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Rock and roll legend born in Vernon
On this day in 1936, rock and roll singer Roy Orbison was born in Vernon,
Texas. He grew up in Wink, and while attending Wink High School he formed
a country music group called the Wink Westerners. Later, while attending
North Texas State College, he transformed the Wink Westerners into his
first rock and roll band, the Teen Kings. The group played throughout West
Texas and recorded "Ooby Dooby," which brought him to the attention of the
Sun record label in Memphis. Orbison rerecorded "Ooby Dooby" for Sun, and
in 1956 it became his first chart hit. In 1959 Orbison joined the small
Monument label in Nashville, for which he recorded a string of
international hit records, including "Only the Lonely" (1960), "Blue
Angel" (1960), "Running Scared" (1961), "Blue Bayou" (1963), "It's Over"
(1964), and "Oh, Pretty Woman" (1964). He was inducted into the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 and died the following year.
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- ORBISON, ROY KELTON
- WINK, TX
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- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
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