the best voice of the world. Elvis said "You must ask Roy Orbison

Written for Roy by Elvis Costello

@@michaellockhart554 Actually, it was REwritten for Roy... Costello's original version was quite a bit different then what he delivered to Roy, which is, by all means, the ultimate version... At least in my opinion, anyway...

Fun fact: Jay Black is also called "The Voice." As far as I know they never went head to head in a singing contest. Both can sing rings around most vocalists.

yes, this song is a whole vibe!

The very best ever of Danny Boy, makes me cry.

Yep - a hell of a year. My mother-in-law died in March; my brother died in September; I was still dealing with that when I woke on the morning of 8 December in Australia to the news that Roy had died. I was completely devastated. I bought my first record of Roy in April 1961 (Running Scared) when I was 16 and had just started work. I knew nothing about him (literally). I just liked the song and his voice. I have just spent the last three hours listening to his music and its now over sixty years after buying my first record by him that I am still in awe of his talent. It's unbelievable that his music has given me so much joy for such a long period of time as I never tire listening to him.

@@mikefairsea5898 Sorry for the losses of your relatives. You've got quite a few more years of Roy Orbison under your belt than I do, considering I originally thought "Pretty Woman" was done by Van Halen, lol. Only learned of Roy's original a couple of years before his death.

@@joekuul8769 Thanks for your kind thoughts. It's funny but when Roy Orbison was first played on the radio in Australia Elvis Presley was the super star and then a few years later The Beatles arrived on the scene. Therefore, little was known about Roy. I am from a large family and everyone were fans of Elvis - but I leaned more towards Roy Orbison so I was on my own. Obviously, I was also taken by The Beatles and other groups of that time. But - Roy has always been my number one favourite since 1961. Anyway, the purpose of telling this is that in 2011 I had my eldest brother stay with me for a week as he was dealing with dementia. It was hard to communicate with him and so I would just play music when he and I were alone together. There was no reaction from him even though I played music that I knew he liked, including songs from Elvis. I then decided to play some Roy Orbison songs and to my amazement my brother turned to me after a while and said 'Gee - that guy has a beautiful voice'. "Can you play some more of him?" My brother's name was Roy and I told him that the singer had the same name as him. He smiled when I said that and it is a beautiful memory that I have to this day. My brother died not long afterwards. I felt so glad that Roy Orbison resonated with him in his final days when other singers didn't. At the same time I felt blessed to have 'discovered' Roy's singing fifty years before my brother did!

Actually, many do not realize this was an overdub performance. If you pay attention to the backup vocalists and listen to the track, it is clear when you pay really close attention that this live appearance was performed to the album track. I recall reading somewhere that the band did not have time to prepare this song because it was too new at the time , and it was a Wilburys effort in producing this song as a solo for Roy.

The between Elvis and Roy was mutual. Roy went to Elvis concerts from 1954 to 1976. He recorded a tribute song to Elvis 'Hound Dog Man '.