Roy Orbison

Features

12.19.25

The Strange Connection Between Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, and Bob Dylan That Caused Rumors of a Curse

By Melanie Davis
On This Day

12.06.25

On This Day in 1988, the World Lost a Rock Icon Whose Greatest Accomplishments Always Seemed to Be Followed by Tragedy

By Melanie Davis
Features

12.06.25

“You’re Driving Me Crazy”: The Rock Singer Tom Petty Could Hardly Stand to Listen to, He Was That Good

By Melanie Davis
On This Day

12.04.25

On This Day in 1988, a Rock and Roll Legend Played His Final Concert—Two Days Before His Death

By Clayton Edwards
Behind The Song

11.21.25

The Final Song Roy Orbison Wrote Was a “Gift From God,” Later Recorded by His Children and John Carter Cash

By Tina Benitez-Eves
The List

10.20.25

Remember When: Glenn Danzig Wrote Two Songs for the 1987 ‘Less That Zero’ Soundtrack, Including One Performed by Roy Orbison

By Tina Benitez-Eves
On This Day

10.20.25

On This Day in 1960, Roy Orbison Scored a Career-First With a Song That Was Turned Down by Both Elvis and the Everly Brothers

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

10.08.25

On This Day in 1964, Roy Orbison Was at No. 1 With a Song That Would Be at the Center of a Landmark Federal Lawsuit

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.26.25

On This Day in 1964, Roy Orbison Went No. 1 With a Song That Resulted in a Supreme Court Ruling That Changed Music Forever

By Clayton Edwards
Behind The Song

09.10.25

The Story Behind the Only Song Roy Orbison Wrote With Dear Friend Johnny Cash in 1969

By Tina Benitez-Eves
Features

07.30.25

The Story Behind the Only Song Kris Kristofferson Ever Wrote for Roy Orbison and Never Recorded Himself

By Tina Benitez-Eves
Interviews

07.11.25

Coyle Girelli Revisits Songs Written With Legendary Songwriter Mac Davis on ‘Out of This Town,’ Shares “Everyone But Me And You”

By Tina Benitez-Eves

Latest

British rock and roll group, Rockpile, performing in New York, August 1979. Left to right: Billy Bremner, Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)

Features

18 minutes ago

Remember When Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe Released Albums a Day Apart Using the Same Backing Band in 1979?
English rock band Procol Harum posed outside the Centre Point office building at St Giles Circus in London in May 1967. Members of the group are, from left, Ray Royer, Bobby Harrison (1939-2022), David Knights, Gary Brooker (1945-2022) and Matthew Fisher. (Photo by Ivan Keeman/Redferns)

The List

11 hours ago

3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1960s That Still Hit Hard Today, Even Though No One Listens to Psychedelia Anymore
CLARKSTON – JULY 14: Guitarist Porl Thompson, bass player Simon Gallup, musician, songwriter and lead singer Robert Smith, drummer Boris Williams and keyboard player Laurence 'Lol' Tolhurst, all members of the English rock band The Cure, pose for a portrait backstage at the Pine Knob Music Theatre on July 14, 1986, in Clarkston, Michigan. (Photo by Ross Marino/Getty Images)

The List

11 hours ago

4 Songs We Love That Shockingly Didn’t Do Much on the 1986 Pop Charts
Elvis Presley poses for photographers in uniform after concluding his 18 month tour of duty with the army in Germany.

The List

11 hours ago

3 Rock Songs From 1960 That Make Me Wish I Could Travel Back in Time